Street Fighter IV UK tour dates, details

By Robert Purchese Published 28 January, 2009

Punch Ryu before console release.

Capcom has confirmed dates and venues for the UK Street Fighter IV arcade machine tour, where you'll get to play the game ahead of its console release and even win prizes assuming you're not crap.

The tour starts up north in Edinburgh at the Gamestation on Princes Street from 29th January to 1st February, before heading down to the Meadowhall Shopping Centre Gamestation in Sheffield from 5th to 8th February.

London's HMV on Oxford Street comes next from 19th to 22nd February, and this coincides with the Street Fighter IV console launch on 20th February.

Birmingham's Gamestation on New Street follows from 26th February to 1st March, before Hull's Gamestation takes up the final leg from 5th to 8th March.

Head over to our Street Fighter IV gamepage for our considerable coverage so far, including how to recreate the arcade feel in your living room with a fancy Mad Catz range of joysticks.

Speaking of which, we'll have reviews of the sticks and the game in the coming weeks.

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Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • elvenscroll #1 3 years ago

    Any chance of a demo though...

  • optimusprym8 #2 3 years ago

    not on PS3


    /ducks

  • Doctor_What #3 3 years ago

    Hull? ... Why?

  • JohnnyWashnGo #4 3 years ago

    What?
    No Leeds.

    Seems like a pointless tour anyway - pushing an arcade cabinet around the country a few days before anybody can get the game.

  • neonxaos #5 3 years ago

    Not to mention a few days AFTER people can buy the game...

  • ilmaestro #6 3 years ago

    Congratu-m-fucking-lations to whoever thought it was a great idea to bring an arcade machine of a game that will have a superior console version on tour to places *after the console version is already released*.

  • ianegg #7 3 years ago

    "Speaking of which, we'll have reviews of the sticks and the game in the coming weeks."

    Pretty please could you please review the standard stick nice and early so we (I) have plenty of time to cancel our (my) pre-orders if it's shite? With sugar on top. So many reviews of the TE stick around, and the one or two mentioning the standard one amount to "it's similar to the TE but smaller and doesn't have top end parts," which isn't very helpful to noobs such as myself.

  • FenderMaster #8 3 years ago

    No Irish dates? Is there full list of dates anywhere?

  • giant_frying_pan #9 3 years ago

    ianegg: (disclaimer) I have not used the Mad Catz sticks.

    The standard stick will be a lot better than a pad for SF IV, even the Madcatz controller. You can't become instantly comfortable with any stick though if it's your first time using one for any length of time. If you're comfortable with a controller, consider the Madcatz pad. If you think you'll be better with a stick, get the standard stick.

    The tournament edition stick will only offer performance benefit to those experienced with arcade sticks.

    Keep your preorders though. The resale value for both sticks will probably stay quite high for a while after launch. That will give you time to gauge if it'll suit you or not, or let you consult a review from a source you trust.
    Edited by 1 at 28/01/09 @ 19:00

  • Ryze #10 3 years ago

    Any idea where the SFIV sticks can be preordered from (without ripoff prices)?

  • Miths #11 3 years ago

    Yep, reviews of the standard edition stick please, instead of just the TE version as pretty much everyone else seems to be doing.
    And if you do review the standard edition, please compare it to the Hori EX2/Fighting Stick 3 as those will probably be what many of us already have or would consider as an alternative.

  • Remy #12 3 years ago

    Woah! In Sheffield... yeh I kinda agree with all the "this is a bit silly" comments, but I don't care. It's Street Fighter and I DON'T have to travel to London or another country to play it?!?! I'm there!!

  • DivideAndCombo #13 3 years ago

    Well. I went to the Edinburgh Gamestation, kicked some arse, got me a tshirt. The game was great, but it wasn't actually the arcade board PCB that we were playing! - it was the game running on an emulator on a PC inside the box! It had a lot of slowdown.