Having Star Wars character aboard surely helped Soulcalibur IV to spread its wings on the games market that has gotten relatively dim over the time for fighting games. That Vader would finally come to the Xbox 360, and Yoda to the PS3 as part of downloadable content hasn't only been a simple rumor. There were even videos show-casing a Soulcalibur IV build with both Star Wars characters fighting each other. Now it's official, at least for Japanese gamers at first: In Japan as of October 23rd Yoda will be available as PS3 DLC for ¥600 (roughly $5.99) whereas his dark-sided counterpart Vader can be purchased for 400 Microsoft points ($5.00) on Xbox Live. more...

Namco Bandai announced that Soulcalibur IV, the newest sequel to the weapon-based fighting game franchise, has gone gold for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Soulcalibur IV will be available in the States on July 29, July 31 in Europe, Japan, and Australia, and - last but not least - on August 1 in the UK. more...

Are you a fan of the Soulcalibur fighting games? What about Star Wars? At the Consumer Electronics Show, LucasArts and Namco Bandai Games confirmed that both Darth Vader and Yoda will appear in Soulcalibur IV, planned for release this summer. more...