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Soul Calibur - Xbox Live Arcade

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Soul Calibur gets an HD facelift and little else for its XBLA appearance. Still, the game's as pretty as ever and the gameplay holds up remarkably well.

Genre: Fighting
Release date: Jul 2, 2008
Published by: Namco Bandai
Developed by: Namco

Features: Leaderboards
Multiplayer Modes:

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1 player SOLO

2 player VS

8 GREAT
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Features

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News

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It seems that Soul Calibur has been a big hit topping the XBLA chart and getting in to the top 10 of...

News from N4G Jul 9, 2008

No mission mode or online play for Soul Calibur...

OXM UK writes: producer of the Soul Calibur XBLA port, Robert Johnson, has explained why it's...

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Review

The soul still burns...

Jul 29, 2008

It’s amazing how well this has aged. Sure, textures are a little flatter, there’s less detail in the background, and Taki’s chest has lost a few million polygons – but this is still a very slick, very attractive fighter. It plays superbly too – perhaps lacking in some of the subtler nuances of the sequels, but it’s well balanced, fast and, crucially, great fun. ...

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