Big name brawlers Soul Calibur, Tekken coming to PSP
Fighters to hit portable exclusively this year
Namco-Bandai will pummel PSP with a one-two punch later this year with the release of two new fighters, Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny and Tekken 6. Both games are new iterations of their respective series exclusive to PSP.
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny, which marks the first handheld outing for the weapons-based brawler, has been slated for release this summer. A roster of 20 characters, a few newcomers though most returning from the console games, will duke it out in a PSP-specific single player story mode. Head-to-head bouts via Ad-hoc mode (local wireless) are also being supported.
Tekken 6 plans on making head-to-head multiplayer a central feature as well when it translates the PlayStation 3 game of the same title to PSP. The autumn release promises unique stages and other content exclusive to the portable, as well as a new story mode mirroring the one developed for its big brother on PS3.
Both games are being handled internally at Namco-Bandai, the team responsible for earlier console versions of Soul Calibur handling the new PSP title and the core Tekken squad building the simultaneous portable release. For more details, check out our first impressions of Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny and Tekken 6.
