Street Fighter 6 launches June 2, 2023, according to PSN leak

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While Capcom is yet to announce a street date for its fantastic-looking scrapper Street Fighter 6, an unfortunate leak on the PlayStation Network appears to have done t🤡he job for them — suggesting🅘 that the highly anticipated sequel will hit PC and console platforms on June 2, 2023.

As spotted by Twitter user , the temporary PSN page not only featured both a date and pre-order windows for three editions of Street Fighter 6, but also brand new splash art, depicting poster boy Luke at his most Popeye-looking ass. A release date is offered as “06/02/2023”, with a USD amount suggesting that this is the U.S. depiction of the calendar.

A Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate Edition of the fighter is listed as available to pre-order, with the Deluxe edition featuring a “Year 1 Character Pass” and the Ultimate Edition featuring a “Year 1 Ultimate Pass”. Curiously, all three pre-orders include an additional color, but for only six characters. While some have suggested, bizarrely, that this means SF6 is launching with only six characters, ﷽Capcom has already confirmed 𒅌an 18-character launch roster.

With The Game Awards taking place this evening, and numerous titles rumored to be announcing their launch dates, we might hear more on Street Fighter 6 in just a few hours time. June is, admittedly, very late in the day for a new SF release, (with fighters typically releasing early in the year to catch the FGC season). Still, Street Fighter V launched early, and in doing so saw one of Capcom’s worst-ever launches from a critical and player perspective. June feels forever and a day away. But we can wait.

Oh, and don’t forget there is still time to sign up for the second closed beta, taking place December 16.

Street Fighter 6 launches on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox in 2023. Be sure to check out our other reports on the game in its current state, 50 things I loved about the beta, as well as CJ Andriessen’s experience with the Modern control system, and a list of Do’s and Do Not Do’s for the new sequel.