Street Fighter V’s Huge March Update Is Arriving Next Week, Includes Alex

Earlier in the month Street Fighter V debuted to mixed reception. While many consumers admired its exciting gameplay and gorgeous art, its lack of content and modes of play produced controversy. The good news is that Capcom has plans to remedy this shortcoming by introducing a series of free updates over the next few months, beginning with a March update.

On March 28th Street Fighter V will receive its first major post-release update. It's substantial with lots of goodies included, most notably a Challenge Mode. Below are the anticipated patch notes:

 

• Demonstrations: Learn the ins and outs of Street Fighter V through helpful demonstration and tutorial content. Contains content for each of the 16 characters, as well as advice geared towards players of all skill levels:
  • Beginner Tutorials: 12 lessons covering, movement, normal attacks, special attacks, V-System, throws, counter hits, chip/recoverable damage, etc.
  • Intermediate Tutorials: 11 lessons covering projectiles, invincibility frames, armor and armor break, recovery, cross-up attacks, anti-air options, etc.
  • Advanced Tutorials: 4 lessons covering back dashing, frame advantage/disadvantage, combo potential, button priority, etc.
  • Character Tutorials: 16 lessons covering each individual character.
• Trials: Put your skills to the ultimate test with combo trials for all 16 characters, ranging from basic to pro combos. Completing Trials will also earn you some extra Fight Money. 

• Salty from a close loss online? Want revenge? Players can now play a 2/3 set in Ranked Match and Casual Matches, provided both players accept the rematch. 

• Enjoy up to 8 person lobbies, complete with match spectating.

• Various game bugs have been fixed, along with minor gameplay balancing. For more details please see the previous post.

This update will be offered for free to all owners of Street Fighter V.  This will be followed by the introduction of Alex on March 30th, and a currently unspecified update in April.

You can read our review for Street Fighter V here.