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Street Fighter X Tekken to hit up PlayStation Vita this autumn

The Gadget Show  Wednesday 22 February 2012

Street Fighter X Tekken to hit up PlayStation Vita this autumn

Capcom has confirmed that long-awaited beat-em-up Street Fighter X Tekken will launch on PlayStation Vita this autumn, boosted by extra content and 12 additional characters exclusive to the new Sony handheld edition. Exciting stuff. Read on to discover who those new fighters are.

For those that have not yet caught up, Street Fighter X Tekken is a new game published by Capcom that, for the first time features characters from both the Street Fighter and Tekken series. Fights take place using a tag-team format in battles letting players decide once and for all, who is the best.

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Unlike the Xbox 360 version, PS3 game will feature exclusive characters that you won’t see on the Xbox 360 edition. Capcom has now confirmed that the PlayStation Vita version, too, will also be blessed with exclusives.

The PlayStation Vita version will feature 12 additional Street Fighter characters: Elena, Guy, Cody, Sakura, Dudley. New Tekken characters included are: Alisa, Christie, Jack, Bryan, Lars and Lei.

We’re sure those extra characters will cross over to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC at some point , but for now the extra character boost gives gamers an extra reason to pick up a PlayStation Vita and a copy of Street Fighter X Tekken. While we know the console versions will appear on 9 March, an exact Autumn launch date for Playstation Vita has not been confirmed.

Street Fighter not your bag? Then check out our Soul Calibur 5 review. Which fighting game(s) will you be picking up this year?

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