May 28th, 2008

Street Fighter IV Platforms

1987...can you believe it? More than two decades have passed since Street Fighter made its debut on arcades, changing the gaming world forever. Designed by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, the game placed you in control of Ryu, a lone martial artist who competed in a worldwide tournament, spanning five countries and no less than ten opponents. Now, after a very long road, and a lot of games, comic books, movies, and so on, the Street Fighter franchise is going to hit us with a new title, Street Fighter IV!

Today, Capcom just confirmed that this "next gen" fighting game known to the world as Street Fighter IV, will arrive on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, as well as Windows-based PCs.

According to the press release, "Street Fighter IV features a mix of returning favorites such as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus."

While the arcade version of the game is expected to launch in July, specific dates for the console and PC versions mentioned above still have to be confirmed, so until then, let's dream about what we are going to get...

"Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic Street Fighter 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes. Six-button controls for the game return, with a host of new special moves and features integrated into the input system."