Good news shoryuken...ers? Capcom has finally given us a release window on when we can expect Ultra Street Fighter 4. Granted, it's not that specific, but it's something. Capcom has announced that Spring of 2014 is when the title will hit consoles as a digital download.
"Mark your calendars as Ultra SFIV hits arcades in Japan in April 2014, with the digital download versions for North American and European consoles coming soon after (before EVO!)," declared a recent post at Capcom Unity.
The developer first announced the new fighter at EVO over the summer, and adds in four familiar faces: Elena, Rolento, Poison, and Hugo. There's also plans to include a brand newish character.
"This character [has] never been featured in a Street Fighter game up until now," Capcom senior product manager Matt Dahlgren told the Jace Hall Show, or any other fighter for that matter. As Dahlgren notes, Ultra Street Fighter 4 "will be the first time he (or she) makes their fighting game debut." That would rule out a great number of Capcom's other characters who've appeared in countless cross over games, like X-Men Vs Capcom, Marvel Vs Capcom, etc.
Despite the current availability of the PlayStation 4, and the impending launch of the Xbox One later this month, the plan is to keep Ultra limited to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
Ultra Street Fighter 4 will release in two forms, with the player picking whichever they like:
1. As a $15 DLC upgrade - choose this route if you already have a copy of Street Fighter 4. With the price breakdown, it means you get each new character at $3 each.
2. As an all-new physical release, on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Besides the new characters, players will also get six new stages, all of which featured in Street Fighter X Tekken: Cosmic Elevator, Mad Gear Hideout, Jurassic Era Research Facility, Blast Furnace, and Pitstop 109.
