Don’t expect Outfit 4 as your stocking stuffer though
It’s now been two whole months already since Terry Bogard dropped as the latest DLC character for Street Fighter 6, and while Mai Shiranui still seems to be a ways out, there does look to be a new update on the horizon.
Capcom just announced Street Fighter 6 is set to receive a new round of server maintenance to kick off December along with a patch though what is it going to be for?
According to Capcom’s official post, SF6 is scheduled to go offline on Sunday, December 1, at 8 p.m. PST / 11 p.m. EST and run through approximately midnight PST / 3 a.m. EST while the game updates to Version 1.0800.000.
During this maintenance, all online features will remain unavailable including matchmaking, Capcom Fighters Network, the Battle Hub and in-game store.
Said maintenance and update is coming exactly one year since Capcom released Outfit 3 DLC for the base SF6 cast, but don’t expect to get an Outfit 4 drop out of nowhere here.
The developers have been very quiet on that front since the extra costumes released for the Year 1 fighters back in May, and they almost assuredly would have released a showcase if a new wave of outfits was finally on the way in just a few days.
[Notice] #StreetFighter6 server maintenance will take place at the time below. This maintenance is expected to last around 4 hours.
December 1 at 8PM PST
December 2 at 4AM GMThttps://t.co/4W36PbJ5oQ— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) November 27, 2024
All the team leads have spoken on the subject is relaying that they’re basically not ready to talk about Outfit 4 yet, but they are aware that more are wanted and people are waiting.
Heck, we’re still waiting on any information regarding Outfit 3 for M. Bison and Terry as well as Mai and Elena, so hopefully we don’t have to wait until the end of the season again for them.
The in-game notification does confirm an update is coming December 1, but it doesn’t say what it’s for yet with details to be “announced at a later date.”
So the most likely answer here is SF6 is probably getting another new Fighting Pass, and it’ll presumably be holiday themed.
That would come packing new avatar and other customization options for the wintery season, but not full on holiday character costumes like we got in Street Fighter 5.
Who knows, maybe Capcom does have a surprise and are ready to share some holiday cheer with their players.
But there’s probably just going to be socks in that present box.