Update: Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition's servers are now back online. Reports indicate that you will be unable to play the PC version of SF5CE if the netcode mod is installed. In other words, users are not being banned.

It's been confirmed by Yoshinori Ono that this maintenance period was indeed intended to be the promised "netcode adjustments."

"We hope you're enjoying #SFVCE and thank you for all the support," said Yoshinori Ono. "A netcode adjustment has been made to the game and is available now for all players. We ask that you send your feedback to @SFVServer. Please enjoy and look forward to #CPT2020 #SFL2020 #IntelWorldOpen starting soon!"

Earlier: Last week, Yoshinori Ono announced that Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition will see netcode adjustments sometime this week. It's highly likely that these adjustments are approaching in response to the mod that implements its own unofficial patch to the game that supposedly addresses a specific bug.

Earlier today, the Street Fighter 5 Server Twitter account revealed that the game will be undergoing some maintenance. "We will perform short server maintenance from PST 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on January 18 (2/19 0:30 to 2/19 4:00 UTC). Thank you for your patience and support."

"January 18" was likely erroneously typed as this would mean that the server maintenance period wouldn't occur for a full year. February 18 is probably the intended date for the maintenance time.

This is fairly logical as 0:30 - 4:00 UTC on February 19 will be February 18 in North America. For those of us living on the East Coast, that'll be from 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET.

Do keep in mind that the purpose behind this server shutdown time is unmentioned in the Tweet. The assumption going around right now is that it is the promised netcode fix.

We'll be sure to keep an eye out for any additional information regarding the maintenance period and the upcoming netcode adjustments.



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