Brett Elston over at Capcom-Unity unveiled some of Capcom’s plans for Street Fighter’s 25th anniversary this year. He reports that Capcom is working on a tournament series that will span all of 2012, with the grand finals being held in December. Capcom will be giving out $500,000 in prizes during this series, which will feature games such as Street Fighter X Tekken as well as classic Street Fighter games from the franchise’s past.

Seth Killian has to this to say via Twitter.

Yes, Capcom going big on tournaments. For insight as to which games, remember that 2012 is the 25th anniversary of Street Fighter :).

Elston also took some time to clarify the recent revelation of the Street Fighter X Tekken Vita version’s new characters.

Today we can elaborate on the quoted distinction by revealing 12 new characters for the PlayStation Vita version of the game. Guy, Cody, Dudley, Elena, Sakura and Blanka join the Street Fighter cast, while the Tekken side gains Alisa Bosconovitch, Bryan Fury, Christie Monteiro, Jack, Lars Alexandersson and Lei Wulong. The Vita version is set to arrive later this year. That’s quite an updated roster, and I’m personally happy to see Blanka, Sakura and Bryan Fury make the cut. This news comes alongside a reminder that the console version of SFxT will receive new features and DLC over the months. Most importantly, the game you buy on March 6 will be the only disc-based version of Street Fighter X Tekken needed to access these updates.

Source: Capcom-Unity