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Soulcalibur IV burns on Xbox 360, PS3

Next-gen installment of weapons-based fighter heads to Sony and Microsoft platforms, set for 2008 release.

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After the announcement of Soulcalibur Legends coming to the Wii, some Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 fighting game fans might have felt a little left out. Namco Bandai today confirmed that it too will be able to rejoin the weapons-based fighting franchise's fray, as Soulcalibur IV is in development for the latest systems from Sony and Microsoft.

The next game is being developed by Project Soul, the studio behind previous entries in the series and will include new modes, characters, and a new battle system. Namco Bandai is saying the game will "propel the fighting genre into the next-gen era" and is also promising realistic, interactive environments and better artificial intelligence.

Soulcalibur IV is set for release in 2008. For more details on the title, check out GameSpot's new preview of the game.

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I bet SC4 will look very good if they can get it to work on the next gen consoles. I hope they come with online capability. So we can do battle with others over the internet and not just play the computer all the time.

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I absolutely cannot wait for Soul Calibur IV on the Xbox 360. Achievements are a certainty but we can only hope for Vs. play over Xbox Live.

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This is great, now we get a next-gen Soul Calibur its about time. Peace

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Excellent! I was so dissappointed when Soul Calibur III had been a PS2 Exclusive. I'll be getting this for my Xbox 360, no doubt.

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Nifty.

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... Thats it? I guess its a year away but still...

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No online I bet.

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ppl say sony is the best cuz it got blu-ray 50gb ... so what. this is mg4 40gb fmvs 10gb game play lol

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it's about time looking forward to a new soul calibur game since i don't have a ps2 it's been awhile

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Mmmm next gen soul calibur? Thats good soup

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I don't think the wii-more has anything to do with getting the rejected games, i'm pretty sure its mostly the hardware restraints.

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I can't WAIT for this. I was play SC2 just 3 days ago with some friends and it was a blast

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"The_Great_Samu 2 bad. No they can't use the potential of PS3... Which lead to us the gamers losing. Really, Namco should just stick with SONY and Nintendo." why, because you dont like microsoft? And how do we know what the ps3 can or cant do, i dont think anybody knows that yet. Sony doesnt even seem to know what the system can do.

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lol wii got the rejected version just liked they did with resident evil, while the best get the main projects. The wii can't handle the main projects due to terrible hardware, graphics, and wii-mote.

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ya i thought it would come out eventually, but how are these games that are released to the ps3 and xbox 360 only going to affect the wii? I think people are going to notice grand theft auto 4 isnt coming to wii for example.

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2 bad. No they can't use the potential of PS3... Which lead to us the gamers losing. Really, Namco should just stick with SONY and Nintendo.

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Lol, namco got some good taste. It was wise they didn't put this up on Wii. Hurray! Gj 360 and Ps3. Now, what would the Wii fanboys say? Oh yeah O M F G W T F

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If it's anywhere near as good as Soul Calibur II, we'll have a winner on our hands. I thought the trailer was subtle, but well-done. Hopefully we'll see some actual fighting next time around.

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awesome! I've been waiting for a new Soul Calibur game!

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Seriously.....Ivy......needs a bra....

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I hope they implement the conquest mode from the Arcades for Xbox Live.

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Soul Calibre is one of the more fun fighting games to play, even though I wish the fighters could fight without weaponas as well, plus Tekken, and DOA are overrated. And to the guys complaining so much about Gamespot, maybe you should use another site.

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Sweeeet!!! looking forward to this, never got a chance to play SC3 on the ps2...

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I played the 2 and 3rd on the PS2 and I loved it. Iam definetly getting this one for my 360.

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I Ditto Dakko. Despite the Soulcalibur games being very samy, I'n interested in how they implement the next-gen technology. Though I get the sad feeling it may be soulcalibur 3 with a few more gimmick- er... modes... and prettier graphics.

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that one chick has some huge jugs. in real life, i don't think she'd be able to fight with that much of an upper weight displacement LOL :lol:

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Excellent.

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The xbox version was great, Im looking forward to playing it on the wii.

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WRONG ARCELICE, Xemmy is right . Gamespot is slow, pretentious and incompetant. They are too busy playing infantile wii sports to report on real games. IGN just reported YESTERDAY that TEKKEN DR on PS3 is getting an online update. WHERE's Gamespots report on this???? OH right five days late, with inaccurate accounts of news no less. (Like Gersman referring to VF5's Akira as a "karate man" Its HAkkyokuken genius.)

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Ivys boobs are bigger! :)

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sweeet lookin forward to it

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Wow wii just got owned again...

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Wow! Wonderful news. I'm too happy about this. Hopefully there will be online play for both systems. :D

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its a tale of souls and swords eternaly retold... and retold... and, retold... and retold. how many times can this game retell the same story?

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This should be a good game but the Wii version might be my choice since I already have DOA 4 for the Xbox 360 and I really like the series. DOA and Soul Caliber are my favorite fighting games. I like the controls and pace of the action.

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I hope its as good as SC II

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To Xemmy- Maybe GS waits to confirm their news before they post it.

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I'm hoping that 3's content and game modes return along with some better balancing issues.

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Lets just hope it does better then SC3...

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Cant wait!!!!!

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Is it me, or does Gamespot get it's news late?I saw a few threads about SC4 on *Chan at least 5 days before Gamespot made this article.

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freeman986: You are saying that VF, DoA (which is basically an easier VF with bouncing boobs and a counter-attack button) and SC are for button mashers, and you use Tekken as a comparison base? Right...

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yay , i hope this turns out to be as good as SC 1 & 2

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This better make up for the serious dissapointment from Soul Calibur III. I loved Soul Calibur 1 and 2. But SC 3 just seemed like a watered down version of Soul Calibur II....

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Finally, been waiting ages for news like this.

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Oh man, this is such good news! I've been waiting for a nice new version of SC on the 360...and here it is!! WOOT! :)

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I'm kinda worried about how the trailer said "conclusion"...

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I hope it will propel the fighting genre into the next-gen era, like its predecessor for Dreamcast did

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I've not really been interested in this series since Soul Blade and Soul Caliber 1 but this will of course be a fantastic game. Namco have no excuse for not releasing a 100% perfect version on PS3 and 360.

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Virtual Fighter this fall and Soul Caliber IV next year. I can't wait.

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