Microsoft today announced that Soulcalibur will headline this week’s Xbox Live Arcade update, which as usual is scheduled to commence on Wednesday.

An enhanced port of the 1996 Dreamcast original, Soulcalibur XBLA features high definition visuals along with local versus play and online leaderboards. Online play, however, is not included. As standard for retro ports, the game costs 800 Microsoft Points.

Additionally, alongside the release of Soulcalibur, downloadable content consisting of 280 new trivia questions for the party board game Wits & Wagers will be available at 320 Microsoft Points.

SOULCALIBUR hits Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, and trivia party game Wits and Wagers gets new downloadable content!

Fighting game perfection returns when “SOULCALIBUR” hits Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (1:00 a.m. PDT).

“SOULCALIBUR,” the critically acclaimed and highest rated console fighting game of all time, has reached the next generation! Sharpen your blades as you relive old grudges against classic adversaries. Prove your mettle against the world with a variety of Leaderboards spanning every character and mode, or challenge a friend in local-play Versus mode. All of your favorite fighters are back: Kilik, Ivy, Siegfried, Mitsurugi, Nightmare and many more! Play as one of the 19 characters on a mission to acquire the Soul Edge. “SOULCALIBUR” for Xbox LIVE Arcade is completely revamped with high definition graphics, HDTV support and challenging Achievements.

Developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., “SOULCALIBUR” will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.

Also this week on Xbox LIVE Arcade, energize your “Wits & Wagers” trivia experience with 280 new questions and fun facts, providing up to 10 additional hours of unique gameplay. The new questions are for local and select online games, and are used automatically for everyone on the same local console, or when everyone in an online game owns the same question packs. The new downloadable content will be available Wednesday, July 2 in the US, Canada and the UK for 320 Microsoft points.

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