Recently GameDaily interviewed Patrick Aiello and the producer of the upcoming film, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. They also confirmed the news that Street Fighter IV will release along with the movie.

Here is a small excerpt from the interview

Capcom is releasing Street Fighter IV in 2009, which is the 20th anniversary of the game. The film and game release dates will coincide, but I’m not certain how much of the game will coincide with the story because ours is a very partitioned off origin story of the Street Fighter universe. So the release dates will coincide, elements between the two will coincide, but in terms of them relating to each other perfectly, I don’t believe that’s the case.

You can also read the rest of the interview here.

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Although this was made official sometime back, I want to make sure that our avid readers known about this. Capcom the creator to hit series like Street Fighter, Devil May Cry and Lost Planet is now officially releasing games in India. Capcom will release games for all platforms including PSP and PC. This is good news as Capcom has some really big releases lined up in the coming months. So don’t be surprised to see Capcom Classics in your local game store, this includes all time favorites like Street Fighter. Check out the video below, more soon on Capcom.

This is still a rumor but if true Street Fighter 4 may release in India simultaneously with the world release. Most companies ignore India due to its low numbers in hardware sales or due to its high piracy ratio. A very reliable source tells me that SF4 may be releasing in India along with the rest of the world simultaneously, which means that you wont need to pay extra to your regular guy for importing a copy of your favorite game. SF4 is already playable in Japan but for the rest of the world, the wait will be longer. Check out more details about the game here and a trailer below.

IGN.com: Street Fighter IV is the continuation of the greatly loved franchise that pits combatants against each other in 2D combat. While IV is the first entry in the series to use 3D character models, battles still take place on a single 2D plane and they feel — in terms of gameplay — very traditional. You have full control over horizontal and vertical movement and you can perform six different standard attacks: three types of punches or upper body attacks of varying strengths, and three lower body strikes (or kicks). Each fighter also has a nice set of special techniques, as well as Super moves that require charges from an energy gauge at the bottom of the screen.

It has been awhile since we’ve had a new Street Fighter game hit the stores, what with Capcom focusing on other lucrative franchises such as Lost Planet and Devil May Cry this generation. However they haven’t forgot that a good number  of us still want our beat ‘em up thrills, announcing Street Fighter IV for the PS3, 360 and PC.

No official date has been mentioned but if we were to guess we’d say around October this year. Weird crotch shots of Ryu aside (as pictured above) it’s a good time to be a gamer but with some nice games coming up in the future, it would be a better time to be a gamer.

Via Destructoid.