Soulcalibur VI

Soulcalibur VI (ソウルキャリバーVI, Sourukyaribaa Shikkusu) is the seventh installment in Namco's Soul series of fighting games. It is a soft reboot of the series which covers events starting pre-Soulcalibur, and was announced at The Game Awards 2017. It was released on October 19, 2018.

Development
The game began development before 2014. Like Tekken 7, Soulcalibur VI uses Unreal Engine 4. According to Bandai-Namco, Soulcalibur VI will focus more on story elements. According to the game's producer Motohiro Okubo, the game's code name in development was "Luxor" in reference to making the game feel more akin to the first Soulcalibur.

Plot
Soulcalibur VI is a soft reboot of the Soul series that it also takes place after Soulcalibur V, retelling the events starting from the second Soul game, Soulcalibur instead of from Soul Edge, while adding new scenarios, characters and general changes to the story, starting a new timeline. The main story revolves around the battle between the cursed sword, Soul Edge and the spirit sword, Soul Calibur, as well as having an individual storyline for each character, including on undoing the future tragedy happened in original timeline as the current center plot.

Connection to the SNK fighting series
Haohmaru, the Samurai Shodown series' protagonist, appears as a DLC Guest Character for Season Two, including the Gairyu Isle Day stage for him, along with it a new Announcer for the stage only, as well as a Kuroko appearing in the background. Nakoruru can also be created with the Create a Soul feature. and Kuroko's Flags are also given to Taki and Cervantes as Weapons.