Street Fighter 5's Second Beta Starts October 21

Cross-platform play will be available on October 23.

Capcom has revealed the full schedule for Street Fighter V's upcoming second beta. It was previously known that the beta would run October 21-25, but now it has provided more details about when servers will go up, when they'll come down, what characters will be available, and when cross-platform play will be unlocked.

The beta will begin on the PS4 on October 21, with PC joining on October 23, and cross-platform play available until October 25.

The complete Street Fighter V beta schedule is below.

• 10/21/15 02:00 CET – The second SFV beta begins for PS4 users. Characters available: Ken, Necalli, Vega, R. Mika
• 10/22/15 22:00 CET – Servers down for scheduled maintenance for 12 hours.
• 10/23/15 10:00 CET – Servers back online. Rashid unlocked.
• 10/23/15 16:00 CET – The second SFV beta begins for both PC and PS4 users (cross-platform play).
• 10/23/15 01:00 CET – Karin unlocked.
• 10/24/15 12:00 CET – Servers down for scheduled maintenance for 10 hours.
• 10/24/15 22:00 CET – Servers back online.
• 10/25/15 00:00 CET – Beta 2 concludes.
  

The Street Fighter V beta will include ranked matchmaking, leaderboards that combine PS4 and PC players, and the ability to search for players and see their profiles. What's more, Capcom is adding new items to unlock with Fight Money currency. Everything you acquire in the beta, as well as your leaderboard status, however, will be wiped clean after the trial period ends.

Capcom also reminds players that they might encounter bugs and other issues.