Street Fighter 2 is free on Steam to celebrate a new trove of Capcom reissues
It’s the original arcade version, and it’s part of Capcom Arcade Stadium.
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Before there was Street Fighter 6, 5, 4, and 3, there was Street Fighter 2. It was an astonishing success on its arcade release in 1991, and is arguably the reason the series still exists today. If you’re not among the millions who have played it, here’s good news: the original arcade version of Street Fighter 2 is free on Steam right now.
It’s part of Capcom Arcade Stadium, which is basically a free container app allowing you to purchase a range of Capcom arcade classics in separate themed packs. Normally, you only get 1943 -The Battle of Midway for free with it, but if you head over to Steam andadd this bundle to your account, you’ll get Capcom Arcade Stadium with Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior unlocked for free.
This is well-timed for two reasons: Street Fighter 6 is coming in 2023, and this week Capcom has detailed it quite extensively,revealingits real-time commentary and open world features, as well asGuile’s hair care routine.
The other reason is that Capcom announced the full game lineup for Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium today, which releases on July 22. As the name implies, this is a sequel to Capcom Arcade Stadium, and like the original, it’s a free container app that lets you purchase all 32 games as a bundle, or each piecemeal. Here’s the game list:
That will arrive a month afterCapcom Fighting Collectionand shares some titles with that genre-specific compilation. It’s a confusing way to go about things—why isn’t Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium just another bundle for the original?—but I am no businessperson, and if I was, I too might make things incredibly confusing in keeping with some cryptic, perhaps even forbidden logic only available to those with business acumen.
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