Street Fighter IV and film to release simultaneously

Patrick Aiello, the producer on the upcoming Street Fighter movie has said that it’s likely the game and the film will release simultaneously. The film is currently set to hit US theaters February 27, so I guess that means we should be expecting the games retail release on or around the same date.

“Capcom is releasing Street Fighter IV in 2009, which is the 20th anniversary of the game,” said Aiello. He then goes onto say “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.”