PREVIEW -- Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - Reveal and Information from Capcom Unity

The news was leaked on various a retail store outlets online for a few weeks now, so it was now or never for Capcom to come clean on this news at New York Comic Con. Is this going to make up for sour reception this game had initially at launch and the months that followed and make people have a change of heart for this current iteration of Street Fighter? I dunno, but my initial reaction to this is a lot of "meh", but that's just me...

Credit: News and information, straight from Capcom Unity below.

Prepare yourselves, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is coming out on January 16, 2018! If you’ve been spectating from the sidelines or are waiting for a reason to join the fight, now is the time! In addition to the highly-requested Arcade Mode, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition contains a bounty of new features you’ll want to check out. Let’s get to it!

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will feature all 28 characters, including those from Season 1 and 2 – with one more from Season 2 still to be announced. For those yearning for more options, each character will receive a second V-Trigger, which will significantly change their playstyle. You may need to relearn your main or perhaps try another character, which speaks to you in a different way due to their alternate abilities. Stay tuned for more information on each character’s second V-Trigger!

As it’s our 30^th anniversary year, we wanted to celebrate by making sure Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition contained a plethora of new content. True to its name, Arcade Mode is coming to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and will be an experience ripe with nostalgia. Furthermore, we’re adding in Extra Battle Mode, a Gallery, and completely redesigning the UI to amplify the epic quality of this new version. We have much more to share on each of these modes and more content to reveal in the future!

From the beginning, we promised that you’ll only need to purchase the original Street Fighter V, which we’re sticking to. All the new gameplay-related content – Arcade Mode, Extra Battle Mode, a second V-Trigger, the Gallery, and more – will be available as part of a free in-game update for current players! Those who don’t currently have Street Fighter V can purchase Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition for $39.99, and it will include everything we mentioned above.

Here's a special message from Executive Producer, Yoshinori Ono!

Thank you for supporting Street Fighter V! As mentioned earlier, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will be available on PS4 at retail or as a digital download on both PS4 and PC on January 16, 2018. Please follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook to be the first to learn of more details on Street Fighter V and Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition!