TheGamer - Street Fighter 6

Street Fighter 6 Lets You Avoid Players Using Wi-Fi

George Foster — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:51:28 GMT

Street Fighter 6's online modes feature a symbol that shows whether a player is using WiFi or a wired connection, which is apparently causing some players to cancel their pre-orders.

Street Fighter 6 Understands That Most Of Us Suck At Fighting Games

Jade King — Tue, 30 May 2023 15:30:18 GMT

Street Fighter 5 was a valuable lesson for Capcom. It was the last game before the publisher entered a period that many consider its renaissance. Resident Evil 7, Monster Hunter World, and Devil May Cry 5 all sold millions and were subject to critical acclaim, reversing the fortunes of a developer who for an entire console generation was falling behind the competition. Slowly but surely, things started to change. Looking back, Street Fighter 5 was an outright failure.

Street Fighter 6 Review - Knockout Punch

George Foster — Tue, 30 May 2023 07:00:07 GMT

Try as I might, I’ve always had a tough time getting into Street Fighter. The crunchy core fighting mechanics and focused competitive play should have appealed to me, but just never clicked like I’d hoped. Street Fighter 5 didn’t help, which as my entry point into the franchise also doubled as one of the most empty and soulless launches I’ve ever seen. For years, I was hesitant to trust Ryu with my wallet ever again.

Street Fighter 6 Is Holding An Open Beta Before Launch

Josh Coulson — Tue, 09 May 2023 09:11:38 GMT

Street Fighter 6 is one of many big titles launching throughout this busy summer of games, hitting physical and digital store shelves next month. You might need to take a break from your Tears of the Kingdom playthrough before then though as Capcom has confirmed its upcoming Street Fighter title will be getting one more beta before its full launch.

Street Fighter 6's Ken Is A Washed-Up Crypto Bro

George Foster — Sat, 06 May 2023 08:43:51 GMT

A four-part Street Fighter 6 prequel comic has given some background on why Ken Master is in such rough shape - turns out that he's a washed-up crypto bro, as well as being a pretty crappy dad to his son, Mel.

Legendary Street Fighter Player Finds SF6's Level 8 CPU Extremely Tough

Joshua Henry — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:48:11 GMT

The demo for Street Fighter 6 was recently released for PlayStation consoles and it is a great preview of what to expect from the title which releases in June. However, one thing players are quickly learning is that those CPU opponents are not messing around. In fact, even Legendary Street Fighter players are struggling to take down the beefed-up CPU.

Street Fighter 6 Doesn't Understand What Footsies Are

George Foster — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 07:46:49 GMT

Capcom seemingly doesn't understand what footsies are, as its description for them in the Street Fighter 6 demo is completely incorrect and being memed by fighting game fans.

Street Fighter 6 Lets You Fight A Fridge

Josh Coulson — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:46:45 GMT

We've all had that nightmare where you walk downstairs in the middle of the night to grab a snack, but you first have to defeat your fridge in hand-to-hand combat before you can do so. Just me? Well, not anymore as Capcom confirmed all of you, at least those of you who will be buying Street Fighter 6, will be able to fight a fridge later this year, briefly showing a clip during its showcase where the character stumbles upon two of the household appliances prime for a scrap.

Akuma, Rashid, Ed, And A.K.I Are Coming To Street Fighter 6 As Year 1 DLC

George Foster — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:45:11 GMT

Capcom has confirmed that Street Fighter 6's first year of DLC will add Rashid, Ed, A.K.I., and Akuma, confirming the art book leaks that took place last year.

Street Fighter 6 Demo Available Now

Sean Murray — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:40:00 GMT

Capcom's Street Fighter 6 showcase has ended with a big surprise: PlayStation 4 and 5 fighters can download the Street Fighter 6 demo right now. Xbox and PC platforms will have to wait until next week to try Street Fighter 6's World Tour mode and its extensive avatar creator.

Capcom To Host Street Fighter 6 And Resident Evil 4 Remake Event Next Week

Sean Murray — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:08:11 GMT

Capcom has some big games coming up this year--namely, the Resident Evil 4 remake and Street Fighter 6, a game that promises to reboot the franchise in a funky new way. Both games are highly anticipated and gamers are hanging on every word Capcom says. And we might be about to get even more info thanks to a media event next week.

Street Fighter 6 Adds WWE Star Thea Trinidad To Its Commentary Feature

Sean Murray — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:58:52 GMT

One of the more interesting new features to arrive with Street Fighter 6 is a fight commentary function that makes your bout sound like a real-life esports broadcast. Capcom has hired real esports personalities to lend their voices to this feature in both English and Japanese. So far, we have Jeremy "Vicious" Lopez, James Chen, and Tasty Steve as English commentators and Kosuke Hiraiwa, Aru, and Demon Kakka in Japanese.

Street Fighter 6's Battle Hub Was Inspired By Socialising In Arcades

Sean Murray — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 16:36:20 GMT

We're still months away from the release of Street Fighter 6, but we're getting more and more hopeful that it will eventually be the best in the series thanks to recent closed beta tests. The new animations, the dynamic and modern control schemes, the accessibility options, and even the new character creator are all fantastic signs of what's to come.

Street Fighter 6's Director Wanted It To Be Reminiscent Of The "Street Fighter 2 Era"

George Foster — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:43:54 GMT

Street Fighter 6's producer, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, has revealed that one of the first notes he received from director Takayuki Nakayama is that he wanted the game to go back to the "Street Fighter 2 era".

Predicting TheGamer’s Game of the Year 2023

Stacey Henley — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:00:14 GMT

At TheGamer, we do GOTY picks a little differently. Rather than debating about our collective list endlessly and sanding off our unique opinions to try to slot in with the general critical consensus, every editor here picks their own, and then using the magic of mathematics and a spreadsheet, we tally up the votes and see what the top ten shakes out as. My vote counts the same as everyone else, even though I’m the boss and I have the best taste.