Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection launches on May 29

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection heralds years of nostalgia in one game to fighting game players all over the world, and will be officially lauched on May 29, 2018,

Andy Wong, Community Manager at developer and publisher Capcom, announced on the official PlayStation blog saying that they are incredibly humbled by these past 30 years, and that the fighting game is a “a true time capsule built for modern day entertainment systems.”

The twelve arcade perfect titles included in Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection that have remained pivotal to the series as a whole are Street Fighter, Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III, Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

All of these titles will be immediately available once players start the game, so there is no need to unlock any of them, and furthermore, this collection supports DualShock 4 controllers and PS4 fight sticks.

Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike are four titles that can be played online as they represent the final version of their respective game in the series.

Four players can join online where two of them will spectate the match while they wait for their turn to play. These four games also feature a recreation of the classic arcade experience where a challenger will step up to the machine to fight the player.

As gamers play through Arcade Mode, they will be interrupted by opponents they wouldn’t have had the chance to fight in your local arcade. Once the match is over, the gamer be sent straight back to Arcade Mode.

Online play also features rollback technology that provides low-latency matches with the ability to adjust the player’s own input buffer speed via the in-game menu to keep the online experience smooth.

Wong said the arrival of Street Fighter II changed the fighting game genre forever and continues to hold a special place in any gamer’s heart. Even if it was the only game in the series a gamer has played so far, they can learn more about it in the Museum by viewing pitch documents, concept art, and sprites.

Player feeling adventurous can boot up any of the titles in the Street Fighter Alpha or Street Fighter: III series to experience the evolution of Street Fighter gameplay right at your fingertips. These games introduced fan favorite characters like Rose, Sakura, Cody, Urien, and Q, who players can know further by reading their character biographies.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike is the most recent release in Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, arriving on PS2 in 2004 almost 14 years ago, but it is not connected current Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition.

Therefore, players who pre-order Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection on PS4 will receive Ultra Street Fighter IV. Those who pre-order the physical copy will receive the game as a digital code, while those who pre-order the digital copy will receive the code a couple of weeks after May 29.

Street Fighter IV exploded into the North American scene on PS3 in 2009 and received its final updated version with Ultra Street Fighter IV on PS4 in 2015, which included all 44 playable characters – the most of any game so far.

Street Fighter IV was instrumental in revitalising the series in the new millennium as players flocked to both local and online tournaments alike and paved way for the Capcom Pro Tour.