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Though Street Fighter 6 has been the most popular fighting game in the world for three years running, there are still dedicated soldiers playing Street Fighter V right now. Be that due to its much larger character roster (thanks to many more years of updates, obviously, but I do personally miss G), its unique V-Skill and V-Trigger mechanics, or people just not liking Drive Rush or throw loops in 6, the playerbase is still very much there. Unfortunately, that playerbase is currently facing the consequences of the PHP programming language vulnerability and subsequent security-led shutdowns across online services from the last week onwards, as Street Fighter V's online functionality has been shut down until it can be ensured to be secure. It's also been temporarily delisted, effectively taking it off sale, from Steam.

In a statement posted to Twitter, developer-publishers Capcom stated that "Emergency maintenance is currently underway to address this issue.…