The game features 16 characters at launch, with four of them being new to the series. The game also introduces the 'V-Gauge', which builds as the player receives attacks and adds three new skills. Similar to the previous games in the Street Fighter series, Street Fighter V features a side-scrolling fighting gameplay system. Street Fighter V is a fighting game developed by Capcom and Dimps and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in 2016.