A TRAILER for the latest installment in the Street Fighter saga hit the internet on February 21, 2022.
The video game is looking for a bounce back after Street Fighter V received middling reviews.
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Street Fighter 6: When is the release date?
The new game was announced in a tweet from the official Street Fighter account.
Though the announcement does not come with a specific release date, the thread promised “More Street Fighter 6 news coming Summer 2022.”
In the game’s trailer, the series protagonist Ryu was seen in his most realistic depiction yet, with lifelike steam and sweat adding to the effect.
The trailer does not reveal any actual gameplay but gives fans a look at what the graphics in the newest game might look like.
The Street Fighter 6 promo comes on the heels of game developer Capcom’s announcement that ten vintage games would be made available on June 24, 2022.
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What is the Street Fighter franchise?
The original Street Fighter was first developed as an arcade game in 1987.
The premise of the game is a solo or multiplayer fighting game where players battle each other using characters with different abilities, styles and looks.
As video game consoles modernized, so too did the Street Fighter franchise.
The game was made available on CDs, the Sega Genesis, and, later, iterations of the Playstation that are in use today.
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What gaming consoles can I play Street Fighter 6 on?
NintendoLife reported that the platform for Street Fighter 6 is not yet known, but noted that SF5 was a “Sony exclusive”.
Sony is the developer of the Playstation, and their latest model, the Playstation 5, was released in 2020.
The Street Fighter series has 45 characters, making for hundreds of potential matchups between fighters.
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