Soulcalibur VI Is Unsheathing its Sword in 2018

Katsuhiro Harada announced the new entry in the fighting game series at The Game Awards tonight.

News by Caty McCarthy, Senior Editor

Updated on 7 December 2017

Katsuhiro Harada waltzed onto the stage of The Game Awards 2017 in a dramatic fashion tonight. Alongside a translator, he debuted a greatly anticipated new game for a series that wasn't Tekken.

Soulcalibur VI, the first numbered entry in the series since Soulcalibur V in 2012, will be released sometime in 2018. You can see the short trailer for the new game below. Tekken 7, Harada's most recent game, released earlier this year.

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Caty McCarthy

Senior Editor

Caty McCarthy is a former freelance writer whose work has appeared in Kill Screen, VICE, The AV Club, Kotaku, Polygon, and IGN. When she's not blathering into a podcast mic, reading a book, or playing a billion video games at once, she's probably watching Terrace House or something. She is currently USgamer's Senior Editor.

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