SoulCalibur V Release Date & Ezio Confirmed

Ezio will be a playable character in the game coming early 2012.

By Matt Mann / February 4, 2012

NAMCO Bandai had two announcements today relating to Soul Caliber V. The first one was no big surprise, they confirmed Ezio will be a playable character in the game. He will be playable on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game. Here is what NAMCO Bandai had to say about implementing Ezio into the game:

One thing the team really wanted to play with is the fact that Ezio has so many different weapons, In Soulcalibur all the characters basically have one weapon The team wanted that challenge of really implementing him, getting a lot of the same cool moves and attacks to really get that feeling of Ezio into Soulcalibur.

He will be one of the few characters in the game to have multiple weapons at his disposal: "swords, small blades, crossbows, and flintlock pistols that can be used in throws, counters, and all manner of moves". In addition, the second announcement was that of a release date for Soul Caliber V. It will be available from January 31st, 2012 in the US, and from February 3rd, 2012 in the EU.