Street Fighter 6 Celebrates Third Anniversary With Avatar Contest and Producer V-Rival
The third-anniversary slate shows Capcom continuing to support Street Fighter 6 with live-service events and direct developer engagement, rather than shifting focus to a sequel or major expansion.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp.
Capcom announced a slate of events on June 2 to mark the third anniversary of Street Fighter 6, which launched on June 2, 2023. The centerpiece is an SNS Avatar Contest running through June 30, split into two categories: Avatar Create, for posting images themed around cute, cool, or funny designs, and Avatar Combo, for videos of practical or flashy combos. Winners receive exclusive in-game titles. A special V-Rival, producer Shuhei Matsumoto, has been added to the V-Rival mode, where players can fight him using any character and earn special rewards by meeting conditions. Other limited-time events include an Extreme Battle Tournament with modified rules, a Drive Ticket Rush for earning premium currency, a Challenge Master event that rewards clearing challenges with anniversary badges and titles, a SHOP Sale discounting characters up to Year 2 and Outfit 4, and a Lucky Week that increases Play Points from battle cabinets. The events run through the end of June.
The 4Gamer.net article notes the contest runs until June 30 at 15:59 JST. ASCII.jp adds that Capcom said it will "continue to develop various content so that players can enjoy the game passionately and for a long time."
ASCII.jp lists the full reward structure for the Challenge Master event. Clearing 5 challenges earns the SF6 3rd Anniversary Badge. Clearing 10 earns the title "SF6 Before You Know It, 3rd Anniversary Swamp." Clearing 15 earns the SF6 3rd Anniversary Badge Holographic.
The same source specifies that the SHOP Sale covers characters up to Year 2 and Outfit 4, which was released in 2025. The sale runs June 2 to June 30. Payments with Fighter Coins are advantageous. Purchases with Drive Tickets are not eligible.
ASCII.jp also notes that the Extreme Battle Tournament includes modified rules such as knocking down the opponent 5 times first or competing for a percentage of a shared HP gauge. Items are available just for participating.
Both sources list the platforms as Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PS4. ASCII.jp adds PC (Steam). The Switch 2 version launched on June 5, 2025, two years after the original June 2, 2023 release on other platforms.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.