From now on, it seems Super Street Fighter II Turbo High Definition Remix will now be known simply as Street Fighter HD, just to keep everything simple, and we for one are delighted about this. Anyway, the first ever shots of the game have been released and boy, do they look impressive.

There’s also some commentary from one of the game’s developers that is probably worth a read as well. The screenshots are all work in progress, and Capcom definitely want you to know that, so keep it in mind.

Although the scaling of some of the background elements isn’t final, you’ll also see that it’s better than it is in the first shot. Also, some of the sprites still need another pass on implementation to clean up the edges and the line weight.

Below is just another screenshot for you guys to check out. Again, I want to stress that the HUD is only a first pass. We still need to add a lot of flair to it. The sprites need another pass, but it still looks pretty awesome in motion. There’s something funny going on in the edges of the ground layer, but that too will be fixed.

For a final screen, here’s a better look at the character select screen that you might’ve seen in some of the media so far. This is from the demo build, so only Ryu and Ken are selectable, but you can see some of the portrait art for the other characters in it. BTW, the spaces next to Ryu and Guile are the random character select options, and yes, the dots on the map are not positioned correctly.

The shots look great, although Ryu and Ken’s fists look almost as big as their head. However since these are indeed work in progress shots, such complaints are likely to be ironed out in due course.

The game is expected to hit on the Xbox Live Arcade sometime next year.