''Street Fighter 6'' is an upcoming

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developed and published by

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. It is planned for release for

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, and

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on June 2, 2023. An

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version exclusive to Japan is set to be released by

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in 2023.

Gameplay

''Street Fighter 6'' features three overarching game modes: Fighting Ground, World Tour, and Battle Hub. Fighting Ground contains local and online versus battles as well as training and arcade modes, all featuring similar 2D fighting gameplay to the previous games in the series, in which two fighters use a variety of attacks and special abilities to knock out their opponent. World Tour is a single-player story mode featuring a customizable player avatar exploring 3D environments with

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gameplay. Battle Hub acts as an online lobby mode, with other features set to be revealed in the future. The main fighting gameplay of ''Street Fighter 6'' is based around the Drive Gauge, a system designed to encourage player creativity. The gauge can be used for five different techniques, requiring players to choose which to prioritize. Most of the Drive Gauge's mechanics are based on previously existing mechanics from previous ''Street Fighter'' mainline games, such as Parry, Focus Attack, EX move, etc. The game features two control types: the "classic" control scheme has a six-button layout that functions similarly to previous entries, while the "modern" control scheme assigns special moves to a single button combined with a directional input. The use of multiple super combos returns from the ''

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'' sub-series, also counting the Ultra Combo W variant from ''

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''. However, each character only has three super combos based on their respective level gauge. For example, Ryu's Shinku Hadoken, Shin Hashogeki and Shin Shoryuken can only be used at Level 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

Characters

The game is set to launch with a base roster of 18 characters. Characters listed in bold are new to the series. *

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* JP * Juri *

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* Marisa * Ryu *

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Development and release

Capcom posted a "Capcom Countdown"

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on February 14, 2022, with an announcement pending once the clock finished its seven-day countdown. On February 21, 2022, ''Street Fighter VI'' was announced, teasing the return of Ryu and

, the latter of whom debuted in ''

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''s final

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"season." On June 2, 2022, a gameplay trailer was shown at PlayStation's June State of Play. The trailer announced the World Tour, Battle Hub, and Fighting Grounds modes, showed the return of

, and introduced two new characters named

and

. The game will be released in 2023 on

, and

with an in-game commentary feature, a series first. It is being developed on the

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, and has been reported to support

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and

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. At

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, it was announced that the game would be released on June 2, 2023. The first closed beta took place from October 7th, 2022 to October 11th, 2022, with eight playable character, and crossplay between Xbox, PC, Steam and Playstation. The second closed beta occurred between December 16 and December 19. Applications to access the beta version were chosen by lottery. An

version was announced on December 9, 2022. Published by

for

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-compatible cabinets, it is set for 2023 release in Japan under the title ''Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade''.

Prequel Comic

A prequel comic book series of the same name by

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was announced on November 9, 2022, which explains how this game heavily focuses on Ken and Luke’s stories.

Music

The main theme song for the game is titled "Not on the Sidelines", produced by GRP and rappers Rocco 808 and Randy Marx. The official video clip of the song also features artists Sumi Oshima and Benny Diar, and is directed and edited by Ross Harris. According to lead composer Yoshiya Terayama, the soundtrack was influenced by hip-hop culture and intended to represent "a new generation for the series." Rather than arranging motifs, the character theme songs are based on new compositions, with the concept being the characters if they appeared on the streets.

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