It’s no\u00a0surprise\u00a0really\u00a0considering\u00a0the number of guest characters that have\u00a0appeared\u00a0in previous\u00a0instalments, but it does beg the question, could we see other guest characters\u00a0appearing\u00a0in V?<\/p>\n

Namco and Ubisoft also announed that the game is set for a European release on February 3^{rd<\/sup>\u00a02012.<\/p>\n}

\u201cThe entrance of Assassin\u2019s Creed into the Soulcalibur universe is an historic meeting of two of the most revered and influential game series,\u201d said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice President at NAMCO BANDAI Partners.\u00a0 \u201cEzio has captured the imaginations of millions of fans around the world, and it will be very exciting to see how his lightning fast moves stand up to the mighty swordplay of Soulcalibur\u2019s finest.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe are thrilled to see Ezio enter the world of Soulcalibur, as\u00a0we believe the values of both brands fit together\u201d said Geoffroy Sardin, EMEA Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Ubisoft. \u201cWe think that this partnership will bring a great new gameplay experience to both Soulcalibur and Assassin\u2019s Creed fans\u201d.<\/p>\n

They also went on to announce a special edition of the game which will include\u00a0a specially designed \u2018book\u2019 box,\u00a0a high quality art book, original soundtrack CD, the making-of DVD, a DLC card for the Black Knight and Paladin armor sets, plus original artwork and letter on reproduction parchment paper signed by the team at Project Soul. \u00a0And if that wasn’t enough fans who pre-order\u00a0SoulCalibur V\u00a0at participating retailers will exclusively receive\u00a0Dampierre from\u00a0SoulCalibur\u00a0Broken Destiny\u00a0as a playable character on day one.<\/p>\n

This all sounds very exciting, will you be picking up the special\u00a0edition\u00a0or just the\u00a0regular\u00a0edition, and is there any other characters you would love to see appear in the game? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember\u00a0that screenshot that hit the internet a couple of days ago showing Ezio from the Assassins Creed series as a\u00a0playable character in the new SoulCalibur game. Well it turns out that it did have some truth in it. Namco Bandai Games Europe and Ubisoft have\u00a0today announced that Ezio Auditore\u00a0will be a playable guest character in\u00a0Soul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":5654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[33,7,1,31,10],"tags":[93,135,44,71,134],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playstationer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sc5l.jpg?fit=600%2C225","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1vnBy-1tb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5653"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playstationer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}