Masahiro Taguchi, technical director of SSFIV, has released a lot of information in the official blog regarding the community aspects of the game.

Taguchi, as translated by Andriasang, discussed the fact that the original release of SFIV was lacking in community features, boasting only a single player lobby fight request.

The newest 'Super' version is to have up to eight player capabilities. This aspect is called network play and enables team battle and fight requests.

Though only two players will actually fight at a time, the rest will observe and wait their turn.

As we learn more we will keep you informed.

By Andy Martin