The ransomware attack against Capcom continues to lead to further major leaks. The latest leak is described as a Capcom spreadsheet providing a detailed outlook at the studio’s tentative release plans for the next four years. Unsurprisingly, one of the titles with a major presence on the list isStreet Fighter 6, the next game in Capcom’s hugely popular fighting game series. What may be surprising is the fact thatStreet Fighter 6appears on the list three different times.
Street Fighter 6’s first appearance on the list is only surprising in that it isn’t as early as some may have expected. Clearly,Street Fighter 6isn’t arriving any time soon. But according to this listStreet Fighter 6won’t be making an appearance at all in 2021. If the leak is to be believed, Capcom is currently planning tolaunchStreet Fighter 6in 2022. Further, it won’t be launching until Q3 2022, so it may be as far as two years away from launching.
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The second and third mentions ofStreet Fighter 6are in Q4 2023 and Q4 2024.Street Fighterfans likely already know what that’s implying. The games listed are forSuper Street Fighter 6andUltra Street Fighter 6, annual iterations on the fighting game.Street Fighter 4received both aSuperedition and anUltraedition, butStreet Fighter 5changed things up and had anArcadeeditionand aChampionshipedition instead. Nevertheless, a pattern of two additional annual releases following aStreet Fightergame’s initial launch is definitely a pattern.
Super and Ultra editions tend to repackage the baseStreet Fightergame with the assorted DLC that has been released for the game since launch. Sometimes, likeinMortal Kombat 11’s case, a larger expansion with new story content and modes can be included. Capcom tends to focus more on new characters and stages, but anything is possible looking forward.
It remains to be seen whether the leaked information is accurate. And it’s also possible thatCapcom fanswill never find out the truth. A 2022 launch forStreet Fighter 6gives Capcom plenty of time change its plans, to delay or even cancel the project. Even if it’s accurate now, it may be wrong then. And even if it turns out to be accurate then, that doesn’t mean it’s correct now.Street Fighterfans should remain skeptical.
The full list does have a lot of exciting possibilities, however.Dragon’s Dogma 2, aResident Evil 4remake, and a newOnimushaare shown to be planned for 2022. 2023 is even more exciting, withMonster Hunter 6and a newResident Evil Apocalypsegame planned. Capcom’s tentative plans, if accurate, are very exciting to consider.
