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Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is a 2024 video game compilation that brings together seven arcade titles developed and published by Capcom. The collection spans from X-Men: Children of the Atom in 1994 to Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes in 2000 and includes online multiplayer modes with rollback netcode.
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics was released digitally on the 12th of September 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows. The physical version for consoles launched on the 22nd of November 2024, and the Xbox One version was released on the 4th of February 2025.
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics did not launch on Xbox due to Capcom's lack of development infrastructure for optimizing its internal MT Framework engine across last and current generation systems simultaneously. Capcom announced on the 3rd of September 2024 that they were working with Microsoft to release the game for Xbox One in 2025.
Maximilian Dood, a prominent fighting game streamer, launched a campaign in August 2021 to demand the re-release of classic Marvel vs. Capcom games on modern consoles and PC. His efforts led to discussions between Capcom, Disney, and Digital Eclipse to bring the games back to the public eye.
By September 2025, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics had sold 1 million copies worldwide. The collection became the third highest selling PlayStation 4 title in North America in September 2024 and the sixteenth best selling game in the United States that same month.