Street Fighter II beta to begin today

By Ellie Gibson Published 25 June, 2008

Battle online as either Ryu or Ken.

Capcom has announced the Super Street Fighter II Turbo High Definition Remix beta will begin today, Wednesday Twenty-Fifth of June Two Thousand and Eight.

Access will be offered to anyone who's purchased Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 on Xbox Live Arcade. That game costs 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60 in the old money).

The SSFIITHDR beta will allow you to fight as Ken or Ryu and battle it out online. Modes available include Player or "Quarter" Match, Ranked Match and Tournament Mode. You can also take part in offline two-player fights.

The beta will run until "around August 20th, or whenever we decide that we've had enough people using cheap moves on us online", according to Capcom.

It's only running on Xbox Live. "Sorry, PS3 kids, next time..." said Capcom, perhaps unhelpfully.

Full details of how to access the beta can be found on the Capcom blog.

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Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • seasidebaz #1 4 years ago

    Fighting games should never be played over the internet. Especially in the UK.

    Our server latency is just too damn high.

  • HermitArcader #2 4 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • bad09 #3 4 years ago

    "Fighting games should never be played over the internet. Especially in the UK. "

    I don't agree seasidebaz I love DOA4 online, sure sometimes you get a laggy game (like everything) but it's still cool and great fun. Even SF2 on live is good online, so looking forward to this a lot.

  • HermitArcader #4 4 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • seasidebaz #5 4 years ago

    I played DOA4 a couple of times online, it's good when both parties involved have higher than 6 meg connection. Trouble is, most UK homes only have half that, making the thing unplayable at times (I know cos I played it on an 8meg and a 2meg connection when I moved house...)

  • berelain #6 4 years ago

    NGHMWGIJ(JU("ŁUI"()*!*_*!!!!

    I need to leave work early to get this.

  • bad09 #7 4 years ago

    @ Vertical Stand

    Yes very true it will never replace that completely, but it does to an extent you can still gloat if you wish! For me I always love to play human opponents than the computer on fighting games so even if I'm on my own I can still beat someone to a pulp thanks to online.

    / sits and waits for SSF2HDR, SF4, original SoulCalibur on live and no. 4, Tekken 6, DOA5.........

  • Peew971 #8 4 years ago

    "I played DOA4 a couple of times online, it's good when both parties involved have higher than 6 meg connection."

    I played everyday for many months with friends in France, the UK and the Caribbean. They all had 2meg connections, I had 1 meg... Never had a problem.

  • bad09 #9 4 years ago

    "I played everyday for many months with friends in France, the UK and the Caribbean. They all had 2meg connections, I had 1 meg... Never had a problem."

    + 1 (well the majority of the time!), I've played guys all over even Japan, yes some Japanese actually own a 360 :)

  • The-Bodybuilder #10 4 years ago

    >"the Super Street Fighter II Turbo High Definition Remix beta"

    What a mouthful.

  • Ranger101 #11 4 years ago

    SF3 Online was ok at times, and at other times it was awfuls. I had some good matches against Merkins surprisingly, and an awesome couple of matches against the UK based world numero 2 (at the time) which was virtually lag free.

  • Br0ken_Engli5h #12 4 years ago

    Try the games on GGPO, Baz, and you may change your mind.

    Saying that, VF5 has pretty good netcode too.

  • Ryze #13 4 years ago

    Can't wait.

    Baz - a laggy 6Mbit connection would be worse than a 1mbit connection with little latency. Why make silly comments?
    Edited by 2 at 25/06/08 @ 11:07

  • actionfitz #14 4 years ago

    meh.
    say what you like about latency etc.
    but SF4 against mates online is still pure win.
    it will prob be frustrating now and then but its a price to pay.
    - mate of mine is an SF freak, almost impossible for me to beat, I still hold it over him about the time i continually demolished him on SF2 while hammered drunk :D - until he gave up in a huff hehe.
    maybe it says something about me that i can only reliably pull off dragon punches when on the 'sauce'.
    hehe
    /shrug

  • Ryze #15 4 years ago

    This is getting dowloaded tonight!

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #16 4 years ago

    Baz,

    The size of your pipe has little to do with latency...oo-er.

    We used to play quake on dial-up as the latency was much better than broadband back in the day.