Month: May 2018

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Isaac from the Binding of Isaac joins the ever-expanding roster of Blade Strangers

Keep the character announcements coming!

Nicalis, Inc. continues to impress with the wildly varied roster for their upcoming fighting game Blade Strangers with the addition of Isaac, from the adorably disturbing rogue-like, The Binding of Isaac. The publisher has been announcing characters with rapid fire pacing, with Gunvolt and Quote showcased just days apart.

As you can tell by Isaac’s tears, the guy’s seen some things, and he’s not afraid to let loose for victory. The Studio Saizensen-developed title is sure to house even more surprises once it releases for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC this summer.

Source: Nicalis

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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle’s Blake, Platinum, Orie, and Kanji to be playable at various May events, with English voices

The Fates of BBTAG’s first four DLC characters intersect Stateside!

After making their initial publicly playable debuts in Osaka at KVOXTSB 2018 this past weekend, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle‘s first quartet of DLC characters, Team RWBY‘s Blake Belladonna, BlazBlue’s Platinum The Trinity, Under Night In-Birth’s Orie Ballardiae, and Persona 4 Arena’s Kanji Tatsumi (who make up Cross Character Pack 1) will be playable at a trio of events in May, complete with their English voices, so we will be able to hear the Fifth-Ranked Executor of Licht Kreis’s new voice actress for the very first time. The schedule of events is as follows:

  • Wednesday Night Fights – May 9th in in Santa Ana, California
  • Anime Central – May 18th-20th in Chicago, Illinois
  • Combo Breaker 2018 – May 25th-27th in St. Charles, Illinois.

In addition, today’s episode of Arc Live! will also be immenating from WNF at 5:00 PM PT (7:00 PM CT, 8:00 PM ET) at twitch.tv/arcsystemworksu. There will also be action going on at twitch.tv/leveluplive throughout the evening. You can see the announcement tweets below.

Finally, if you’re looking to get up to speed on the crossover title’s new mechanics for the currently-ongoing online beta, check out this fantastic system primer.

Source: ArcSystemWorksU (Twitter); levelupseries (Twitter)