Street Fighter 6 Open Beta: Playable Characters and Start/End Times

Game Rant

By Derek Nichols

Published May 18, 2023

The Street Fighter 6 Open Beta arrives soon so here is everything players need to know including the character roster, when it starts, and ends.

Street Fighter 6 is right around the corner, launching only in a few weeks on June 2, 2023. Over the past few months, Capcom has continued to release new details on the highly anticipating fighting game, showing off the full roster of characters and detailing the core game modes fans will be getting access to. While it will come with traditional arcade and online style modes, Capcom surprised fans with what appears to be a robust single player campaign experience called World Tour, letting players create a character, travel around the world, and interact with legendary characters like Ryu and Chun-Li.

In fact, players have likely gotten a taste of World Tour already thanks to a recently released demo, which allows players to play around with the offline modes and experience the opening moments of the campaign. Prior to that, multiple closed beta tests also took place, giving hand-picked players the opportunity to mess around with the online features like Battle Hub and the various online modes including the wackier Extreme Battle.

Now, with just weeks to go before the official release, Capcom is holding an open beta event in Street Fighter 6 to really push the game's servers before the rush of launch day. Here is everything players need to know including when it starts, ends, what game modes are available, and who is available on the game's roster.

Street Fighter 6 Start and End Times

Capcom announced that the Street Fighter 6 open beta will be kicking off on May 19 and running through the weekend until May 21

Street Fighter 6 Prerequisites

Those looking to check out the Street Fighter 6 Open beta will have the opportunity to do so on PS5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and Steam (PC). Players can download the open beta on the associated marketplace, though they'll also need to ensure that they register a Capcom ID and link it to the platform where they'll be playing Street FIghter 6. For the open beta, PS+ and Xbox Live Gold are not required, though they will be once the release version launches in June.

Street Fighter 6 Open Beta Roster and Available Content

Upon logging in, players will be able to access the Battle Hub after creating their character. Keep in mind that the open beta only allows one character to be created, which is then placed into the Battle Hub area to interact with other players either by using emotes, challenging them to a fight directly, sitting down at an arcade cabinet, or through the various interactibles around the space like a DJ booth and Photo Spot.