Namco Bandai’s Project Soul team is no stranger to working out cross-over deals to bring iconic characters from other franchises and mediums over to the SoulCalibur universe as guest cameo fighters. Some have made sense, like Link in GameCube version of Soulcalibur II and Kratos in the PSP exclusive SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny. Others haven’t, namely the Star Wars trio of Darth Vader, Yoda and The Apprentice in SoulCalibur IV.
But Namco has come back strong for SoulCalibur V, announcing this week that Assassin’s Creed‘s master assassin, Ezio Auditore, will be the game’s guest fighter when it ships January 31, 2012. Armed with his Roman Longsword, Stiletto, Crossbow, Hidden Gun and Hidden Blade, Ezio will do battle against SoulCalibur‘s finest warriors on PS3 and Xbox 360 both. No exclusive cameos here. (At least none that we know of yet.)
What do you think of Namco Bandai’s alliance with Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed? Does Ezio get a thumbs up, SoulCalibur fans?
Matt Litten is a 28 year old from-the-womb gamer turned video game reviewer/blogger and current editor/owner/operator of VGBlogger.com. Matt got his first taste of gaming as a youngster on the NES and Atari, and the rest is history from there.
In 2004, three years removed from high school and still looking for a career direction in life, Matt landed his first gig in the video game review business writing for the now-defunct website BonusStage.com. After the sad and untimely close of BonusStage, the former staff went on to found VGBlogger.com, and after a short stint as US Site Manager for AceGamez Matt turned his attention to VGBlogger, and to this day is dedicated to making it one of the top video game blogs in all the blogosphere.
Matt is a fair-minded reviewer and lover of games of all platforms and types, big or small, hyped or niche, big-budget or indie. But that doesn't mean he will let poor games slide without a good thrashing when necessary. 
