Soul Calibur III hits Japan on November 24th

Famitsu magazine has revealed that Namco's Soul Calibur III will arrive on Japanese retail shelves on November 24th.

The release date comes as a bit of a shock seeing as the game is expected to arrive in North America on October 25th, a whole month prior to the Japanese release. Soul Calibur III will feature a roster of over 25 characters as well as an all new create your own character option - bring on the eight foot giant with purple hair, a moustache, baseball cap and moon boots.

New gameplay modes revealed in Famitsu include 'soul squash' where you must hurt your opponents by slamming them into a wall, 'wisp shoot' where damage can only be inflicted from soul charge attacks and also a mode where you must destroy a stone statue.