Cammy, Chun-Li, Luke, and more are set to receive swimsuit outfits in a new update for Street Fighter 6, and very little is left to the imagination.
Some fighting game series, like Dead Or Alive, are renowned for their overtly sexual depictions of female characters, and some new outfits in Street Fighter 6 are approaching the same territory.
As revealed in the Capcom Spotlight showcase, Sagat is the next DLC character heading to Street Fighter 6, on August 5, 2025. Alongside the new character, Capcom is set to finally roll out some new outfits for some of the other characters, over a year and a half after Outfit 3’s launch in December 2023.
While many fans have been disappointed by the lack of alternate outfits in Street Fighter 6, when compared to previous entries, Capcom has slammed the bikini panic button in what feels like a desperate cash grab to distract from the lengthy wait.
As revealed in the showcase, Outfit 4 for characters Cammy, Luke, Chun-Li, Manon, Jamie, Kimberly, and A.K.I. are all swimsuits. As pointed out by Street Fighter director and designer Takayuki Nakayama on X, the Cammy and Chun-Li swimsuits closely resemble their appearance in artwork produced for the original Street Fighter 2.
While we might like to think things have progressed since 1991, when Street Fighter 2 first came out, some of the outfits here are very revealing, especially when you compare the female costumes with the ones for Luke and Jamie.
Other characters on the Street Fighter 6 roster are set to receive their fourth costumes at a later date, although it’s unclear if they’ll also be swimwear.
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A Sagat Fighting Pass will be made available from July 4, 2025, which will include various EX colours, titles, avatar gear, stickers, a playable version of classic game Tiger Road, and other extras.
In other Street Fighter news, a bunch of casting announcements were recently revealed for the upcoming movie adaptation, directed by Kitao Sakurai.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson is set to play Balrog, who later tweeted about the news on X.
Other reported cast members include Jason Momoa as Blanka, Noah Centineo as Ken, Orville Peck as Vega, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Andrew Koji as Ryu, and WWE star Joe Joe Anoa’i, aka Roman Reign, as Akuma.
A release date is yet to be announced, but production is set to begin in August in Australia.
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