SoulCalibur III is a fighting game developed by Project Soul and released on PlayStation 2. The fourth installment in the SoulCalibur series, it features the new game modes Tales of Souls, Create-A-Soul Mode, and Chronicles of the Sword. It has the largest roster to date, with 24 playable characters in Tales of Souls and an additional 18 via the other modes.

Soul Edge is a fighting game developed by Namco and released on Arcade and PlayStation. The first game in the SoulCalibur series, it is the only game that doesn't use SoulCalibur in the title and was released as Soul Blade in North America, Europe, and Australia.