The Street Fighter 5 DLC update has recently been mentioned by Capcom UK’s Twitter. The tweet said that the March update is coming “shortly”. Fans are already getting crankier by the minute as the March update, which includes Alex, still doesn’t have a concrete date. Here’s the tweet from Capcom UK. Calling all Street Fighter V fans. We’ll have news on the next update coming shortly. Thank you for your patience. — Capcom UK Capcom_ UK) March 23, 2016 The tweet is straightforward but vague, leaving no particular release date for the update. It could mean that Capcom encountered issues in releasing the Street Fighter 5 DLC or they are just trying to surprise players for the remaining week of March. As of now, the game’s Steam newsfeed still doesn’t show any info about the upcoming update. The March update will contain Alex as well as new features that will be added in Street Fighter 5’s menus. Features like the in-game shop and Challenge mode are confirmed according to an old official update on Steam. The in-game shop will allow players to spend their Fight Money for costumes and characters. On the other hand, Challenge mode will provide extra tutorial content. Players have been impatiently waiting for the March update because the game has been lacking in content since it was released last February 16. Single player content is notably missing from its initial release. The upcoming single player content will be perfect for newcomers who want to thoroughly study their character and learn other move-sets before jumping into online matches. In other news, the game’s online matchmaking system has just recently been fixed. Although both posts of Capcom has users who clearly prefer that Capcom prioritize releasing the Alex patch. We are aware of the difficulties in Matchmaking you might say it is a less an alternate setting than a scrambled and renamed one, as well as heavily-simplified – there are no analogues of Asia or Africa, for example, and the world contains only about two dozen states in total. Not all the games in the series have taken place in this fictional milieu – a 2011 game is set in our real world, for example. The entries that are set in the fictional geography are (so far Eugene Ipavec, 21 September 2010 Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies Two flags from the Ace Combat series of fighter-sim video games are shown on the publishers' website. These are from the game Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies. Eugene Ipavec, Erusea.
It was announced today by Haunts over at Capcom- Unity that the much awaited March update for Street Fighter 5 will officially be launching on Monday, March 28th, at which point players will get access to in-game tutorials and trials, lobbies for up to 8 players and the in-game store. Alex, the first post-launch DLC character, comes a bit later however, available on Wednesday, March 30th. It was also noted that as a thank you the patience fans have showed during the game's beta tests, the story costumes for Ryu and Chun- Li will be released on March 30th as well, free of charge for everyone. Capcom UK's Matt Edwards also explained the content briefly in a video, which you can find after the jump. Source: Official Street Fighter You Tube Channel and Capcom Unity. Thanks to thehilltv, Ima Play This, Sage_ Liebert, spliffy_baz, Yor Ke Y, chunbelievable, Lash2828, powderedtoastman, Vilam, keijukaze, Dark Star, Golgaut, RYU81, anon1010 and two anonymous tipsters for sending this in. Comments You're not logged in, you must Login to your account to post a comment. If you do not have an account, you need to Register to comment. It's a free and quick process.
Hey everyone! We have some exciting news to share today: the long awaited March update that contains Alex will be releasing next week in two separate drops. Hit the jump for more details! The first drop will take place on March 28 ( MON) and contains the following content: Challenge Mode Demonstrations: Learn the ins and outs of Street Fighter V through helpful demonstration and tutorial content. Contains content for each of the 16 characters, as well as advice geared towards players of all skill levels: Beginner Tutorials: 12 lessons covering, movement, normal attacks, special attacks, V- System, throws, counter hits, chip/recoverable damage, etc. Intermediate Tutorials: 11 lessons covering projectiles, invincibility frames, armor and armor break, recovery, cross-up attacks, anti-air options, etc. Advanced Tutorials: 4 lessons covering back dashing, frame advantage/disadvantage, combo potential, button priority, etc. Character Tutorials: 16 lessons covering each individual character. Trials: Put your skills to the ultimate test with combo trials for all 16 characters, ranging from basic to pro combos. Completing Trials will also earn you some extra Fight Money. Online Rematch Option Salty from a close loss online? Want revenge? Players can now play a 2/3 set in Ranked Match and Casual Matches, provided both players accept the rematch. Battle Lounge Improvements Enjoy up to 8 person lobbies, complete with match spectating. Bug fixes and gameplay balancing Various game bugs have been fixed, along with minor gameplay balancing. For more details please see the previous post. The second drop will take place on March 30 ( WED) at 10 AM PT and contains the following content: Alex + related character story content In- Game Shop Fight Money Expenditure: Spend your hard earned Fight Money to purchase extra game content, such as DLC characters (100,000 FM each) and the Story.
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