Street Fighter 6 Release Information, Gameplay, And More Information About

 

Welcome to a New Era!

In 2023, a brand-new age of fighting games will begin!

Fighting games have evolved beyond their typical Fighting Ground format, and now we're flipping the genre with World Tour and Battle Hub for a total of three playable game modes.

No one is a champion when they first begin. Step by step and punch by punch, you get there.

Accept the challenge and raise your level of play.

Trailers

After a lengthy countdown in February 2022, Capcom unveiled a teaser trailer for Street Fighter 6, which featured a pose-off between Ryu and Luke, likely prior to a fight. The trailer had a special interest for long standing viewers of the series for several reasons, most notably

Luke, a brand-new character, appears often in the teaser. He was just included in one of the final upgrades given to Street Fighter 5 in late 2021, so that could be perplexing. Luke, though, has received a lot of attention in the DLCs and is definitely being set up to play a significant role in Street Fighter's future. That is looking more and more likely right now, but don't worry, Ken and the crew will still be there when the launch happens.

Although it's not apparent if the visuals in the video correspond to the graphics in-game (there seemed to be a little too much detail, but it's conceivable), it clearly shows a change. The models are more lifelike, Ryu appears older (and sporting a beard, a look Capcom has previously experimented with), and the franchise as a whole appears to be moving away from the ink-brush aesthetic that characterized many earlier releases.

Sony's June 2022 State of Play gave us our next peek at Street Fighter 6, and it gave us a solid idea of the hip-hop, neon, and street art aesthetic this game would feature. Chun-Li and Ryu, two returning fan favorites, are among the characters who are showcased, but the open-world World Tour mode that takes place in Metro City was the major revelation. Before a match, there are a few clips of character introductions, as well as brief cuts of various attacks, combos, and specials used in battle. However, the HUD has not yet been displayed.

Gameplay

It shouldn't be a surprise that Street Fighter 6 is primarily a fighting game. You will participate in combat, execute combos, use super moves, fire projectiles, and do all the other things you would anticipate. A second control scheme, however, is an intriguing new feature that might be useful for beginners. Classic controls will function in the series' customary six-button arrangement, with button combinations performing special moves, but a new contemporary control system makes that easier.

Players no longer need to learn or rehearse intricate movements to perform techniques on modern controllers. Instead, special moves are assigned to a single button, and you can perform a different special move by altering your movement or the context in which you hit that button.

World Tour

World Tour mode, a brand-new single-player option for Street Fighter 6, is available. You may freely roam the streets of Metro City and explore the surroundings by putting your character—who may be customizable—there. There are several areas to explore, barrels to destroy, and NPCs with whom to engage in combat. For the time being, it is unknown what the plot is, who you play as, or what type of advancement or goal the open world serves.

Fighting Ground

For Street Fighter 6, this mode serves as the default vs mode where you battle other players. Along with regular matches, there will also be Extreme Battles where players may create their own games with special rules and gimmicks, such having explosives erupt randomly in the middle of a battle.

Battle Hub

The Battle Hub is a brand-new social feature for Street Fighter 6. The same persona you made for World Tour mode may be used here to meet up, communicate, and access the Fighting Ground in a virtual setting. You may play various vintage Capcom arcade games, get cosmetics, and join tournaments in addition to mingling and beginning matches with others.

The main new mechanic to Street Fighter 6 is something called the Drive System, which looks a bit like the Focus mechanic from Street Fighter 4, at least visually. Drive is a meter you can use to do one of five things: Drive Impact, Drive Parry, Overdrive, Drive Rush, or Drive Reversal. These all have different inputs but all draw from the same Drive meter, meaning you will need to ration it depending on whether you want to use it for defense or offense.

Platforms

Unlike Street Fighter 5, the new entry in this series will no longer be a console exclusive. Street Fighter 6 will launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC simultaneously, which is great news for Xbox players in particular who missed out on the last entry.

Release date

Street Fighter 6 doesn't have a release date as of yet, but Capcom has provided a general timeline. Street Fighter 6 will be released in the summer of 2023, the developer said during Sony's State of Play event in June 2022.