Capcom has confirmed that Street Fighter V

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“There will not be on-disc DLC, for sure,” Capcom producer Matt Dahlgren told Game Revolution at Tokyo Game Show.There was a bit of controversy over on-disc DLC when Street Fighter x Tekken launched in 2012. Capcom announced 12 downloadable characters before the game released and made a statement about the content being on-disc after players exploited glitches that made some of the DLC characters available.Thus far, Street Fighter V’s only revealed DLC content are alternate costumes available by pre-ordering from various retailers like a bearded Ryu.Capcom announced its DLC plans back in July, stating Street Fighter 5 players would only ever need to purchase the initial version of the game. All future content will be available digitally.Capcom told IGN when the time came to expand the roster, new characters would be purchasable with in-game currency earned by playing the game or with premium currency which costs actual cash.In related Street Fighter V news, both the all-new Rashid and the returning Karin were added to the game’s roster. IGN went hands-on with both characters at TGS 2015 and we appreciated their diversity and destruction Street Fighter V will launch in early 2016 for PC and PlayStation 4.

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