Author: Zavian "mushin_Z" Sildra

Is a new Temple Hideout theme incoming?

Capcom announced via Twitter last night that there will be a brief period of “urgent maintenance” for the Street Fighter V servers today–so if you had planned to fight for some League Points today, you’ll have to wait until after lunch.

We will perform urgent server maintenance from 11am to 1pm on 5/3 PDT. Thank you for your patience and support.

— SFV Server (@SFVServer) May 3, 2017

The reason is unspecified; there is a possibility this may be to apply modified background music to the Temple Hideout stage, after the concerns about the religious references in its original theme prompted its removal from the Shop and a quick fix of replacing the initial music with M. Bison’s theme. Hopefully, we see the stage returned to full working order today. Of course, this particular maintenance bout may also be for something completely different–we’ll see.

Source: SFV Server

See how each fighter’s appearance has changed throughout the history of Street Fighter!

Many of the fighters we know and love (or love to hate) have been with the Street Fighter franchise for quite a long time. Over the past three decades we’ve naturally seen advances in the technology supporting these titles, and the characters have evolved to keep up, of course; gaining more detail and changing their appearance with each new iteration.

MuchGames demonstrates exactly how much these characters’ in-game models have changed very effectively in these morphing GIFs, each showing us in a few seconds how a Street Fighter changes over the course of multiple games–from their origins, up to Street Fighter X Tekken or Street Fighter V. Check out the GIFs for Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Sagat, M. Bison, Sakura, and Akuma below! It’s fascinating to see how each character has changed in each game, while retaining common identifying elements in their design.

The original post on MuchGames also includes additional information about each character’s history and design, be sure to check it out!

Many thanks to MuchGames for these intriguing GIFs, and to Kip Wright for the tip!

Source: MuchGames

Buttonczech 2017 is also a ZOWIE Fighter Street Fighter V qualifying event!

If you’re going to be in or near the Czech Republic this weekend, you’ll want to check out Buttonczech 2017! It will take place at Klub Nová Chmelnice in Prague, and feature four furious fighting game tournaments:

• Street Fighter V
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-
• BlazBlue: Central Fiction [side tournament]

The Street Fighter V event is also part of the ZOWIE Fighter qualifying series, meaning the top Street Fighter V spot goes on to fight in the finals in Paris. The top performers in SFV and Guilty Gear will also take home a ZOWIE RL2460 monitor.

More information can be found on the official Buttonczech website. Registration is still open here!

Thanks to Jiri for the tip.

Source: Buttonczech

Street Fighter’s beautiful female fighters (and maybe some of the men) are returning for more summertime pin-ups in 2017!

UDON Entertainment has officially announced the Street Fighter & Friends 2017 Swimsuit Special will be hitting stores this July–and in this issue, the Street Fighter characters will be joined by their friends (and enemies?) from the Darkstalkers, Rivals Schools, and Final Fight franchises! Last year’s featured a wide selection of excellent art from a varied group of contributing artists, and this year can be expected to be no different. From UDON Entertanment:

The lovely ladies of Street Fighter are back for more fun summer pin-ups, and this time they’ve brought along their fighting game friends from Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, and Final Fight! Chun-li, Cammy, and Laura are joined by Morrigan, Tiffany, Poison and many more fan-favorite fighters!

A cavalcade of fantastic artists bring these tantalizing pin-ups to life, as UDON regulars are joined by several newcomers. Interior artists include Andrea Cofrancesco, Brendon Tapper, Chad Walker, Chuck Pires, Dax Gordine, Elton Portilho, Genzoman, Gisèle Lagacé, Hanzo Steinbach, Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz, John Crayton, Judy Jong, Kinuko, Martin Abel, Mike Luckas, Omar Dogan, Panzer, Rob “Robaato” Porter, Slugbox, and Xa.

The 2017 issue will feature three standard covers by artists Ecchi-Star (cover A), Aki Li (cover B), and Ryan Kinnaird (cover C). A blank sketch variant (cover D) will also be available, as well as a special retailer incentive cover (cover E) by Joe Vriens, featuring Morrigan paying homage to a classic 1960s horror image!

The Street Fighter & Friends 2017 Swimsuit Special is set to arrive in stores on July 27, 2017. Pick it up at a comics retailer near you, or digitally via ComiXology.

STREET FIGHTER & FRIENDS 2017 SWIMSUIT SPECIAL
32 pages, full color; $3.99/$4.99, available July 2017
MAY171944  STREET FIGHTER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL 2017 CVR A (Ecchi-Star)
MAY171945  STREET FIGHTER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL 2017 CVR B (Li)
MAY171946  STREET FIGHTER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL 2017 CVR C (Kinnaird)
MAY171947  STREET FIGHTER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL 2017 CVR D (blank sketch)
MAY171948  STREET FIGHTER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL 2017 CVR E (10 copy retailer incentive)

Source: UDON Entertainment

The next test is coming soon, and this time both platforms can try out the upcoming features.

While the next Street Fighter V balance patch and Capcom Fighters Network improvements were initially expected to go live before the end of April, it was later stated by Capcom that they intended to conduct a second beta test first, pushing the update back further. While no specific timeline was previously indicated, Capcom announced this morning that the second beta test will now be running May 11-14, 2017–and unlike the first, both PlayStation 4 and PC players will now be able to try it out.

All PS4/PC users will be able to play the beta test, even without a copy of Street Fighter V. Fight Money/statistics accumulated in the test will not be shared with your main game.

Here’s a breakdown (once again) of the incoming Capcom Fighters Network features/changes in the beta test (in addition to the character balance changes, and some alterations/additions to stage backgrounds):

• Rage Quit Penalty System
  The special Player Profile Icons will work correctly, and matchmaking logic will take into account your online behavior and frequent disconnectors will be matched with similar opponents.
• Ranked and Casual Match Loading Times
  There will be a shorter transition when going into a Ranked or Casual Match.
• Battle Lounge Country Flags
  Country flags will now properly load in Battle Lounges, allowing players to locate competition in their region.
• Training Mode: User Settings Saved
  Training Mode settings will now save and carry over to the next time the mode is accessed.
• Matchmaking Improvements
  It should now take less time to find an opponent in online matches, and logic will be added to avoid frequently being matched with the same opponent repeatedly.
• Fighter Profile Stats
  More detailed stats will be tracked and presented on your Fighter Profile.
• Country/League Based Rankings
  Players will be able to filter leaderboards based on Country or League.
• Friend Management System
  In addition to adding a player to your Favorites, you will be able to add Friends and follow them on CFN. You will also be able to Blacklist players.
• Interactive Timeline
  On the CFN home menu, a live feed of your Friends’ activities will be presented on an interactive Timeline. Using the Timeline, you will be able to immediately add a recent match to your Replay List, view a Fighter Profile, manage your Friends, and adjust Timeline display settings.
• In-Game Announcer Voice
  The in-game announcer will give you stats on both you and your opponent using data pulled from the server.

No date has been yet revealed for when these changes will become officially part of the main title.

Source: Capcom-Unity