Characters and Artwork from Ubisoft’s Soulcalibur IV

The gallery contains more images from the game.
A large, armored warrior character holding a massive axe with jagged edges. The armor is dark purple with red accents, and the background features green foliage and stone ruins, suggesting a fantasy setting.

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Soulcalibur® IV is the latest installment in the world-famous fighting-game series. With new game modes, characters, expanded features, groundbreaking 3D models and animations, Soulcalibur® IV is the ultimate fighting-game experience. Soulcalibur® IV also includes unprecedented character-customization options and a long-awaited online battle mode.

As a result of the collaboration between NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. and LucasArts, Sith Lord Darth Vader will appear as a guest character in the PlayStation 3 version of the game. On Xbox 360, Jedi Master Yoda joins the roster of fighters.

Soulcalibur® IV will be available for Xbox 360™ and PlayStation®3, while Soulcalibur Legends™ will be exclusive to Wii™. Both titles will be released in Europe and other PAL territories in summer 2008.