We have seen Collector’s Editions in the past which cost over $100 and seeing the content that Capcom is offering for $150 here, we actually think that this is a very reasonable deal. Their Collector’s Set for Street Fighter will include a total of 15 discs, a statue of Ryu, an art book and also a replica of Ryu’s belt.

The discs in question are a combination of soundtracks and previous games. The soundtracks cover the entire Street Fighter franchise which is pretty cool in itself for video game music lovers, whilst the games on offer include Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (online edition), Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and wait for it, Street Fighter X Tekken as well.

What’s even better is that the SSFIV and SFXT discs will come with all character and costume DLC, including the characters that are currently locked away on console for Street Fighter X Tekken. Finally, you’ll also get a Blu-Ray containing documentaries, anime movies and the original Street Fighter 2: Animated Movie which is quite a watch.

Did we mention that the Ryu statue lights up as well? All that can be yours in September for $150. The big question that most of you are asking now though is whether the package is worth it or not. You could argue that most Street Fighter fans already own the games that Capcom are offering and if they are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Street Fighter, then shouldn’t the company be including the original Street Fighter game and the likes of Street Fighter II Championship Edition as starters? That would probably make the package much more appealing, but we’re guessing it would take too much time and effort for Capcom to include the original games that made the franchise famous.

What are your thoughts on the Collector’s Set folks? Would you have liked to see some more game content as well? There’s no Alpha games either which may be disappointing to a lot of you.

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We have a video to show you which gives you an exact idea what is going on. There has obviously been some pretty bad bugs in Street Fighter games before, but you have to say that this is up there with the best of them – nobody likes hard console freezes now do they, especially after experiencing their fair share of issues with Skyrim.

The glitch occurs when Rolento performs his stinger move and it connects with any fireball. The game just freezes instantly and you can’t do anything other than restart the system.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any word from Capcom regarding this. We would have hoped to see a message at the Capcom Unity page stating that they were looking to fix this asap, but nothing at the moment. You can imagine the frustration that this is causing in online matches and we expect that Rolento will be banned from all tournament matches until the problem is fixed up.

As you can imagine, the issue is receiving all sorts of attention on Twitter, bordering on the hilarious as well as plenty of shock that such a glitch hasn’t been spotted by Capcom. If this has happened to you in-game, let us know your thoughts on it. Unacceptable from Capcom, or do you see the funny side of it?

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Capcom has conceded that the 1.4 million sales recorded for the fighting crossover since its release in March, is below their expectations. The reason, according to the company is due to cannibalism and in their opinion, the sheer amount of fighting games releasing too close to each other.

Gamers on the other hand may be raising one or two eyebrows over this explanation. The Mortal Kombat reboot from NetherRealm Realm studios on the other hand enjoyed an instant success, shifting over 3 million copies since launch and picking up the award for Best Fighting Game at the 2011 Spike VGAs.

It really is no secret that the on-disc DLC shenanigans for Street Fighter X Tekken have come back to hurt Capcom in the pocket. The multiple editions of Street Fighter IV may have also cast some doubt in the minds of consumers who were unsure whether a similar ‘ultimate’ version of Street Fighter X Tekken will release in the future. Capcom has said that they would not be doing this for the game, but consumers have obviously held back.

With Marvel Vs Capcom 3, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter IV, SSF IV: Arcade Edition and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars all released in the space of a few years, could the ‘cannibalism’ or even saturation finger be pointed at Capcom?

We’ve read comments on Twitter along the lines of ‘Capcom only have themselves to blame’, but do you think this is a bit harsh or deserved? It will be interesting to see what Namco Bandai think of all this as they look to release Tekken X Street Fighter – their version of the crossover game. If you thought twice about picking up Street Fighter X Tekken, let us know your thoughts on this.

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For those of you that still aren’t aware what happened – here’s a brief recap. The game shipped with 12 locked characters on console that Capcom originally planned to make exclusive to the PS Vita version of the game. After Xbox 360 users hacked the game and unlocked the characters, Capcom has now come clean and announced that PS3 and 360 owners will have to pay $20 to play with the characters when they release officially later this year.

A lot of people are not too happy with Capcom for locking away content on the disc that they paid full price for as you can imagine, and now producer Tomoaki Ayano has revealed that he is ‘pretty disappointed’ that Xbox 360 players have found a way to hack the game, even using these locked characters in online ranked matches against legit Xbox 360 players as a further kick in the teeth.

Ayano has spoke about this in an interview with GameSpot, saying that he was also a bit ‘surprised’ at the level of skill that these hackers have in being able to unlock the characters in this way. Disappointment is the key word mentioned several times by the man though, but would you argue that the company brought it on themselves?

If they didn’t lock the content away in the first place, there would have been nothing to hack. We suppose they may have felt that they needed to adopt a different DLC strategy after fans didn’t particularly like the various ‘ultimate’ editions of games that they keep bringing out.

Capcom are disappointed that their game has been hacked, but are you disappointed that the company are not treating their customers with respect? You can bet that they won’t be pulling similar stunts with future games from now on – or will they?

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In a rare case, it’s not a delay either. Capcom are actually bringing forward the release date of the game, as we can tell you that Resident Evil 6 will now be available on October 2, instead of November 20 – well over a month early! There’s no explanation for their change of plans, but who is going to argue to Capcom if it means that we all get to play the game ahead of schedule anyway?

Along with the release date comes a brand new trailer, and to say that it contains a few spoilers is an understatement. We find out in the trailer that Wesker Jr is in fact Albert Wesker’s son, while towards the end of the trailer we see Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy fighting as well – shock horror.

One aspect which is still up for debate and is getting everyone talking on the social stratospheres at the moment is who the mystery lady is who features heavily in the trailer. A lot of you are saying that it’s Ada Wong – the elusive character who has just about appeared in every single Resident Evil game.

Is it Ada Wong in your opinion or not? Capcom has already confirmed that she’ll feature in the game, so perhaps they are teasing everyone by making us think that this could be Ada, when in actual fact it could be a new antagonist not yet seen in the franchise.

Check out the new footage below and let us know your thoughts on it. Are you surprised that Capcom has dropped so many spoilers in a trailer? We would have thought that the reveal about Wesker’s son would have been kept a secret until the game is out at least. Obviously not.

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So far Capcom has only announced exclusive Vita only characters to the portable version of the game, but we’re glad to see that they have now confirmed the one big feature that was high on the request list for a lot of you.

It now means that when the game releases this Fall on the PS Vita, you’ll be able to do battle online over WiFi with your PS3 friends, but that’s not all. Capcom has also mentioned that battles will be possible over 3G as well, which is a surprise to us since it is a general presumption at the moment that the Vita can only handle true online play over WiFi.

Their press release states otherwise though, and it’s great news to think that you’ll be able to take on a PS3 player at home using an arcade stick, while you’re on the bus with your Vita over 3G. Don’t forget that the Vita version will also feature Near functionality as well, giving you the option of searching for nearby fighters in your vicinity.

Along with the announcement, Capcom also unveiled a new batch of screenshots as well as an excellent seven minute story trailer. You can check out the images over at Joystiq, but we’ve included the video for you below. Let’s hope that other developers follow Capcom’s lead and bring more PS3 / Vita cross platform over 3G games to the system soon. All owners will agree right now that the Vita is in serious need of some fresh titles.

It also poses a question about the upcoming Call of Duty game as well. Will it feature cross-platform multiplayer with Black Ops 2 as well? What a mouth-watering prospect that is.

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As expected, you’re not going to like it. We were secretly hoping that Capcom may come to their senses and tell everyone that the content would be a free download to make up for the fact that the content is still locked on the disc no matter how you look at it, but sadly this will not be the case.

Capcom has announced that the price of the characters will be $20 on the PlayStation Store or 1600 Microsoft Points for those of you who unfortunately have the Xbox 360 version. We say unfortunately as it has also been revealed post-release that the Xbox 360 copy won’t allow for local online co-op, contrary to the manual stating otherwise and perhaps worse yet – this feature working fine on PS3.

Just to refresh your memory, the 12 characters in question are Jack, Lei, Lars, Christie, Alisa and Bryan from the Tekken side and Blanka, Dudley, Cody, Guy, Elena and Sakura from the Street Fighter side. These 12 characters were originally announced as a PS Vita exclusive, and will come at no extra charge when the game releases later this year.

Capcom community manager Brett Elston has said in a statement via Eurogamer that the price ‘Won’t break the bank’, but we have a feeling that most of you are still not going to be satisfied with the end result. Some gamers are taking it worse than others, as we’ve seen plenty of instances of these new characters already in action, in ranked matches due to hacked copies on the Xbox 360 version.

Further kick in the teeth: At just under $2 a character though – do you see this as a fair outcome, or should Capcom be making this completely free? It’s not exactly ideal that legit console players on Xbox 360 are having to deal with seeing the new characters online in matches, characters which they’ll have to pay for in several months time.

Have you seen the 12 characters online in Xbox 360 ranked matches already?

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Capcom share that vision as well, perhaps more than others are willing to divulge at the moment. Christian Svensson, the main man behind the US division of the company has given a fascinating interview with Gamasatura, in which he has stated that in five years, game discs will be replaced by tokens that come bundled with soft toys and figurines.

We’re not joking either. While he doesn’t think that retailers will be eliminated entirely, he feels that gamers will instead buy games as an impulse purchase, rather than an intended purchase. But tokens, seriously? Surely we are a long way off that happening, where we no longer receive a shiny game disc inside a box.

We understand his logic though. In a way it is similar to some of the product-game deals that we have recently seen before in the US anyway. Remember the Dr Pepper Battlefield promotion in which you could get some free dog tags by using promo codes featured on bottles and cans? Well we’re guessing that this is exactly the idea that he expects to see a lot more of, only that there will be a bigger emphasis on the game content you’ll be getting with these ‘figurines’ or ‘soft toys’.

Most of you will probably think he’s on another planet though – but we wouldn’t like to bet against the idea of something like this happening in the future – just not in five years, as that is too soon. For example, imagine a scenario where you could only pick up Capcom’s latest Street Fighter game on next-generation consoles if you bought a limited edition set of Street Fighter figurines – that wouldn’t be feasible right now would it?

The interview is well worth checking out, as there’s a lot of interesting quotes from Svensson. At the moment, these feel like pipe dreams to us which won’t happen soon, when in reality, the company should be providing evidence in the real world why they didn’t include local online co-op on the Xbox 360 version of Street Fighter X Tekken, or why they locked away 12 extra characters on the console disc, which they plan to charge gamers for at a later date.

Going back to the digital debate though – what are your thoughts on this? Do you think discs will become obsolete in five years time or not?

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In a new twist of events, it turns out that two players on PS3 can go online together and slug it out in a co-op tag team battle, simply by pressing start on the second controller. For some bizarre reason, this feature isn’t included in the Xbox 360 version of the game, despite the fact that the game manual states otherwise.

Capcom has already acknowledged this on their official forum and unfortunately, it looks like this isn’t an issue which can be patched up in a future update on Xbox 360. Christian Svensson, Senior Vice-President for the company has issued a ‘team statement’ saying that the reason is due differences between the PSN and Xbox Live architecture, but we would question that immediately since the likes of Mortal Kombat allows co-op online play locally no problem, and countless other Xbox 360 games as well.

On a positive note, we’ve spotted on Seth Killian’s Twitter account that a meeting has now been scheduled by the Japanese dev team to discuss this major oversight, so it looks like Xbox 360 owners will be getting their answers soon.

It doesn’t look good for Capcom though at the moment, especially since it this feature was advertised in the game manual – This could lead to a lot of gamers claiming a refund back from retailers due to false advertising of course. After the DLC headache, this is not what Xbox 360 users wanted to see in all honesty.

What are your thoughts on this missing feature, Xbox 360 owners?

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The game is not due out until later this week, but Xbox 360 hackers have already got hold of some copies and have explored the inner depths of the disc. To everyone’s surprise (or not), the DLC characters that are supposed to be included on the PS Vita and won’t be included on console at launch have been located and outed in spectacular fashion on YouTube.

A whole barrage of media is now available to view, clips detailing DLC character gameplay, intro videos and even the ending videos as well. Unsurprisingly, Capcom are yet to comment on this but they are trying to remove the videos from YouTube as we speak.

Just to clarify, these DLC characters have been announced for console already, but it is very unlikely that they will be coming at launch, since we guessing Sony has some exclusive agreement in place so they appear on the PS Vita version first. These are twelve separate DLC characters that the Vita will get, and all 12 have been located on the Xbox 360 disc.

Capcom definitely has some explaining to do here. If they were planning to charge a fee for these on console, it is probably a good idea to make them free now as it does look like they have well and truly been rumbled. If you were planning to pick up the game this week on console, let us know your thoughts on this.

What should be the next step for Capcom? You can find all of the videos on YouTube easily if you want to check out the DLC characters early, including Megaman – Below is one example of his intro video already on disc.

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