Capcom announces new digital update to Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

Capcom has revealed a whole new digital update to Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition at EVO 2013, with five new characters, six new stages, balance tweaks, and new features.

Ozzie Mejia

July 13, 2013 2:45 PM

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Capcom came to EVO 2013's Street Fighter panel with far more than just a balance update in mind. A new digital update to Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition is coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC early next year and will bring along five new characters and six new stages, as well as an as-yet-unrevealed name change.

Hugo, Elena, Poison, and Rolento will come over from Street Fighter x Tekken and will be adapted to run on the SSFIVAE engine. A mysterious fifth character will also come to the update and will be announced in the coming months. The only hint so far is that this is an all-new character to the Street Fighter franchise.

Those who own Super Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition on disc will be able to download the new update as DLC for $14.99. Those wishing to buy the whole package can purchase a retail disc for $39.99, which will contain all of the previously-released costume DLC. Part of the reason, Capcom stated, is to allow tournament organizers access to this additional content.

Balance tweaks and new features are also being promised and will be revealed soon. The official name of this new update, as well as a new trailer, will be revealed Sunday night during EVO's SSFIVAE Grand Finals.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?