Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 collaborate with Home

Capcom and Sony are teaming up for some major PlayStation Home promotions in celebration of two upcoming PS3 releases. As previously announced at the Tokyo Game Show, Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 will be part of a collaboration with the Home virtual world. Today, Sony shared details.

Both Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 will be compatible with Home-based matching. Players will be able to meet up with other players inside Home and move directly into competitive matches for SFIV and co-op play sessions for RE5..

This direct matching functionality will be included with Resident Evil 5 from the March 5 launch. Street Fighter IV will get the functionality in a future update.

Items and lounges are on the way as well.

Resident Evil 5 will get its own lounge. Themed around the in-game location of Kijuju, the lounge will offer RE5-related items and a variety of events.

On the item side of things, Home Reward support will give players special Home items as they work through both games. Capcom will also be offering paid costumes that dress your avatar up to look like characters from both titles. Additional items will be added regularly.