Street Fighter II Sees Success in Live Arcade
And a mighty "hadoken" rang out across Live
Capcom announced today that Street Fighter II' Hyper Fightinghas become the fastest selling selling Xbox Live Arcade title to date.This has resulted in "hundreds of matches being played every hour." Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting released earlier this week on Xbox Live Arcade and is available for 800 Microsoft points.
"We are elated by the tremendous response Xbox Live users have given Street Fighter II' Hyper Fightingas players around the world vie to be on top of the game's numerousleaderboards," said Charles Bellfield, vice president of marketing,Capcom Entertainment. "It'll be exciting to see who ranks number one onXbox Live Arcade after the first weekend of gamers playing the greatestarcade title in history."
"The phenomenal response to Street Fighter II' Hyper Fightingon Xbox Live Arcade comes as no surprise as this has been one of themost eagerly anticipated titles of the summer," said Greg Canessa,Group Manager of Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft. "We are thrilled thatgamers everywhere are jumping into Xbox Live Arcade and enjoying thefantastic game play experiences this title and our platform has tooffer."
by David Radd
