SoulCalibur V goes gold, heading to retailers end of January

Namco has announced that Project Soul has completed development on SoulCalibur V for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Set in a new era 17 years on from its predecessor and loaded with new game features, including the guest appearance of master assassin Ezio Auditore de Firenze from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, SoulCalibur V is heading to retailers on January 31st in North America and February 3rd in Europe.

Alongside the standard retail edition, a special Collector’s Edition of SoulCalibur V will also be available at launch. Packed in a specially designed ‘book’ box, the Collector’s Edition will include a high quality art book, a CD containing a selection of music spanning the history of SoulCalibur, the making-of videos, a DLC card for the Black Knight and White Knight armour sets, plus original artwork and letter on reproduction parchment paper signed by the team at Project Soul.

Fans who pre-order either edition of the game from participating retailers will receive a code to unlock Dampierre as a playable character as soon as they fire up the game.

Following the launch of the game, Namco are organising a tournament schedule to unite the community and let fans publicly demonstrate their weapon-wielding prowess. More details on this will follow soon.