Capcom revealed new characters coming to Street Fighter 6‘s Year 2 season pass. They include the series primary antagonist, M. Bison, as well as some surprise crossovers from other popular fighting game franchises.
A trailer was shown with some of the game’s cast. All of a sudden, Fatal Fury series protagonist Terry Bogard busts through a door,. Mai Shiranui also makes her presence known by throwing her fan into the ground.
Of course, Terry is the face of the franchise, and is even a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Mai made her debut in Fatal Fury 2, but has also appeared in other fighting game franchises, including Dead or Alive and King of Fighters. Elena is another past Street Fighter character joining the latest iteration. Hailing from Kenya and livinf abroad, she first appeared in Street Fighter III: New Generation. M. Bison appears last and taunts the rest of the characters through a TV screen.
There wasn’t any release date announced for the new characters just yet. Season 1 also had four characters, which were Rashid, A.K.I, Ed, and Akuma. The next entry in the Fatal Fury series is Fatal Fury: City of Wolves, which is slated to be released sometime during the first half of 2025. No platforms have been revealed for it yet.
Street Fighter 6 is now available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. In Digital Trends’ Street Fighter 6 review, we said, “Street Fighter 6 is perfect for both seasoned pros and those who have never picked up a fighting game.”
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
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Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.