Street Fighter 6 remains the center of the franchise's active competitive and merchandise calendar, with the live-action Street Fighter: The Movie set for an October 16, 2026 worldwide release. The game's Year 4 DLC continues with Yasmin's August 3 release, and multiple hardware collaborations, league seasons, and exhibition events are scheduled through late 2026.
Street Fighter 6 is in its fourth year of post-launch support, with Capcom adding Yasmin as the Year 4 opening character on August 3 across PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. Yasmin is a fast, standard-type fighter using a karambit knife, joining a Year 4 Character Pass that also includes Arjun, Bosch, and Tifa. The Yasmine Arrives! Fighting Pass accompanied the release, adding new colors, illustrations, and a Pirate Ship Higemaru mini-game.
The competitive scene is equally active. Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026, the ninth official Capcom team league season, starts August 25 with 12 teams, including newcomer Riddle Order. Vspo! returns as the league's official support ambassador for a second year, now with five members, and will mirror-broadcast every match. In individual play, MenaRD won the Street Fighter 6 division at EVO 2026 for a second straight main event title, and Tokido took CEO 2026 for his first Capcom Pro Tour win since 2024.
The live-action Street Fighter: The Movie, directed by Kitao Sakurai, is set for an October 16 worldwide release after moving from Sony to the Paramount-Legendary distribution deal. The cast includes Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, David Dastmalchian as Vega, and Cody Rhodes as Guile. The film has already generated cross-promotions, including a playable YouTube trailer mini-game, a WWE SummerSlam entrance for Rhodes, and a special exhibition event at a cinema in early October.
Beyond the game and film, multiple hardware and merchandise collaborations are scheduled for late 2026, including GRAPHT's Street Fighter 6 line at Tokyo Game Show, VSPO!-themed controllers, and a Red Bull Revenge show match event at TGS. The franchise also appears in high school esports, with NASEF JAPAN adding a Street Fighter 6 individual division.
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Capcom released the 'Get Ready for Arjun!' Fighting Pass for Street Fighter 6 on September 8, ahead of Arjun's October 13 debut. The pass includes EX colors for Dhalsim and Lily, a fireworks intrusion effect, new intrusion visuals for Ryu and Elena, Movie Star avatar equipment, and the classic shooter Giga Wing. A tie-in with the live-action Street Fighter film, opening October 16, offers free intrusion visuals.
Brook Gaming will exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2026 under the theme "Powered by Brook Inside," co-showing with more than 10 arcade stick brands at Hall 10-E29. Wizard Room presents a new second-generation stick, while REJECT and M-GAMING bring 2026 models and ISTMALL and other partners show latest units. On the public days, Street Fighter 6 pros Sahara and Nemo will hold talks, play sessions, photos, and signings.
Capcom announced September 8 that Arjun, the second Year 4 character for Street Fighter 6, releases October 13. Arjun is an Indian police officer framed for the murder of his partner Karna. His kit centers on recoverable damage: gray health that recovers over time but is lost if hit before recovery. Many specials accumulate it even when blocked. His moves use yoga breathing techniques, including projectiles, rock-based attacks, a counter stance, and a command grab that converts gray health to real damage.
GRAPHT, a brand by MSY, announced the GRAPHT Command Trigger for PC, a thin 17-button leverless arcade controller developed with keyboard brand Akko. It is 23 mm thick, features 1.8 mm stroke switches, supports 8,000 Hz polling, and includes a 2-inch LCD and jog dial. Four Street Fighter 6 collaboration models are available. Standard model pre-orders open September 17, release October 23 at 16,980 yen. Collaboration models pre-order same day, release December 10 at 19,800 yen.
A Street Fighter 6 special exhibition will run October 1 at Midland Square Cinema 2, Screen 8, ahead of the Street Fighter movie's October 16 release. Pro e-sports players Dogura and KEI.B will play a match with commentary from caster Aru. SKE48-affiliated e-sports team amshy members MIYOMARUKO and OHIME will appear for challenge segments and a talk portion.
Virtual e-Sports Project VSPO! has teamed with Street Fighter 6 and controller maker PUNK WORKSHOP on three limited-order leverless controllers. Each pairs a VSPO! member with their main Street Fighter 6 character: Ren Kisaragi with JP, Hanabi Choya with Marisa, and Moka Amayui with Akuma. The members supervised button layout, size, color, and specs to match their own play setups. Orders run September 11 to October 12, 2026, from 39,980 yen, with shipping from early November.
A YouTube mini-game called Street Fighter Combo Challenge has been available since September 2. It plays the main promotional video for the live-action film Street Fighter: The Movie, set for worldwide release on October 16, on an arcade cabinet-style screen. Players press keys in time with on-screen prompts for sessions of 2 to 3 minutes, with scores and best scores shown at the end. Keyboard input works on PC, and the game runs in the YouTube app.
Paramount Pictures released a new trailer for Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film, which opens October 16. Set in 1993, the story follows Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li through the World Warrior Tournament. Andrew Koji plays Ryu, Noah Centineo plays Ken, and Callina Liang plays Chun-Li. Kitao Sakurai directs. The film is the first distributed under the new Paramount-Legendary deal after Sony dropped it from its calendar.
Unitcom began selling 'Street Fighter 6' recommended PCs from its LEVEL∞ gaming PC series. Three models, two desktops and one laptop, passed Capcom's verification standards for operation testing. Prices range from 289,800 yen to 364,800 yen, with BTO support for customization. The desktop 'LEVEL-M8AM-R97X-RRXB-SF6' is 289,800 yen with an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Radeon RX 9060 XT. Another desktop, 'LEVEL-M88M-265F-TKXB-SF6,' costs 364,800 yen with an Intel Core Ultra 7 and GeForce RTX 5070. The laptop 'LEVEL-15FR172-U7P-TKPX-SF6' is 359,800 yen with an RTX 5070 Laptop GPU.
Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026, the official Japanese pro league for Street Fighter 6, kicks off August 25. The VTuber group Vspo!, serving as the league's official support ambassador, will conduct mirror broadcasts of all matches and player interviews. Five members will handle the simultaneous viewing.
MSY's brand GRAPHT announced new collaboration items with Capcom's fighting game Street Fighter 6 on August 28, ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2026. The lineup expands the Monitor Mascot series with four characters: Ed, Akuma, Guile, and E. Honda, bringing the total to 13 types. The Desk Mat series adds Ingrid and Alex, and the Embroidered Sticker series adds Yasmin, who appeared in Year 4, plus three rank badges: ULTIMATE MASTER, GRAND MASTER, and HIGH MASTER. The Monitor Mascots are about 8 cm tall and priced at 2,500 yen each at the TGS venue. Desk mats cost 4,900 yen each, and embroidered stickers cost 1,300 yen each, all at TGS venue-limited prices. Advance sales begin at the GRAPHT merchandise booth (Hall10-W30) during TGS2026, held from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe. Mail order on the GRAPHT official EC site is planned for early October. The embroidered stickers now cover all 31 playable characters in Street Fighter 6. GRAPHT will also exhibit at the gaming hardware corner (Hall10-C08), displaying gamepads, arcade controllers, monitors, earphones, and microphone arms, with some available for trial.
Thirdwave's gaming PC brand GALLERIA began accepting orders on August 25 for a line of collaboration desktop PCs themed around Capcom's Street Fighter 6. The company also announced sponsorship and equipment cooperation for Capcom's official STREET FIGHTER LEAGUE JAPAN 2026. The collaboration models feature a deformed, comical illustration of character Juri by illustrator Kangyaku, displayed on the front of the chassis and the left glass panel. An original wallpaper using the same artwork comes preinstalled. Eight models are available total, split evenly between AMD and Intel CPU configurations. All meet the recommended specifications for comfortable play of Street Fighter 6. The recommended model, SFPR7A-R56T16G-W, runs Windows 11 Home, uses an AMD Ryzen 7 7700 CPU, 16GB of DDR5 memory, a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU, and a 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD, priced at 414,980 yen including tax. Prices across the lineup range from 354,980 yen to 719,980 yen. Orders can be placed at Dospara stores and its online shop.
Red Bull Japan announced all four matchups for the invitational show match Red Bull Revenge, held September 21 at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The cards reenact famous Street Fighter competitive matches in Street Fighter 6: Big Bird vs Bonchan, Tokido vs MenaRD, Blaz vs Sahara, and LeShar vs Kawano. Each match is first-to-5, with free first-come seating and streams on YouTube and Twitch.
Inside's photo report from Comic Market 108, held August 15 and 16 at Tokyo Big Sight, spotlights 10 female cosplayers from general participation. The two-day event drew about 260,000 visitors, down 40,000 from the previous event. Featured cosplay spans Street Fighter, Hololive, Zenless Zone Zero, NIKKE, Call of the Night, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Shugo Chara!, and Keroro Gunso.
Tokido won the Street Fighter 6 tournament at CEO 2026 in Florida, defeating Booce Lee 3-2 in the grand final after resetting the bracket. It is his first Capcom Pro Tour win since 2024. Since Tokido already holds a Capcom Cup 13 spot, the winner's qualification goes to Booce Lee.
David Dastmalchian, who plays Vega in the live-action "Street Fighter: The Movie," told ComicBook that the production team minimized reliance on VFX, using stunts and live-action techniques to reproduce special moves. He said audiences will see the Psycho Crusher expressed in live action for the first time. The film releases worldwide on October 16, 2026.
At WWE SummerSlam 2026, Cody Rhodes, who plays Guile in the live-action Street Fighter: The Movie, performed an entrance styled after Street Fighter II. The video shown during his entrance began with content resembling the game's title screen, moved to the character select screen, and included a scene of Guile. His mask even featured Guile hair.
Infinity Studio is releasing a 1/3 scale silicone action figure of Cammy from Street Fighter 6, standing about 65 cm tall. It features an alloy skeleton, movable joints, hand-planted hair, and adjustable golden twin blades. Reservations are open on Amazon.co.jp for 188,000 yen, with release scheduled for April 30, 2027.
Sycom announced on August 3 that pro players Orarin and Zabuton will serve as guest instructors for the STREET FIGHTER 6 LEVEL UP ACADEMY, a free event run by Human Academy e-Sports College. Sessions take place August 22 in Kobe and August 23 in Fukuoka, with seminars and match coaching.
Capcom's Street Fighter 6 took first place in the latest Steam sales rankings for Japan, boosted by a 50 percent discount. New releases followed closely, with Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation at second and Nippon Ichi Software's Honogurai no Niwa at third. The list also includes free-to-play staples and two other new titles.
Brave group's next-generation Virtual esports Project Vspo! has been appointed as the official support ambassador for Capcom's Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026 for the second consecutive year. Five Vspo! talents will serve in the role: Ren Kisaragi, Kupi Kaminari, Ema Aizawa, Hanabi Choya, and Moka Amayui. The announcement was made on August 7, 2026. In the previous season, Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2025, three members held the position: Kisaragi, Choya, and Amayui. For the 2026 season, Kaminari and Aizawa, both active players in Street Fighter 6, have joined the ambassador team, expanding it to five members. The ambassadors will promote the tournament through activities such as mirror streams, player interviews, and content introducing the league. Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026 marks the ninth season of the official Capcom team league, with all 12 teams competing for the championship. The tournament will be broadcast live on the official CAPCOM Fighters JP YouTube and Twitch channels. Ahead of the main rounds, a pre-opening division match featuring 48 players from 12 teams is scheduled for August 10 and 11, 2026.
The Esports Foundation (EF) announced on August 4, 2026, the six Japanese representatives for the fighting game category at the Esports Nations Cup 2026 (ENC), a country-versus-country tournament set to debut in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The roster includes GO1 and Nemo from Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, and Sahara, Fuudo, Higuchi, and Hikaru from Street Fighter 6. GO1 earned a direct invitation through the SNK World Championship 2026 ranking system, having won the Esports World Cup 2025, EVO 2025, and Combo Breaker 2026, and leads the domestic ranking by over 8,000 points. Nemo secured his slot by winning the East Asia online regional qualifier. Sahara, the 21-year-old Capcom Cup 12 champion, brings experience from Fortnite and VALORANT. Higuchi has competed in the Esports World Cup twice, while Fuudo has been active for about 15 years. Hikaru won the second World Warrior Japan tournament and was runner-up in the first, holding top results among Japanese players in the Capcom Pro Tour World Warrior rankings. ENC is a biennial global tournament where players represent their countries or regions, not clubs.
Dwango announced on July 27 that four Nijisanji VTubers will host a four-week relay live commentary for the TV anime Street Fighter USA on Nico Nico Live. The program, titled 'Nijisanji × Anime Street Fighter USA All 26 Episodes Relay Live Commentary,' runs from September 17 to October 8, 2026, every Thursday at 20:00. The participants are Hyakumantenbara Salome (episodes 1-7), Kuzuha (episodes 8-13), Iha Rai (episodes 14-19), and Saeki Ittetsu (episodes 20-26). All four are known for playing Street Fighter 6, with Kuzuha reaching Ultimate Master rank and Iha Rai at High Master. Street Fighter USA aired in the US in the 1990s and was long considered a 'phantom title' in Japan because it was never broadcast or released on home video there; it became available on streaming services in 2021. The VTubers will watch the series fresh, without prior viewing or information. The broadcast will show the anime footage alongside the VTubers' reactions on one screen. A follow-and-repost campaign on the Nico Nico VTuber official X account offers prizes. Kuzuha commented that he wants to learn character matchups by watching the anime to raise his rank.
Capcom will release Yasmin, the first entirely new character of Street Fighter 6's fourth year, on August 3 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. Yasmin is a standard-type fighter with high mobility, using a karambit knife and fast walking and Drive Rush speeds. Her special moves include Daroi n Tubig, a multi-hit advancing attack, and Talim n Hangin, a rush slash with a feint variant.
Capcom opened CAPCOMIX Minato Mirai, a new experiential facility in Yokohama, on July 17. The venue combines physical activity with Capcom IPs in the Crazy BANeT area, plus a VR-X zone with Street Fighter, Onimusha, and Resident Evil content, a kids' area, a trial play corner, and a store. Pricing starts at 2,300 yen for 90 minutes on weekdays, with a special opening price of 500 yen for 60 minutes for app members through July 31. A preview event featured comedian Hollywood Zakoshisho demonstrating the activities.
STUDIO24's figure series THE KING OF COLLECTORS'24 adds Ryu from Street Fighter II as its 9th entry, releasing December 2026. The 18cm figure is sculpted by Hirotaka Inasaka and produced in-house. The series previously included characters from Fatal Fury SPECIAL and The King of Fighters '98, enabling cross-company matchups in figure form.
Capcom announced the Yasmine Arrives! Fighting Pass for Street Fighter 6, including new ex colors, illustrations, and a Pirate Ship Higemaru mini-game. The DLC character Yasmine joins the roster on August 3 as part of the Year 4 Character Pass, which also adds Arjun, Bosch, and Final Fantasy VII's Tifa.
BANDAI SPIRITS announced on July 2 the second Ichiban Kuji lottery themed on Street Fighter II, titled "Ichiban Kuji Street Fighter ~I'll Meet Someone Stronger Than Me~." The A prize is a Ryu MASTERLISE figure standing approximately 26 cm tall, depicting the character with arms crossed, eyes closed, a torn gi shoulder, and wind-blown belt. The B prize is a Cammy MASTERLISE figure at roughly 24 cm, showing her in a fighting pose with detailed abdominal muscles and flowing hair. The Last One prize, awarded to the person who pulls the final ticket, is a variant Ryu MASTERLISE figure in a "Satsui no Hado" color scheme with a sharp gaze, bared teeth, and a navy blue gi. A D prize select figure of Ryu and Sagat uses a more pixelated design reminiscent of the original arcade game. Other prizes and the exact release date have not been detailed, though Dengeki Hobby Web reports a sequential release starting November 2026. Each draw costs 850 yen including tax. The lottery will be available at Ichiban Kuji ONLINE, CAPCOM STORE, and official Ichiban Kuji shops.
MSY's brand GRAPHT is releasing new collaboration items for Street Fighter 6's third anniversary, including a sticker set and trading can badges featuring newly drawn art by illustrator Kangu of all 30 playable characters. Pre-orders start July 2 on the GRAPHT official EC site, and the items will also be sold at pop-up stores in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sendai.
NASEF JAPAN announced the 4th All-Japan High School eSports Championship at a press conference on June 30. The tournament will keep the same five games as last year but adds a new individual division for Street Fighter 6, split into two leagues by player rank. A Tournament Executive Committee including teacher advisors will now oversee rules and policies.
MenaRD won the Street Fighter 6 division at EVO 2026, held June 26-28 in Las Vegas, defeating Japan's Shigematsu in the grand finals. Shigematsu, who came from the losers bracket, reset the bracket with a 3-1 win but lost the deciding set 3-0 in a Blanka mirror match. The victory gives MenaRD a second consecutive EVO main event title and his fourth championship across all EVO-branded tournaments, including EVO Japan. Because MenaRD had already qualified for Capcom Cup 13 by winning Blink Respawn 2026, the runner-up Shigematsu earned the Capcom Cup 13 spot. The top 8 also included Kilzyou (3rd, France), Craime (4th, Chile), Dogura (5th, Japan), Tantanmen (5th, Japan, in his first EVO top 8), CrossoverRD (7th, Dominican Republic), and Zhen (7th, China). Japanese commentary for the finals streamed on the Capcom Fighters JP YouTube channel.
Capcom announced the Street Fighter League Japan 2026 season will begin on August 25, with a new team Riddle Order replacing CAG Osaka for a total of 12 teams. The division split for Division S and Division F was revealed, and a paid-stream Division Exhibition Match is set for August 10-11.
Capcom's Street Fighter 6 collaboration with K-pop group aespa will end sales of the special Juri costume on July 4, 2026. The costume, Juri: Outfit 4 feat. aespa (Color 1-10), has been on sale for one year since July 4, 2025, priced at 350 Fighter Coins. As a bonus for purchasing, the entrance scene after character selection plays a K-Pop style arrangement of Juri's theme as dedicated BGM, and an effect featuring the symbols of aespa members appears at the top of the character information. The sale ends at 15:59 JST on July 4. The collaboration was part of a tie-in between Street Fighter 6 and aespa, a group under SM Entertainment. Both Inside and Game Spark reported the deadline.
Capcom will implement an overall battle balance adjustment for Street Fighter 6 on August 3, coinciding with the release of the first Year 4 additional character, Yasmine. The adjustment list will be released before maintenance begins. Year 4 also includes characters Arjun, Tifa from Final Fantasy VII Remake, and World Tour mode's Bosch.
Capcom announced that Yasmin, the first additional character of Year 4 for Street Fighter 6, will be released on August 3. A gameplay trailer released on June 18 shows the new fighter, a high school girl from the Philippines who uses the traditional martial art Eskrima. She wields a karambit knife and fights with high mobility, entering the world of street fighting to find her missing older brother. Yasmin has a special enhanced state called Bayani Mode, activated by landing certain moves, which changes the performance of some special attacks and enables more powerful combos. Her special moves include Dalo'y ng Tubig, Talim ng Hangin, and Mukha ng Langit. The trailer also shows her victory animation, where she jumps for joy and bows to her opponent. A second outfit, a school uniform, can be unlocked through gameplay or purchased. Alongside Yasmin's release, Capcom will apply the first overall battle balance adjustment of Year 4. Yasmin will be playable in a trial version at the Evo Las Vegas event from June 26 to 28. Year 4 will also add characters Arjun, Tifa from Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Bosh.
Round 2 of the Capcom Creators JP Cup, an official Street Fighter 6 tournament for 100 creators, begins today. Twelve participants split into four teams compete in 3-on-3 matches with special Trap Card rules. The event streams on CapcomChannel and includes a viewer hashtag campaign.
Capcom announced at Summer Game Fest 2026 on June 6 that Tifa Lockhart from the Final Fantasy VII Remake series will join Street Fighter 6 as a Year 4 guest character, alongside new original fighters Yasmin (Philippines) and Arjun (India) and the playable debut of World Tour character Bosch. Producer Shuhei Matsumoto and director Takayuki Nakayama told Denfaminicogamer and Game Spark that the Tifa collaboration had been discussed for about three years, initiated through a mutual acquaintance at Square Enix and accelerated after Nakayama co-starred with FF7R director Naoki Hamaguchi at Tokyo Game Show 2023. The Square Enix team, including creative director Tetsuya Nomura, reviewed design adjustments to ensure Tifa's martial arts moves read clearly in a versus fighting game. Tifa's implementation and the release of Final Fantasy VII Revelation are both scheduled for spring 2027. Capcom also confirmed that Street Fighter 6 has surpassed 7 million units sold worldwide.
Capcom's Street Fighter 6, boosted by the announcement of Year 4 characters including Tifa from Final Fantasy VII and a 50% discount, reached first place in the Steam sales rankings for the week of June 8, 2026. Forza Horizon 6 held second place, while Wuthering Waves, amid a Cyberpunk collaboration, ranked third. Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve debuted at tenth place ahead of its October release.
MenaRD won the Street Fighter 6 division at Blink Respawn 2026, held June 5-7 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. After falling to the losers' bracket, he reset the grand finals and defeated NoahTheProdigy 3-1 in the Blanka vs. Luke matchup, earning a spot in Capcom Cup 13.
GameSpark's weekly ranking for May 29 to June 4, 2026, highlights a hidden command in Street Fighter 6 that transforms Ingrid into Dark Ingrid, a new trademark for Tales of Eternia sparking remaster speculation, a play report for the DRPG Algolemeth, a trailer for Ironwing Valiant, and a temporary free web release of Rockman's Soccer.
Capcom announced the Year 4 character lineup for Street Fighter 6 during Summer Game Fest 2026 on June 6. The roster includes three new fighters and one guest character. Yasmin will arrive first on August 3, 2026, followed by Arjun in fall 2026. Tifa Lockhart from Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake series will join as a guest fighter in early spring 2027. The final character, Bosch, a character from Street Fighter 6's World Tour mode, will arrive in late 2027. This marks the first year since launch that no characters from previous Street Fighter games are returning. The Year 4 Character Pass and Ultimate Pass went on sale immediately after the announcement. Street Fighter 6 is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.
The Golden Trailer Awards, honoring the year's best film marketing, announced winners on May 28. Konami's Silent Hill f won Best Video Game Trailer. Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters won Best Animation/Family Poster. The live-action film of the horror game Exit 8 won Best Foreign Horror. Several anime and game-related nominees, including Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, lost in their categories.
Capcom announced a slate of events on June 2 to mark the third anniversary of Street Fighter 6, which launched on June 2, 2023. The centerpiece is an SNS Avatar Contest running through June 30, split into two categories: Avatar Create, for posting images themed around cute, cool, or funny designs, and Avatar Combo, for videos of practical or flashy combos. Winners receive exclusive in-game titles. A special V-Rival, producer Shuhei Matsumoto, has been added to the V-Rival mode, where players can fight him using any character and earn special rewards by meeting conditions. Other limited-time events include an Extreme Battle Tournament with modified rules, a Drive Ticket Rush for earning premium currency, a Challenge Master event that rewards clearing challenges with anniversary badges and titles, a SHOP Sale discounting characters up to Year 2 and Outfit 4, and a Lucky Week that increases Play Points from battle cabinets. The events run through the end of June.
Shibuya Hal announced the 8-team, 32-participant lineup for the VTuber Saikyo Ketteisen ver. Street Fighter 6 Second Act, a fighting game tournament running June 20-31, 2026. Nearly 80,000 viewers watched the reveal stream. Public viewings at five HUB locations will accompany the event.
The staff for the Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games anime revealed that Halca performs the ending theme song "New Game." The anime also announced a new collaboration with Street Fighter 6, including a promotional video in the Battle Hub from June 2-30 and six title cards available through July 14. The anime premieres July 7.
Capcom released Ingrid, the final character of Street Fighter 6 Year 3, on May 29, 2026. The update also adds new modes Avatar Random Match and Avatar Arcade, plus Outfit 3 for all Year 3 characters and a free DriveTech Wear outfit for all users. Ingrid's World Tour story content ends with her release.
Professional esports team ZETA DIVISION announced on May 29, 2026, that two-time Capcom Cup champion MenaRD has joined its Street Fighter division as a member of ZETA DIVISION Geekly for the Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2026 season. MenaRD, who remains affiliated with Weibo Gaming, will compete alongside returning players Momochi, Higuchi, and Yamaguchi. The team also announced that player and caster Jajii has joined as a coach. The announcement fills a roster spot left open after Hikaru transferred to RIDDLE in April 2026 and follows Sho's retirement from competitive play in 2025. ZETA DIVISION Geekly retains naming rights sponsor Geekly, an IT recruitment agency, for the upcoming season. The team's new lineup is widely considered a top contender for the 2026 championship, with all four players having achieved notable results at recent world tournaments, including Yamaguchi's win at EVO Japan 2026 and Higuchi's third-place finish at the same event.
Street Fighter 6 reached a new all-time high of approximately 72,000 concurrent players on Steam on May 28, the same day Capcom added the long-requested character Ingrid. The fighter, first seen in Capcom Fighting Jam, had been announced for the game at Summer Game Fest 2025.