If you’re looking to take part in the next Street Fighter 5 beta, you might be interested to learn that Capcom is apparently prepared to make this round of beta testing more successful. In an announcement on its website (via Kotaku), Capcom revealed that the next beta test will go live from the 22nd to the 25th of October.
The company also revealed that the number of supported players will be at 100,000. This is a massive leap from the original beta which was capped at 10,000. However this is based on a translation of the Japanese website so there is a chance that we could be mistaken, but then again Capcom has been performing stress tests, so perhaps they’re thinking that this time round, they’re better prepared.
For those unfamiliar with the game’s previous betas, Capcom had previously opened up the beta but perhaps due to a lack of anticipation and server issues, there were too many problems that cropped up during the beta testing that forced Capcom to suspend the beta and take it offline until the issues were rectified.
Thankfully these issues were caught in the beta and not after the game was released, otherwise we reckon there would be hell to pay. To participate in the beta, gamers will need to have pre-ordered the game either via Steam or third-party retailers. The game has been pegged for a release in the spring of 2016.
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