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Enjoy some new BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle gameplay with these developer matches from PlayStation Arena

Earlier this month, the upcoming BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle was on display at the PlayStation Arena event in Korea, with a pre-release tournament providing us some new gameplay footage of several characters. We now have a look at some additional matches between the developers from the event, courtesy of Bloo561.

Our first match features a battle between the four protagonists, as BlazBlue’s Ragna The Bloodedge and RWBY’s Ruby Rose unite to battle the high school team of Persona 4 Arena’s Yu Narukami and Under Night In-Birth’s Hyde Kido. In addition to hearing the fighters call out their partners names for Assists, (which may be team-dependent), we can also see how much damage Yu — who will likely be an average-health character — takes when his Persona is hit in battle, as well as the fact that Resonance Blaze turns the final hit of his Cross Slash Distortion Skill into the Thunder God Dance.

In the second bout, we see Es and Chie Satonaka taking on Hazama and Yukiko Amagi. Fans of the “Unconquerable Snow Black” will be pleased to know that she can automatically gain one Fire Boost Level when her Phoenix Flame Swirl assist is called, and the properties of SB Maragi have been changed to now fire three flames on release/contact (instead of both the C and D versions simultaneously like in Ultimax). The third and final game features Ruby and Weiss taking on the brotherly duo of Ragna and Jin. You can see all three matches below.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will be released on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC in Japan on Thursday, May 31st, with a North American release on the same platforms Tuesday, June 5th.

Source: Bloo561

 

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Aigis, Carmine, and Jubei are headed to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle in Cross Character Pack 2

Earlier today, Arc System Works held their monthly March Arc Nama stream where we got to see the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle‘s seventh character introduction trailer, revealing the DLC characters that will comprise Cross Character Pack 2.

Breaking from their pattern of revealing the Investigation Team members in the order they joined, we instead got “The Heartless Armed Angel,” Aigis. Our first character from Persona 3, this Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon wields the Persona Pallas Athena, bringing a deadly assortment of firearms, as well as her Orgia Mode, which gives her access to extreme movement options, terrifying instant overheads, and new specials. She also doesn’t appear to have her ammo counter, which should make her a bit easier to play — and make her zoning game even more dangerous.

For Under Night In-Birth we have Carmine Prime, a literal blood knight who possesses the EXS of Lifeblood: Blood Spike, which allows him to freely manipulate his blood in exchange for a portion of his own health, giving him quite the unique and technical playstyle. Finally, we have perhaps the most surprising addition to the cast: the newest member of BlazBlue‘s roster, Jubei. Joining Platinum as the second playable member of the Six Heroes, the “One-eyed Lotus” retains his blistering speed, as well as his upgraded Drive, Shiranui Hagane.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will be released in Japan for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC on Thursday, May 31st, with a North American release following on the same platforms Tuesday, June 5th. European release details are still being finalized. These characters can be purchased in Cross Character Pack 2 for $4.99 or as part of the All-In-One Character Pack, which includes all 20 DLC characters for $19.99.

Source: arcsystemworks

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Rumored JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Chrono Crusaders game to be developed by French Bread confirmed fake

After a recent whirlwind of rumors regarding a potentially upcoming JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fighting game developed by Soft Circle French Bread, new details have emerged that have — unfortunately — confirmed that the “leak” is fake.

A fan on Twitter recently questioned voice actress Kira Buckland, who was rumored to be voicing Jolyne Cujoh in the game — supposedly titled JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Chrono Crusaders — who replied that though she was flattered, she’d never heard of this project before. Sean Chiplock, the supposed English voice of Giorno Giovanna commented that, “It’s a very funny JoJoke.”

Additionally, DasVergeben’s “source” reached out to him, noting that he made it all up in an effort to “teach him a lesson,” though he apologized and claimed that “[He] wants to help [him] become legitimate.”

Finally, DasVergeben solemnly commented, “One day we will get a great JoJo fighting game again. Well, hopefully,” and will be severing ties with this source going forward, since he was already openly doubting his claims due to their extravagance and detail. As always, this is just a reminder to question any sort of rumor report before any type of official confirmation. It’s certainly a disappointing development — hearing Dan Southworth voicing Yoshikage Kira was something I was personally looking forward to! You can see the voice actors’ tweets and the “leaker’s” comments via Imgur and Twitter below.

Source: DasVergeben (reddit); rinachan (Twitter); sonicmega (Twitter); FGCMemeLord (Twitter); imgur

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Socal_IronGod and Yohosie sign with Coalition Gaming

Last week, it was announced that both Socal_IronGod and Yohosie have signed with Coalition Gaming as members of their fighting game division. Formerly known as HARA, the organization looked to rebrand into Coalition Gaming last November “in pursuit of a more professional and serious look.” The team already includes the likes of GuamoKun, Rev0lver, Rewind, EMPR Phoenix, and Jessr.

Though at this time they are primarily known now as Dragon Ball FighterZ players, SoCal_IronGod (who will be representing the team at Anime Ascension later this month) is also known for stellar play in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, placing 17 at SCR in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, using the team of Thor and Rocket Raccoon. He’s also coming off the momentum of a 1st place finish at Wednesday Night Fights in DBFZ with the trio of Android 18, Cell, and Super Saiyan Vegeta.

Before recently making her name with Gotenks, Yohosie first rose to prominence in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax with her Kanji Tatsumi, placing 3rd at Final Round 19 and 5th at CEO 2015, and also placed 9th in the June 2017 NorCal Dogfight for Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. Yohosie will be debuting for the team at NorCal Regionals. You can see the announcement tweets and comments from the new team members below.

We at Shoryuken would like to congratulate these players and the team for their recent acquisitions, and hope to see them both at many majors this tournament season.

Source: CoalitionGG (Twitter); SOCAL_IRONGOD (Twitter); yohosiefgc (Twitter)

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Cross the line with PsychoBlue’s complete dossier for Street Fighter X Tekken

After several months of work and various contributions from many members of the community, Evo 2017 side tournament Champion Aaron “PsychoBlue” Pinsky has finally completed and released his “complete dossier” on the entire cast of Street Fighter X Tekken (excluding the five Sony-exclusive guest characters).

This document provides players with a complete guide to all 50 tournament-legal characters, listing each individual fighter’s pros, cons and preferred team position — as well as a brief description on how they should be played most effectively. Intended to clear up misconceptions about the cast’s overall balance that have cropped up due to the title’s age (and its fall from mainstream competition) PsychoBlue notes that:

The purpose of this guidebook is to provide players either entering Street Fighter X Tekken v2013 for the first time, or those who are on the threshold of mastery to gain a understanding of the cast on a global basis. Rather than deter new players from avoiding certain characters by providing subjective tier lists, the purpose of this guidebook will be to persuade players into choosing their favorite characters and understanding their individual strengths and weaknesses, as well as providing a general overview of what the character’s gameplan should be in order to be used effectively in high-level play.

With contributions from the likes of Hazama, Homeless Dragon, Nostalgic, Esuta (who placed 7th at Evo 2013) before winning the side tournaments from 2014-2016) and many others, this guide will be full of expert advice from some of the top players in the game’s scene today. You can see the guide — in the form of a Google document — below.

If you’re looking for more Street Fighter X Tekken action, check out the community Discord channel.

Source: PsychoBlue

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Sonic Fox and GO1 to face off in a first-to-ten Dragon Ball FighterZ exhibition this Friday at Final Round 2018

The Battle of Dragon Ball FighterZ Gods is on! Going back and forth over which one of them was superior (following respective tournament victories at Mix Up Night 37 and Winter Brawl 12), Echo Fox|Sonic Fox and Cyclops Osaka|GO1 will finally do battle at Final Round 20 this weekend.

The Final Round Twitter account officially announced that the two will face off in a FT10 exhibition this Friday, March 16th, at 6:00 PM ET (3:00 PM PT). The two men who are widely considered to be the top DBFZ players in the world today.

We’ve seen plenty of trash talk on stream and on Twitter, and both players are rocking some of the most powerful teams in the game: with GO1’s Gohan (Adult)/Cell/Vegeta (Super Saiyan) squad likely battling Fox’s Goku Black/Hit/Android 16 in what should be a battle for the ages — even at this early stage of the title’s life — between two of the strongest multi-game players going today. You can see the announcement tweet below!

You can catch all the action on twitch.tv/bifuteki, and view a full streaming schedule of events to plan your viewing weekend accordingly.

Let us know who you think will emerge victorious in this Battle of Gods in the comments!

Source: ATLfinalround (Twitter)

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Sonic Fox and GO1 to face off in a first-to-ten Dragon Ball FighterZ exhibition this Friday at Final Round 2018

The Battle of Dragon Ball FighterZ Gods is on! Going back and forth over which one of them was superior (following respective tournament victories at Mix Up Night 37 and Winter Brawl 12), Echo Fox|Sonic Fox and Cyclops Osaka|GO1 will finally do battle at Final Round 20 this weekend.

The Final Round Twitter account officially announced that the two will face off in a FT10 exhibition this Friday, March 16th, at 6:00 PM ET (3:00 PM PT). The two men who are widely considered to be the top DBFZ players in the world today.

We’ve seen plenty of trash talk on stream and on Twitter, and both players are rocking some of the most powerful teams in the game: with GO1’s Gohan (Adult)/Cell/Vegeta (Super Saiyan) squad likely battling Fox’s Goku Black/Hit/Android 16 in what should be a battle for the ages — even at this early stage of the title’s life — between two of the strongest multi-game players going today. You can see the announcement tweet below!

You can catch all the action on twitch.tv/bifuteki, and view a full streaming schedule of events to plan your viewing weekend accordingly.

Let us know who you think will emerge victorious in this Battle of Gods in the comments!

Source: ATLfinalround (Twitter)

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More roster details emerge from Dasvergeben about a rumored JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fighting game from French Bread

More details continue to emerge from Dasvergeben about a rumored JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fighting game developed by Soft Circle French Bread, that we’ve been reporting on since last week.

After hearing back from his source once again, we have an ever clearer idea of what the roster of this title may look like. Fighters mentioned previously include:

  • Jotaro Kujo
  • Young and Old Joseph Joestar
  • Johnny Joestar
  • Jolyne Cujoh
  • Yoshikage Kira
  • DIO
  • Jonathan Joestar
  • both Josuke Higashikatas from Part 4 and Part 8
  • Koichi Hirose
  • Gyro Zeppeli
  • Jobin Higashikata
  • Noriaki Kakyoin
  • Muhammad Avdol
  • Jean-Pierre Polnareff
  • Iggy
  • Giorno Giovanna

They will apparently be joined by the following new fighters to make a 36 character base roster:

  • Robert E. O. Speedwagon
  • Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli
  • Kars
  • Wamuu
  • Hol Horse
  • Okuyasu Nijimura
  • Rohan Kishibe
  • Trish Una
  • Guido Mista
  • Diavolo
  • Narciso Anasui
  • Ermes Costello
  • Funny Valentine
  • Diego Brando
  • Dio Brando
  • Father Enrico Pucci

Dasvergeben notes that though the 35th and 36th character are unaccounted for, Baron Zeppeli and Alternate World Diego were originally going to be DLC according to his source, but have possibly been moved up to the base roster to reach 36, as character production was likely moving along at a better pace than initially expected. Though this is only an assumption, as both of their current statuses are unknown. As for DLC, there will apparently be two “Character Passes” with 6 characters in each, for a total of 12 additional warriors, bringing the roster up to 48. The DLC characters they’ve heard about include:

  • Vanilla Ice
  • Pet Shop
  • Lisa Lisa
  • Esidisi
  • Rudol Von Stroheim
  • Weather Report
  • Emporio Alnino
  • Straizo
  • Akira Otoishi
  • Yukako Yamagishi
  • Pannacotta Fugo
  • Bruno Bucciarati

Lastly, Dasvergeben revealed that Yoshikage Kira will be voiced in English by Dan Southworth, while Pucci will be played by Steve Blum, as well as mentioning some more info from his source about character production — which could help to explain the title’s massive roster size:

Speaking more about the 2 season passes, they claim that for some unknown reasons the DLC will be done much faster than originally thought. The planning is done at this point for them from what they were told, and they just need to work on the characters themselves. But they’ve found some efficient method for creating the game’s roster. I don’t know if that means adapting the characters themselves to the game equals them being fairly simple, streamlined character adaptations or what exactly. I found that interesting regardless as it would help explain the roster being as big as it is.

That’s all for now, but stay tuned to Shoryuken for any further developments on this rumor — and, as always, don’t forget to take all of this with a bit of salt, as nothing here has been verified by the publisher!

Source: Dasvergeben (reddit)

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Dasvergeben reveals more details and possible release window for rumored JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure game from French Bread

Earlier this week, we reported on a new set of leaks and rumors by Dasvergeben, concerning SoulCalibur VI, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and — most surprisingly — a supposed JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fighting game developed by Soft Circle French Bread. And it looks like we have even more information that points towards this title’s existence (and would undoubtedly make Old Joseph exclaim, “OH MY GOD!”).

After hearing back from the original source, Dasvergeben has updated his reddit thread, noting that there will be a 36-character launch roster. In addition to the previously reported cast (Jotaro Kujo, Johnny Joestar, Jolyne Cujoh, Yoshikage Kira, and DIO) it will feature:

  • Jonathan Joestar
  • both Young and Old Joseph Joestar
  • both Josuke Higashikatas from Part 4 and Part 8
  • Koichi Hirose
  • Gyro Zeppeli
  • Jobin Higashikata
  • Noriaki Kakyoin
  • Muhammad Avdol
  • Jean-Pierre Polnareff
  • Iggy
  • Giorno Giovanna

He also states there will be six DLC characters as of now, four of which will be Baron William Anthonio Zeppeli, Weather Report, the Diego Brando from Another Universe, and Lisa Lisa.

Lastly, the thread claims the game will be revealed at E3, and will be released this winter for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. This release will be alongside the Part 5: Vento Aureo/”Golden Wind” anime adaptation. These new developments certainly raise the possibility of this title hitting our consoles with a steamroller later this year, but don’t forget to take all of this with a pinch of salt — it’s still a rumor.

What do you think of this updated news? Would you be excited for a new JoJo’s fighter developed by French Bread? Or would you prefer if Capcom took the reigns again? Sound off in the comments section below.

Source: Dasvergeben (reddit)

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BlazBlue spin-off rhythm game “EAT BEAT DEADSPIKE-San” is coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop

Back in February 2015, we reported on the release of a BlazBlue spin-off rhythm game for iOS and Android known as EAT BEAT DEADSPIKE-san, which sees players take control of Ragna The Bloodedge’s signature attack. Deadspike-san drags Ragna around various stages from the game, gobbling up various food items in order to increase its strength as it marches along to iconic tracks from the series.

Earlier this week, Arc System Works announced that the game would be making its way to consoles via the Nintendo Switch eShop. A total of 20 different songs are available to play through with the full track listing as follows:

  • Rebellion II
  • Bullet Dance II
  • Condemnation Wings II
  • Cactus Carnival II
  • Reppuu II
  • Oriental Flower II
  • Queen Of Rose II
  • Susanooh II
  • Endless Despair II
  • Lust SIN II
  • Gluttony Fang II
  • MOTOR HEAD II
  • Marionette Purple II
  • Plastic Night II
  • Active Angel II
  • Variable Heart
  • Alexandrite II
  • Science Fiction
  • True Blue
  • MUST DIE

If you’re not a fan of Ragna but still want to enjoy the game, have no fear — you can also play as the duos of Ouroboro/Hazama and Nirvana/Carl Clover.

EAT BEAT DEADSPIKE-san will be available on Thursday, March 22nd for $6.99 as a single-player Nintendo Switch download title. You can see the trailer below, and visit the game’s official website here.

Sources: arcsystemworks; arcsystemworks.jp