Fri, Oct 21, 2011 | 02:48 BST

Rumour – Ezio to appear in Soul Calibur V

Here’s one for the “highly dubious” and “probable Photoshop fakes” piles: Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio Auditore has apparently been spotted in Soul Calibur V.

Joystiq received the image below from an anonymous tip, and was told the snapshot was taken of the beta version at a fighting game tournament.

Gematsu reports the image was grabbed from PS3blog, where it appeared as part of a now-inaccessible liveblog of a Namco Bandai event where a guest character was apparently set to be revealed.

The site is said to have reported “no further information can be released about this game due to the embargo”, and that the game had been given a firm release date of January 31 2012.

Do we need to point out the unlikelihood of this happening at a public event and only one leak mentioning it? Or the strange graphical discrepancies in the image? Or the sheer bizarrity of an Ubisoft-owned character signing on with a Namco Bandai-published game?

I will be utterly flummoxed if this turns out to be true. Soul Calibur V is due on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in March next year. The next Assassin’s Creed title, Revelations, is due in November. These facts remain unrelated.

Thanks, Sal.

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#1

xino
18/10/11, 3:35 am

ok thank you for calling this a rumour, after observing the picture, it is fake:/
without this article I would have thought it was real.

Protoria in 2D art while Ezio in 3D render….fake is fake:/

Stupid ass Silent Chief already calling this legit and announcing, plus he removed the place he got the image from called “embargo”.

#2

Brenna Hillier
18/10/11, 3:51 am

I felt like I had to post it because a lot of people are talking about it, but like we’ve both said, the art is super dodgy. I’m baffled it’s being taken seriously.

#3

salromano
18/10/11, 4:16 am

The picture came from PS3Blog.net, who live blogged a SCV San Francisco event.

See here and read down for more details: http://gematsu.com/2011/10/ezio-auditore-a-guest-fighter-in-soulcalibur-v

#4

Clupula
18/10/11, 4:43 am

You’d think, at the very least, if this were real, his art style would match all the other characters.

#5

Ireland Michael
18/10/11, 4:56 am

Rumour or not, this would be absolutely brilliant if it were true. Stylistically, he’d fit in perfectly with the franchise.

#6

Brenna Hillier
18/10/11, 5:12 am

I’ve updated the article with new information as to where the image came from.

#7

nikk900
18/10/11, 9:07 am

It’s true, I’ve played it. He was in the ps3 version, but I think he might be in the 360 version as well.

#8

CycloneFox
18/10/11, 9:48 am

That’s screenshot looks pretty cool. Not because of Enzio in the character-select (that’s cool too of course), but because of the pretty awesome art-style instead of rendered pictures.

#9

monkeygourmet
18/10/11, 10:26 am

It’s true, my dad knows someone from Namco and they said he is in, they are also making a sequel to weapon lord and I’m in the beta… ;)

#10

Gheritt White
18/10/11, 11:15 am

OMG, please be real!!!

#11

StolenGlory
18/10/11, 11:17 am

@10 Indeed. With any luck, his second costume will be Altair :)

#12

LOLshock94
18/10/11, 1:37 pm

i also reackon the dude off enslaved will appear aswell since he is namco.

be pretty funny if this was PS way of showing off the character creation.

#13

Clupula
18/10/11, 1:59 pm

As someone who is not a fan of the Ass Creed series, this will go very far towards deflating my enthusiasm for the series.

Personally, if they absolutely must have a guest character from another game, I’d prefer, say, Bayonetta.

#14

2plus2equals5
18/10/11, 6:04 pm

It looks fake, ironically it’s not the ezio image to look fake, but the other portrait that have a strange perspective(it looks directly at you, but the screen is not!).

#15

xino
19/10/11, 5:42 am

the image is fake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9s3AA-v52c
since when do SC games uses 2D art?
also
http://superwes.com/twopointoh/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/assassins-creed-brotherhood.jpg
but I couldn’t find the art work of Ezio’s pose.

but one hell of a good job photoshop!

i just hope the final game wouldn’t be like this because if this is true, I’ll be disappointed! The design is so weak.

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