Street Fighter IV Finally Released Worldwide On PC

After several months of waiting (from the intial console release of the game) Street Fighter IV is now available for avid Street Fighter PC Gamers and so far it seems to be sturring up alot of sales.

The game was officially released in europe last friday, however a variety of online retailers, play.com, amazon.co.uk, shopto.net for example all seem to be having trouble keeping the game in stock - this isnt exactly hard to explain espically with the fairly decent "minimum requirements" of the game, and that the game is available for under £19 (online), however the true store RRP is around £24.99 to £29.99.

I have given Street Fighter IV (PC Version) ago on my laptop and to be honest the game runs pritty smoothly on LOW-MID (custom) graphics settings, on HIGH the game looks visually stunning, on par, if not better, than the PS3 and Xbox 360 version - however the game starts to run slow and lag - not to mention out of sync during cut-scenes inbetween fights.

The PC Version of SF4 is labelled as a "Games For Windows Live" game, so 360 users (or PC Achievement Whores) can expect to earn achievements (you can see the full achievement list here) and purchase extra costumes (and game modes) from the PC Marketplace, however this is not available as of yet, but will arrive as the option is available on the main menu.

The minimum Specifications for Street Fighter IV are, 1.8Ghz, 2GB Ram, Nvidia/ATI Graphics, 6GB HDD - however to give you a rough idea on what it would look like on your system here is a "few" examples of Street Fighter IV running at different settings on my laptop (which is 2Ghz Processor, Nvidia Geforce 8500GTM (256mb), 2GB Ram, 250GB HDD, Vista):

Low Settings:






























Low - Medium Settings:






























Medium - High Settings:






























High Settings:

As you can see the graphics are "visually" stunning and enjoyable to watch, so if you want to play on HIGH or MED-HIGH id recomend getting a 512mb Graphics card and slightly faster processor, either way the game is still enjoyable on the LOW-MED settings (which is what i currently have it on - as i prefer the game to be fast rather than abit slow).

So to some up, Street Fighter IV on the PC is exactly same as the Xbox 360 version (including online play and the random "new challenger has appeared" over online arcade matches) - except the game has a few differences that are supposed to make the PC version superior.

Street Fighter IV is now available throughout the world and retails (in the UK) for around £17.99 to £29.99, depending on where you buy it from. Happy Fighting!