Street Fighter 6 is in its fourth year of post-launch content, with the first Year 4 character Yasmin arriving on August 3, 2026, and a system-wide battle balance adjustment scheduled for the same date. The competitive season is active, with MenaRD winning both Blink Respawn 2026 and EVO 2026, and the Street Fighter League Japan 2026 season starting August 25.
Street Fighter 6 entered its fourth year of post-launch support in June 2026, with Capcom announcing a Year 4 lineup that includes three new original fighters and one guest character. Yasmin, a high school girl from the Philippines who uses Eskrima, will be the first Year 4 character, releasing on August 3, 2026. She will be followed by Arjun in fall 2026, Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII Remake in spring 2027, and Bosch, a character from the game's World Tour mode, 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 at Summer Game Fest 2026.
On the competitive side, MenaRD won the Street Fighter 6 division at Blink Respawn 2026 in June, securing a Capcom Cup 13 spot. He then won EVO 2026 later that month, defeating Japan's Shigematsu in the grand finals for a second consecutive EVO main event title. Because MenaRD had already qualified for Capcom Cup 13, the runner-up Shigematsu earned the Capcom Cup 13 spot. The Street Fighter League Japan 2026 season was announced to begin on August 25, with a new team Riddle Order replacing CAG Osaka for a total of 12 teams. ZETA DIVISION Geekly added MenaRD to its roster for the upcoming season, alongside returning players Momochi, Higuchi, and Yamaguchi.
Capcom continues to support Street Fighter 6 with live-service events and merchandise. The game celebrated its third anniversary in June 2026 with an avatar contest, a special V-Rival featuring producer Shuhei Matsumoto, and limited-time events. A collaboration with K-pop group aespa ended sales of a special Juri costume on July 4, 2026. Bandai Spirits announced a new Ichiban Kuji lottery featuring MASTERLISE figures of Ryu and Cammy, launching in November 2026. The game also reached a new all-time high of approximately 72,000 concurrent players on Steam with the release of Ingrid, the final Year 3 character, on May 29, 2026. Street Fighter 6 has surpassed 7 million units sold worldwide.
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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.