{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9455edad150a658d37c1d48b","clusterId":"c_99a23480e6e9e44ea835536b","slug":"apex-legends-and-street-fighter-6-cross-over-starting-september-23","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Apex Legends and Street Fighter 6 Cross Over Starting September 23","summary":"Apex Legends and Street Fighter 6 run a collaboration event from September 23, 2026. It adds the limited-time Apex K.O. mode, a street-style Olympus remix, eight Iconic skins matching Apex characters to fighters such as Sparrow with Ryu and Wattson with Cammy, and the Mythic melee item Hadoken. A Fight Gauge unlocks a third-person Fighter Form.","whyItMatters":"The event builds its limited-time mode around Apex's least-used verb, melee, with gunfire disabled during Fighter Form and its own gauge economy.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe collaboration spans eight Iconic skins, a category Apex has used for past crossovers, plus a Mythic universal melee item called Hadoken. Apex K.O. runs on a Fight Gauge of six segments shown at the bottom of the screen, filled by collecting Fighter Tokens dropped on the field or by punching the red Punch Trucks scattered around Olympus, which take damage only from melee attacks.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntering the ring at Luke\u0026#39;s Gym transforms a player regardless of remaining gauge, and in the final Showdown round everyone gets unlimited gauge. Fighter Form is limited to a roster of Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, and Dhalsim.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSparrow x Ryu\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlter x Chun-Li\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBangalore x Elena\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMirage x Luke\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGibraltar x Akuma\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWattson x Cammy\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaustic x Blanka\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePathfinder x Dhalsim\u003c/strong\u003e: Iconic skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Apex K.O. mode is the unusual part: Street Fighter 6 gets an Apex Legends mode, not the reverse. Respawn built the collaboration inside its own shooter rather than lending characters out.","twitterPost":"The crossover adds a Fight Gauge and third-person Fighter Form, so Apex Legends players fight from a Street Fighter camera before landing a single Hadoken.","threadsPost":"The eight Iconic skins pair Apex Legends characters with Street Fighter 6 fighters, down to Cammy matching Wattson. The Hadoken arrives as a Mythic melee item, which puts a Street Fighter attack inside Apex's melee economy rather than a shooting slot.","newsletterBlurb":"Apex Legends and Street Fighter 6 begin a collaboration event on September 23, 2026. The update adds the Apex K.O. limited-time mode, a street-style Olympus remix, eight Iconic skins pairing Apex characters with Street Fighter fighters, and the Mythic universal melee item Hadoken. A six-segment Fight Gauge, filled by Fighter Tokens and by punching Punch Trucks, unlocks a third-person Fighter Form limited to Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, and Dhalsim.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/19/172503.html\",\"title\":\"Apex × Street Fighter 6 Hands-On Report! All Characters Have \\\"Hadoken\\\" Voice Lines \\u0026 Akuma Gibraltar and Cammy Watson's Abs Are Too Well-Done!\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4695,"outputTokens":784,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789746270,"createdAt":"2026-09-18T15:39:40.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T15:43:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T15:43:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_99a23480e6e9e44ea835536b","canonicalTitle":"『Apex』×『スト6』先行レポ！全キャラ「波動拳」ボイス付き＆豪鬼ジブやキャミィワットソンの腹筋の完成度が高すぎる！","representativeArticleId":"a_48e88df6cc677288d57e7154","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Apex Legends\",\"Street Fighter 6\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-18T15:00:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-18T15:00:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T15:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/19/172503.html","title":"『Apex』×『スト6』先行レポ！全キャラ「波動拳」ボイス付き＆豪鬼ジブやキャミィワットソンの腹筋の完成度が高すぎる！"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Apex Legends","Street Fighter 6"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}