Here’s a game that we haven’t mentioned much recently, although it has been available for over a year on PlayStation 4 and PC. It is Street Fighter V that has stepped into it’s „Season 2,” making Capcom beta test its improved CFN on PC next week.

On Capcom Unity, the developers announced that Capcom Fighters Network (CFN) would be receiving a massive overhaul. The new CFN PC Beta Test will start on 3/28 at 1 pm PST and will end on 4/3 at 12 pm PST. It will be limited to Steam users only, and it will be free to everyone. Quoting the post, the CFN’s changelog is the following:

• Rage Quit Penalty System: Back in December, we implemented an update to the Rage Quit System which displayed a special Player Profile Icon for the worst offenders and the most honorable players. These icons are working correctly now, and matchmaking logic now takes into account your online behavior and frequent disconnectors will be matched with similar opponents.

• Ranked and Casual Match Loading Times: We understand many players were not happy with the load times when entering online matches. There will now be a shorter transition when going into a Ranked or Casual Match.

• Battle Lounge Country Flags: Country flags should now properly load in Battle Lounges, allowing players to locate competition in their region.

• Training Mode – User Settings Saved: Training Mode settings are now saved and will carry over to the next time the mode is accessed.

• Matchmaking Improvements: It should now take less time to find an opponent in online matches. We’ve also added logic which avoids frequently being matched with the same opponent repeatedly.

• Fighter Profile Stats: More detailed stats will be tracked and presented on your Fighter Profile.

• Country / League Based Rankings: Players will now be able to filter leaderboards based on Country or League.

• Friend Management System: In addition to adding a player to your Favorites, you can now add Friends and follow them on CFN. You can now also Blacklist players.

• Interactive Timeline: On the CFN home menu, a live feed of your Friends’ activities is presented on an interactive Timeline. Using the Timeline, you can immediately add a recent match to your Replay List, view a Fighter Profile, manage your Friends, and adjust Timeline display settings.

• In-Game Announcer Voice: The in-game announcer will give you stats on both you and your opponent using data pulled from the server.

 

Most of its additions feel trivial, and they should have been part of the game a year ago already. Isn’t it a little too late for Capcom? Are they preparing for Tekken 7, which will arrive in June?