How not to take a whipping from Ivy

In October, Namco Bandai took Soulcalibur V to the Paris Games Week, where they let some of the best French players try out different characters from the game. Since then, they’ve been uploading replays of some of these matches. The first was Viola vs. Ezio. Today, we have Hilde vs. Viola:  

Namco Bandai have released a new trailer that shows the prologue to Soulcalibur V’s story mode.

Critical Edge moves return from Soul Edge, but the development team changed how these powerful attacks work in Soulcalibur V.

The outfit she made for Ivy looks sort of like Jeanne’s costume, but with a more… ahem… exposed v-neck.

Namco Bandai held Soulcalibur V battles at Paris Games Week last month, where French players got to go hands-on with the game.

It’s been 12 years since Cervantes acquired a new body, Namco Bandai say.

Check out screenshots of the four newly revealed characters inside.

Xiba looks like he might be replacement for Kilik, given his weapon of choice and where he was raised.

Custom characters have different hit boxes. A heavy set warrior will be easier to strike and a tiny fighter will be naturally harder to hit.

Soulcalibur V’s character creator lets you adjust everything from body parts to the pitch of your voice using sliders.

Namco Bandai shared a Soulcalibur V stream, which shows guest character Ezio Auditore da Firenze and Z.W.E.I. practicing their critical edge moves.

Take a look at the two newly-announced characters.

At a Soulcalibur V event I got to sit down and play a new build with all of the characters Namco Bandai announced so far. Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the guest character from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series, was the first fighter I tried.