Street Fighter 4 Makes Public Debut Next Month

Fighting fans climbing up the walls in anticipation for the latest installment in Capcom's Street Fighter franchise, take notice: Street Fighter IV will make its playable debut in Japan on February 15.

Street Fighter IV project manager Natsuki Shiozawa announced on the game's official Japanese blog that the game would make its first playable appearance at next month's AOU 2008 Amusement Expo. Attendance of the Japanese trade show is limited to industry members on its first day, though it opens to the public on the second.

While an arcade version of Street Fighter IV has been firmed up, no console ports have been officially announced just yet. This latest announcement comes as part of Capcom's recent Street Fighter frenzy, which includes a release of Super Street Fighter II on the Wii's Virtual Console, an HD revision of SSF2T on XBLA and PSN, and an upcoming movie said to star Kristin Kreuk (pictured above) as Chun Li.