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Tue, Aug 07, 2012 | 13:57 BST

MLG Summer Fight Arena kicks off this Friday

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Major League Gaming has announced its Summer Fight Arena, which will see top players brawling it out in Soul Calibur 5 and Mortal Kombat for glory.

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Fri, Aug 03, 2012 | 01:19 BST

Namco Bandai Q1: Soul Calibur V sales hit 1 million, profits ups

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Namco Bandai bucked the trend to release promising results for the first quarter of the financial year.

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Mon, Jul 09, 2012 | 08:43 BST

EVO 2012: grand finals video round-up

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With the final knock-out blow landed, Evo 2012 has concluded. Check out a plethora of grand finals videos, from new addition King of Fighters XIII through to established brawler Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and everything in between.

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Mon, Jul 09, 2012 | 15:20 BST

EVO 2012: SSFIVAE goes to Infiltration, UMvC3 to Filipino Champ

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With the conclusion of the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition finals awarding a win to repeat champion XXX, EVO 2012 has come to a close.

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Sat, Jun 09, 2012 | 18:14 BST

MLG Spring Championship – League of Legends, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty matches streamed live

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The MLG Spring Championship in Anaheim, CA kicked off yesterday, marking the beginning of the KeSPA and MLG multi-year, exclusive StarCraft partnership.

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Tue, Apr 24, 2012 | 17:00 BST

MLG – Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur V competitions air April 28

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Major League Gaming has announced Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur V players will be competing live on April 28 in the Fighting Game Arena, during which 16 players will vie for a position in the top eight and $3,400 in prizes. The competition will be broadcast live online from 2.00-9.45pm EDT through the MLG website. Following the Arena, the season will culminate with the Spring Championship June 8-10 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Here, top gamers will compete playing Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur V, and King of Fighters XIII on PS3. Format details, prizing, rules and competition formats for each game will be announced in the coming weeks.

Wed, Apr 11, 2012 | 07:15 BST

Soul Calibur V Impact Finals livestreamed at 4:00AM GMT

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A must see for any aspiring tournmanet fighter, the SoulCalbur V Impact Finals kick off in a few hours and can be viewed from the comfort of your web browser.

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Mon, Apr 02, 2012 | 01:34 BST

Soul Calibur V story modes just one quarter of intended content

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Project Soul’s lofty plans for Soul Calibur V were cut down considerably during development.

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Mon, Mar 19, 2012 | 10:55 GMT

Soul Calibur 5 patch has 240 updates, DLC includes Pac-Man

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Namco Bandai has packed a huge amount of updates into an upcoming Soul Calibur 5 patch, and will soon offer even sillier customisation options.

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Thu, Mar 15, 2012 | 15:18 GMT

Soul Calibur V gets online-focussed update on March 21

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Namco Bandai’s announced it’ll release an update for Soul Calibur V on March 21 that’ll contain a new game search optimisation for online gameplay among other things. Also included in the update is gameplay tweaks and character balancing based on community feedback.

Mon, Mar 12, 2012 | 14:24 GMT

PSA: Soul Calibur Impact this weekend

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Namco’s sent out a reminder that Soul Calibur Impact is happening in London this weekend. Taking place on Saturday, it’ll feature the UK national tournament to kick things off, where the winner will rep the UK in the European and Australasian tournament afterwards. The winner of that will gain entry into the World Finals, £1,000, Unique Trophy, Madcatz SCV stick & Insert Coin T-shirt. Game producer Daishi Odashima will also be there to crown the winners.

Impact’s happening at St. Stephen’s Rosslyn Hill, Pond Street.

Tue, Feb 28, 2012 | 07:14 GMT

Soul Calibur Impact happening on March 17

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Namco Bandai’s announced London-based event Soul Calibur V Impact will take place on March 17 from 12pm-11pm in the night at St Stephen’s Rosslyn Hill, Pond St. The event, which will celebrate the fighter’s recent launch, will consist of the tournament finale of the UK and European Soul Calibur V championships that are currently ongoing, with the winner of the UK round representing in the European finals taking place the same day. The winner of that competition gets to go to the world finals.

Those who can’t attend can watch the stream of it here.

Wed, Feb 08, 2012 | 20:00 GMT

RE: Revelations bests Soul Calibur V debut on Japanese charts

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Resident Evil: Revelations topped Media Create’s software charts this week, after debuting in second place to Armored Core V last week. On the hardware side of things, Vita’s rebound the week prior was short-lived, as sales of the handheld fell 1,801 units week-over-week.

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Fri, Feb 03, 2012 | 17:04 GMT

Quick Shots: Launch screens released for Soul Calibur V

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Namco has sent out a sizeable batch of launch day screens for Soul Calibur V, and while hardly any contain up-skirt shots, there’s still plenty of pixelated flesh for you to ogle. DLC for the game will be dropping soon, and you can have a look at the content through a batch of screens here. Click the page break to get your jollies.

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Sat, Feb 04, 2012 | 13:31 GMT

Out now: FFXIII-2, Soul Calibur V first big drops of 2012

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The bang you just heard? That’s the starting gun to the 2012 release calendar going off, with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Soul Calibur out today.

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Fri, Feb 03, 2012 | 06:12 GMT

SoulCalibur V launch: Namco on the genre fighting back

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Ahead of tomorrow’s launch of SoulCalibur V, Namco Bandai has said the resurgence of the fighting genre spurred by the return of Street Fighter will continue to improve over a “period of time.”

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Tue, Jan 31, 2012 | 11:12 GMT

Soul Calibur V launches in US, reviews go score mental

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Namco Bandai’s lifted the reviews embargo for Soul Calibur V, with scores so far being alright to good for the fighter. Get a full list of links below the break. If you have a score to add, do so below.

SCV launches in the US today and releases on Friday for PS3 and 360.

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Mon, Jan 30, 2012 | 11:41 GMT

Namco Bandai turns part of Shoreditch into Soul Calibur V country

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Namco’s released a video this morning of several grafitti artists giving part of Shortditch a Soul Calibur V-themed makeover, marking its release this week with a new grafitti mural. Watch some of East London get spray-canned after the break.

The fighter’s out tomorrow in the US and Friday in the UK and Europe for PS3 and 360.

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Mon, Jan 30, 2012 | 04:16 GMT

Soul Calibur V trailer hypes for launch tomorrow

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Although it quickly switches to highly dramatic in-game assets, this new Soul Calibur V trailer begins with a bit of cosplay.

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Sat, Jan 28, 2012 | 19:54 GMT

Quick Shots: Soul Calibur V DLC screens play dress up

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Namco has released a set of screenshots showing off the DLC slated for Soul Calibur V. The content will include wings, face paint, music from Soul Blade and Soul Calibur, animal heads, breastplates, kimonos, and bikinis. A second set is coming on Valentine’s Day, which will include music from SCII and SCIII, and a third round will be released later with more masks and face paint, as well as camouflage, and skull offerings along with music from SCIV and Broken Destiny. The first batch hits on launch day, and each pack will run you 160 MSP/€1.99/$1.99. game’s out next week.

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