This also ties a bit back into other things Harada's been talking about recently including the difficulties of developing fighting games in the modern landscape and how he doesn't think anyone can make a big fighting game for $10 million anymore. ESRB Rating TEEN: Blood, Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Violence. Bandai Namco even previously said that Hwang would be the last character before retracting that statementĪll of Bandai Namco's main fighting games don't have anything announced on the horizon, so we're kinda completely in the dark on whether the publisher is ready to move on or keep supporting what's here now.ĭragon Ball FighterZ was specifically mentioned to be planned for more balance updates this year though they didn't say anything about content for that either. SOULCALIBUR (soulcalibur) Instagram photos and videos soulcalibur Verified 276 posts 22k followers 11 following SOULCALIBUR Video Game The Official SoulCalibur Instagram page. Transcending history as SOULCALIBURVI has reached 2 million copies sold Thank you to all of our fans for your continued support and may your soul still burn https. We're currently almost four months removed from Hwang's release as the latest without much talk going on about the game.
Unlike Tekken and Dragon Ball FighterZ, Bandai Namco has never said exactly how much SC6 has managed to sell even two and a half years later, which isn't exactly the most promising sign. Soul Calibur 6's prospects of receiving a third season are less likely to happen though for a few reasons. People are still buying into Tekken 7, so it would make sense if Bandai Namco would want to go out on a final season bang like Street Fighter 5 is currently riding. There is a good argument to be made, however, to continue supporting Tekken 7 with more content for the time being, as the game managed to reach 7 million copies sold with that last million all coming in the last 6 months or so. Harada's specifically said in the past that new hardware arrivals are perhaps the best opportunity to sell more fighting games, as most major developers have shifted to only releasing one new entry per console generation.
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The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are available now, so we're completely open to the next generation of fighting games to hit the scene though there's mostly only been ports so far.
Whatever the next project is from the Tekken team is almost certainly quite far along in the development phase, especially given how relatively small Season 4 was, though it'll all come down to when Bamco decides to pull that trigger. Many felt from the start of Season 4's announcement that this latest pass might be the last, as it featured fewer characters and content compared to the others with only two fighters, stages and technically the updated netcode. With Lidia releasing just a few days ago, it'd be believable that a potential Season 5 wouldn't be greenlit yet by the higher ups though Harada assuredly has a gameplan for either scenario. In the first place, our plan was to complete it in Season 2, but it didn't end in Season 2 (the entire market has changed to tend to play the title longer than it used to be). The entry is completed by following the above procedure 1 and 2. Tweet a screenshot of the character created in SOULCALIBUR VI (Submitted Work) with a special hashtag (SC6ccc). In the first place, our plan was to complete it in Season 2, but it didn't end in Season 2 (the entire market has changed to tend to play the title longer than it used to be)," wrote Harada on Twitter. Follow the official SOULCALIBUR Twitter account (soulcalibur) operated by The Company during The Campaign period. I mean, you really don’t want to get poked in the eye with that thing.Since he's obviously not going to announce a Tekken Season 5 on Twitter by himself, the Bandai Namco boss gives a fairly open answer to how they've been handling the game.
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These types of “characters” will be taken offline and many already have. Xvj7U9Wf2eīandai Namco has yet to pinpoint what they mean by “inappropriate characters”, but I am guessing they are referring to the likes of a certain lizard that was customized to have a rather huge apanage. The notice was picked up and translated by Twitter user See moreĪ notice posted on the official #SoulCalibur VI website warns players that creating inappropriate custom characters online face the risk of having online features taken away from them. On the official Japanese website, there’s a notice specifically about these sort of NSFW creations that warns people that if you make an inappropriate character in the Create a Soul mode, you may get banned from online play. In saying that though, some players have taken this too far leaving Bandai Namco having to take out the whip and scold naughty horny gamers. Customizing characters in Soul Calibur VI is a big business with players loving the fact they can get stuck in and create something of their own.