Soulcalibur III

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Soulcalibur III
NTSC box art for the game, depicting characters Mitsurugi and Ivy in the background, Zasalamel in the front, and Nightmare in the logo
Developer(s)	Project Soul
Publisher(s)	JP: Namco NA: Namco Hometek EU: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe[1]
Director(s)	Jin Okubo Shinobu Nimura Taisuke Aihara
Producer(s)	Hiroaki Yotoriyama Akiko Tange Mitsuo Kashiwagi
Designer(s)	Tetsuya Akatsuka Makoto Kiyokawa Ryouji Ichikari
Programmer(s)	Yoshihito Iwanaga Takashi Koshigoe Tadashi Obama
Artist(s)	Masashi Kubo Takuji Kawano Hideaki Ito
Writer(s)	Yoshihiro Nakagawa
Composer(s)	Junichi Nakatsuru Keiki Kobayashi Ryuichi Takada
Series	Soulcalibur
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Arcade
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: October 25, 2005 EU: November 18, 2005 JP: November 23, 2005 Arcade 2006
Genre(s)	Fighting game
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players simultaneously, for up to 8 players total in a League mode
Arcade system	Namco System 246

Soulcalibur III (ソウルキャリバーIII, Sōrukyaribā Surī) is a 2005 fighting video game produced by Namco as a sequel to Soulcalibur II (2002) and the fourth installment in the Soulcalibur series. It was originally released for the PlayStation 2 and was followed by an improved arcade version, subtitled Arcade Edition, in 2006. It was the last Soulcalibur game to receive an arcade version and was also the last to be released by Namco as an independent company. Soulcalibur III received a mainly positive reception, and it was followed by a sequel under Namco Bandai Games, Soulcalibur IV (2008).