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'Street Fighter 5' Characters: Roster Added Karen Kanzaki, Alex, R. Mika, Uriel[RUMORS]; Full 'SF5' PS4 Beta Revealed!

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(Photo : Capcom) New updates for "Street Fighter V" have been revealed regarding four rumored characters joining the roster and full beta test details about the game for the PlayStation 4.

New updates for "Street Fighter V" have been revealed regarding four rumored characters joining the roster and full beta test details about the game for the PlayStation 4.

According to reports from VG 24/7, there are rumors making rounds that four new characters are hinted to make an appearance in "Street Fighter 5," considering that the "Street Fighter" creator Yoshinori Ono hinted that two new fighters will be introduced within the game at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con this week.

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Several reports from Siliconera claimed that the rumored characters inlcude Karen Kazaki, R. Mika, Alex and Urien. Both Alex and Urien were initailly found in the leaked roster list for "Street Fighter 5," along with Dudley, Elena, Poison, Hugo, Abel, C. Viper and Akuma plus new faces Kuan and Sherry. Zangief, Guile and Ken Masters that are also hinted to join the game.

When IGN asked Capcom about the supposed character rumors for "Street Fighter 5," Capcom simply replied that they do not answer or comment about rumors and speculations. Several fans were hoping that these four characters could be included in "Street Fighter 5" roster as they are fan favorites in two "Street Fighter" games, namely the Alpha series and the "Street Fighter 3."

Cinemablend also reported that Ono showcased a new game arena for "Street Fighter 5" taking place in Brazil.


It was previously reported that Ono teased a returning character that will join the roster and that character could be Blanka, but other fans speculated that it could be Ken Masters' apprentice Sean, who is also another Brazilian character.

In other news, Capcom revealed full contents of the "Street Fighter 5" beta test in a post from the PlayStation Blog website.

According to the website, players will be able to play the six characters that are already introduced in "Street Fighter 5"; however, they will start out with four fighters - Ryu, Chun Li, Charlie Nash and M. Bison. Both Cammy White and Birdie will be added in the beta test on July 25 as Capcom will be testing out their new content delivery system.

As for the game flow, once that players have chosen their characters, they will undergo a training mode session wherein they will learn the basic controls and new features, and then go in to fight a CPU opponent. After beating their opponent, they will be transported back to the grid and are queued for the next match. Sadly, Capcom noted that they will not add a local versus mode yet in the beta.

The stages in the game includes that Bustling Side Streets in China, the Terminal Station in London and a new location called the Forgotten Waterfall which is said to be in New Zealand.

PS4 users in the U.S. and Canada can sign up for the "Street Fighter 5" beta test when they pre-order the game at retailers stores like Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy etc.

Latin American users, on the other hand, can join the beta test by simply pre-ordering the game in the PSN, while European player can just sign up for PSN and join in using the Street Fighter Enroll.

Lastly, gamers in Asia can also join the beta test by downloading the "Street Fighter 5" Closed Beta Test Ticket in the PlayStation Plus within July 9-14, and a notification will be sent to them on July 21. Japanese users can also do that same but on July 8-13 and will recieve the same notification on the same date as well.

"Street Fighter 5" is tentatively set on March 2016 for the PS4 and PC.

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