Soul Calibur IV to feature online play
by Jem Alexander 
{ Jun 26th 2007 at 8:30AM }
The latest issue of EGM includes a nice little tidbit of info about Soul Calibur IV, reports 1Up. The game will feature online play, for the first time in the series. Most fighting games, with Mortal Kombat as the exception, have shied away from online play in the past, citing latency and a lack of timing accuracy as the reason why. Katsutoshi Sasaki, director of Soul Calibur IV, explained what has changed in this respect by stating "the next-gen platforms have network infrastructure already in place." Clearly this allows for much better connections between machines, allowing pin-point accuracy for special move combos.
No doubt more information about Soul Calibur IV will be released during E3. We'll keep you up to date during the show.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stellarpimp @ Jun 26th 2007 9:23AM
I've waited years for this day. As long as they can match or surpass Resistance of Man's servers all will be well my friends! Omgoodness I'm ready to F someone up!
upz @ Jun 26th 2007 9:58AM
Great news. They'll have me on day one. Any word on release date?
Andy @ Jun 26th 2007 11:35AM
If they can do it, more power to them. I am just skeptical. In the end it doesn't really matter because I have tried Virtua Fighter 5 and I just don't like fighting games.
Did the entire fanboy crew get an invite to E3?
Brandon @ Jun 26th 2007 12:00PM
Virtua fighter 5 is the last game you would want to try if you want to try out the genre. Tekken and Soul Calibur a far more accessible franchises, while still being rewarding to experienced players.
ck @ Jun 26th 2007 3:26PM
Having a "network infrastructure already in place" won't save you from lag.
...unless they've defeated the laws of physics in a secret lab somewhere...
ryano @ Jun 26th 2007 11:14PM
http://www.xboxygen.com/index.php?file=News&op=suite&news_id=4634
so i think this is what it looks like on xbox 360. PS3 version is still in the oven i suppose. =(