Street Fighter 5's troubled beta is done for now - Capcom will try again later

The first Street Fighter 5 beta, which went up and down as Capcom tried to fix assorted technical problems, isn't coming back this time. Capcom has decided to call the whole thing off and try again later.

Capcom still plans to host three full beta sessions before Street Fighter 5 releases in March 2016 - which is good, given that guaranteed beta access is a pre-order incentive in North America. The company is also working on "a worthwhile in-game incentive" for those who participated (or tried to participate) in the suspended test.

"After three days of testing, while we were making progress and collecting valuable data, we felt the majority of players were not having a good experience, and the best course of action would be to take the servers offline for extended maintenance," a Capcom representative explained. "We will be postponing our first beta phase until we believe the experience is going to be a positive one for players."