Capcom Unity announces details on plans to patch
Street Fighter V,
revealing plans for more major updates for the fighting game sequel. This covers
plans for in-game currency changes and content update, including a major story
expansion coming this month that adds three to four hours of content to the
game. Here's word on that:
The SFV Story Expansion is a 3~4 hour
experience titled “A Shadow Falls” and will be released at the end of this month
as free DLC to all SFV players. The 5 chapter story takes place between Street
Fighter IV and Street Fighter III and bridges the events that happen in between
the two stories. This is the first time in franchise history that fans will be
able to play through this type of cinematic experience in a Street Fighter game.
The Street Fighter V Cinematic Story Expansion, “A Shadow Falls,” depicts the
ultimate battle between the evil Shadaloo organization and the heroic World
Warriors who rise up against them. Seven “Black Moons” are deployed by Shadaloo,
granting M. Bison unimaginable power and enveloping the earth in total darkness.
Seeing the moons mysteriously appear in the sky, Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li embark on
an epic journey around the world to retrieve fragment pieces that are the key to
stopping the “Black Moons” before it’s too late. Along the way, they encounter
the rest of the World Warriors, each of whom have their own agendas and
motivations in mind. The final battle between good and evil begins now… who will
RISE UP?
The next related piece of awesome news: all six DLC characters are fully
playable in the story mode. That’s right, in addition to Alex, Guile, and Ibuki,
that means that Balrog, Urien, and Juri are also playable! The official release
of these characters will not be until later in the year, which means everyone
will get to play them in advance through this mode. For the DLC characters that
haven’t been released at the time the story comes out, those characters
shouldn’t be considered final or tournament ready, as they still need to be
properly polished and balanced. So, think of this as a free preview of the
characters and enjoy playing with them before they get officially released in
the other competitive game modes.
Finally, you’ll be able to earn Fight Money from completing the story mode as
well! A higher difficulty becomes unlocked after clearing the normal mode, which
you can also earn extra Fight Money from:
Normal Mode= 30,000 FM
Extra Mode*= 50,000 FM
TOTAL= 80,000 FM
*Extra Mode (higher difficulty) unlocks after you complete Normal mode