Street Fighter IV costume DLC priced, free championship mode
- February 06, 2009 12:27 PM PST
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[UPDATE] Post-release weekly updates will bring addition costumes to Street Fighter IV, including a free online championship mode.
According to Japanese magazine Famitsu, Capcom will be releasing weekly updates for Street Fighter IV after the game's release to bring at least one new costume to each fighter in increments of five costumes per week. In addition, players will also be able to download a free championship mode that is for experienced online fighters looking for hardcore ranked fights. These fights will have saved replays for other players to download, watch, and study.
Currently, Famitsu pinpoints the downloadable costume content at 320
each, or you can wait for the entire "combo pack" for 1,000 after all the costumes packs have been released. Note that this content has only been confirmed in Japan. We are waiting on a response from Capcom.
UPDATE: Here's the official press release from Capcom announcing and detailing the additional content for America as well.
Capcom is pleased to announce the first expansion pack for Street Fighter IV. Championship Mode expansion pack will add several unique and gameplay enriching options to Street Fighter IV's already robust feature set free of charge post launch. Street Fighter IV's Championship Mode Expansion Pack will include:
- Replay Mode - Record, upload, and download top matches to share with the Street Fighter IV community. Players can analyze top tiered fighters matches, leave voter feedback for others, and share their own triumphant victories.
- New Points System - Two new points systems to measure your skill (Championship and Tournament Points)
- Enhanced Tournament Matching System - Skill level matching system offers improved tournament match making for beginners and mid-level players. Competitors earn Grade Points (GP) to earn entry into more advanced tournaments.
Additionally, we are announcing the DLC alternate costume expansion packs for Street Fighter IV to customize your fighters. Each DLC pack offers an alternate costume for you favorite Street Fighter IV character. The packs are grouped by themes and will be available for 320 for Xbox 360 or $3.99 on PlayStation 3 post launch.
- 2/17 - Brawler Pack DLC Pack will include alternate costumes for: Zangeif, E.Honda, Rufus, El Furete, and Abel.
- 2/24 - Femme Fatale Pack will include alternate costumes for: Chun-Li, Cammy, Sakura, Rose, and C.Viper.
- 3/3/09 - Shoruken Pack will include alternate costumes for: Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Gouken, and Dan.
- 3/10/09 - Shadowloo Pack will include alternate costumes for: Seth, M.Bison, Sagat, Balrog, and Vega.
- 3/17/09 - Classic Pack will include alternate costumes for: Guile, Dhalsim, Fei-Long, Blanka, and Gen.
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- Feb 04 2009 at 06:10:39:PM PST
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These items are already created before the game is released. There is absolutely no reason why this stuff shouldn't be free.
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320 a costume lmfao they can kiss ass
the ones that come wiht it good enough
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dont care bout costumes anyway... LMAO
Ill take the free Championship mode tho...
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you have got to be kidding me... shouldn't this be an unlockable inside the game????? I hope no one buys this stupidity!!!!
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YoungStar24 wrote:
Talk about milking a game.....this should already be included!!
u want some cheese 2 go w/ that wine?
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Well I guess the days of playing through a game to unlock costumes is gone. I use to play through games like Tekken to unlock a new character or outfit. Charging for them is easy and more profitable. I wouldn't spend a dime on it myself.
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what the heck is this gonna be like Little Big Street Fighter Planet Championship should already be in the game , shouldn't it ? I hope we don't have to pay for the online vs mode sheesh, no wonder the gaming business did good last year
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wow fuck you capcom that should be in the game already
and 320 points... wow you got to be a real moron to buy this shit
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Children born after the year 2000 or so won't know that normally stuff like this would have been unlockables, and eventually this will become the norm. Come to think of it, back in the year 2000 Marvel vs Capcom 2 came out and in that game if you wanted new costumes of characters you did have to buy them. But that was in the in game shop, with points that you earned while the game.
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