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Use this Handy Translation to Navigate the Japanese Menus of Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-

The full Japanese version of Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- launched earlier this week, and while a demo version of the game has been available–even outside of Japan–for a good while now, the full game does include content not present in the demo. Two notable pieces of such content are console-exclusive characters Kum Haehyun and Raven.

If you’ve recently found yourself in possession of a Japanese version of the full launch title, but don’t speak the language, navigating the menus may prove to be a larger task than learning the ins and outs of the characters themselves. Luckily, Kurushii recently shared a full translation of the menus from Japanese to English to help get everyone started.

Before you hit the lab to figure out these new characters, be sure to give the document a look.

Source: Kurushii

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BlazBlue: Central Fiction Coming to North American PS3 and PS4 Consoles this Winter

While BlazBlue: Central Fiction has had plenty of time to make a name for itself in Japan, audiences outside of the country have been left wondering when the game would finally make its way to North America. In a recent post on the official PlayStation Blog, we learned that the title is headed west later this year.

The console version of the game is set to ship with over thirty characters and sixty stages spanning standard Story, Arcade, and VS Modes, as well as the more nuanced Grim of Abyss, Score Attack and Speed Star Modes.

According to Gematsu, Aksys Games revealed a short list of additional features during their MomoCon panel. These features are as follows:

  • Revamped user interface: completely redesigned and more intuitive.
  • Brand new story: a massive single-palyer experience.
  • New battle systems: “Exceed Accel” and “Active Flow.”
  • Five new characters: Hibiki=Kohaku (technical-type), Naoto (aggressive standard-type), and more.
  • New levels and level variations.
  • “Alliance Mode” team construction mode.
  • “Item Shop Mode” where you use currency earned in-game to buy loot.
  • “Speed Star Mode” where you try to defeat CPU opponents within a specified time limit.

While no exact date has been announced, we do know that this latest entry in the long-running BlazBlue series will be making its way to North American PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 systems by the end of 2016.

Sources: PlayStation Blog, RPG Site via Gematsu, with a tips from Tony and NightmareSteam

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Devolver Digital Shares Trailer for Absolver, an Upcoming Online Brawler

Devolver Digital, the publisher best known for Hotline Miami and Enter the Gungeon, have announced their first foray into the fighting genre with Absolver, the debut game from French studio Sloclap.

Details are relatively slim on the ground but, from the looks of the first trailer, Absolver combines an attractive sharp-edged visual style with fist-to-fist combat reminiscent of Tekken and Soulcalibur.

According to the official site, Absolver will be an online game that places you in the shoes of a young fighter who travels the world, learning all new styles of combat and keeping the peace. You’ll be able to customize your character’s fighting style along with their look, and team up with friends to engage in 1-on-1 or 3-on-3 battles. There’s set to be both PvE and PvP modes, so you can no doubt duke it out with friends and enemies alike.

At the moment, we’re not quite sure that this is going to be a fighting game in the traditional sense, but we’ve seen something like it before in Mortal Kombat: Deception’s Konquest mode. However it turns out, it definitely looks like Absolver is one to watch right now.

Source: Devolver Digital, image courtesy of Sloclap