With Soul Calibur IV slated to be released on July 29th on the Playstation 3 & Xbox 360, we take a look at the characters that have been confirmed for the title.  On top of the characters listed below, Namco’s game director Katsutoshi Sasaki has stated that the Create-a-Character feature will return to Soul Calibur IV.  The created characters will also be available in the multi-player modes both on & offline.

Returning characters:
1. Amy
2. Astaroth
3. Cassandra Alexandra
4. Cervantes de Leon
5. Isabella Valentine
6. Kilik
7. Lizardman
8. Maxi
9. Mitsurugi
10. Nightmare
11. Raphael Sorel
12. Nathaniel Adams (Rock)
13. Seong Mi-na
14. Setsuka
15. Siegfried Schtauffen
16. Sophitia Alexandra
17. Taki
18. Talim
19. Tira
20. Voldo
21. Xianghua Chai
22. Yoshimitsu
23. Yun-seong
24. Zasalamel

New Characters
25. Angol Fear
26. Ashlotte
27. Darth Vader (PS3)
28. Hildegard Von Krone
29. Scheherazade
30. Shura
31. Yoda (X360)