Soulcalibur V is the sixth installment in Namco’s Soul series of fighting games, and will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012. The game will take place 17 years after the events of Soulcalibur IV. The main protagonist is Patroklos, the son of Soul series veteran Sophitia and the deuteragonist is Pyrrha the daughter of Sophitia as well.

The game was officially announced by Namco Bandai on May 11, 2011 at their Level Up press conference in Dubai. The game was teased as early as 2010, where Daishi Odashima, game director, tweeted that “SC is back!”. In late April 2011, Odashima tweeted again saying “Hopefully I will be able to announce something mid May.” So far, eighteen characters have been confirmed officially.