After many rumors and speculations, Street Fighter 6 is official. The latest iteration of the iconic fighting game franchise was announced Sunday after the Capcom Pro Tour Street Fighter 5. Fans have been waiting for news of Street Fighter 6 for the past week after Capcom set a mysterious countdown timer on its website, which ended during the finale of the Pro Tour.
The teaser for Street Fighter 6 included a glimpse between Ryu and Luke, the latest of which was featured in Street Fighter V. No consoles or launch windows were announced, although he promised more news to come this summer. You can see it in full below.
The last big game in the franchise was Street Fighter 5, released in 2016. Like any Street Fighter game, Capcom has updated it several times, adding new characters, stages and gameplay settings, with the next editions of Arcade and Champion coming in 2018 and 2020 г.
It was announced alongside the Capcom Fighting Collection, an anthology of Capcom’s classic fighting games, including several titles Darkstalkers and Street Fighter.
Street Fighter 6 is the first major fighting game to debut in PS5/Xbox Series X era, with developers behind Tekken and Mortal Kombat yet to announce game plans created from the ground up for the current generation of consoles.
The Pro Tour was won by Cavanaugh Chan, who defeated Street Fighter legend Diago Umehara in the final.