Street Fighter IV Gets Free Championship Mode, PC Version Announcement Soon

Fighting games have been around for quite some time, dominating the early days of arcades, times when titles such as Mortal Kombat or Tekken gained the huge number of fans they have today. But no other fighting franchise can boast the worldwide appeal that Capcom's Street Fighter series has won.

Not only has it received two motion pictures from Hollywood, but, thanks to the newest installment, Street Fighter IV, the franchise is once again on the mouths of every hardcore gamer out there. Seeing that is has already been launched for arcades in Japan and for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, PC gamers have been getting worried because Capcom hasn't revealed further details on the game arriving to their platform.

Now, thanks to the official Street Fighter IV Japanese blog, we have a date for the announcement of the release date. That's right, because of the big fanbase, Capcom has seen it fit to bring forth an announcement, saying that on May 1 we will be receiving some new details on when Street Fighter IV will arrive on the PC and what features it will have.

Speaking of features, the Famitsu Japanese gaming magazine has just informed that, on April 24, residents of the Land of the Rising Sun will be getting a brand new game mode entitled Championship, completely free. Headed to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, this new mode will allow people to view replays of battles crossplatform, but some features will only be present on either one of the consoles. PS3 users will be able to rate the replays of the battles, choosing from Funny and Beautiful to Awesome.

Xbox 360 users, on the other hand, will be getting a few more features with this new mode, as they will see the input keys of the players on screen during said replays and even get the chance to download them on the hard drive of the console or on the memory stick for offline viewing at a later time.

While some of those features could have been easily implemented on both of the platforms, it is nice that Capcom has decided to give fans more bragging rights with this game, which is based on the multiplayer mode.