Blazblue: Centralfiction Special Edition Release Date Announced

The official Blazblue: Centralfiction website has updated with the reveal that Blazblue: Centralfiction Special Edition will be released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan on February 7.  For those who are not aware, the game is the fourth title in the main line series and was originally released in arcades in Japan on November 19, 2015.  The game received a console port for the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 in 2016.  The game also received a PC port via steam in 2017 worldwide. Blazblue: Centralfiction Special Edition will include all the DLC for both previous versions of the game…

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New Guilty Gear Game in Production & the ARC REVO World Tour

Evo 2018 occurred this weekend, hosting various tournaments for popular fighting games. However, while this event focuses on actual gaming and players squaring off with one another, the event often features new announcements; these announcements span from new DLC to new games or even future events.   Now, one of the announcements came from Arc System Works CEO Minoru Kidooka following the Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2 finals. Mr. Kidooka revealed an all-new Guilty Gear game is currently in production! In addition, Kidooka and other members of Arc System Works…

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The Drop Episode 7: EVO 2017 Wrap Up

The biggest fighting game event in the world EVO 2017 ran its course this past weekend. During that time news was revealed, friends were made, and a whole lot of video game punches were thrown. In today’s episode of The Drop, I run through the major news that was revealed by Arc System Works, Namco Bandai, Arika, and Capcom. This pertains to the various new characters, and the brand new game that was announced following the tournaments. What was also interesting was that almost each tournament had its own story-lines, or…

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Arc System Works Adds Jubei to BlazBlue Central Fiction

Following the BlazBlue Central Fiction grand finals at EVO 2017, Arc System Works had a few announcements. One of these announcements was for the new BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle game, which we reported on earlier. However, another announcement was for a new DLC character joining BlazBlue Central Fiction. Yet, this new character is not new to the games, but new to being a playable character as it is Jubei, the One-Eyed Twin Lotus. Now, Jubei or Mitsuyoshi, has made several appearances in the BlazBlue series, with his first appearance in BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. The…

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Arc System Works Reveals BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle

2018 – FATES WILL INTERSECT –   After the grand finals for the BlazBlue Central Fiction tournament at EVO 2017, an announcement was made for a Arc System Work’s newest game. This new game is a crossover tag team fighting game with the same development team as BlazBlue called, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle. This game will feature characters from BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth EXE Late, and the Rooster Teeth action series, RWBY. However, at this time only Ruby Rose from the RWBY series is confirmed to be in the…

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Ikaricast Classic – Pre EVO 2017 Discussion

Fighter xaos and 16 Bit Jeff come together to discuss their predictions, and hopes for this year’s EVO. In addition, the duo discuss the state of EVO and the FGC in general, as the EVO 2017 fighting game tournaments come closer. It all starts this Friday!   New Sources: Shoryuken, EventHubs, Smash.gg, GrayMartigan, EventHubs II   Also follow us at our various social media accounts! Twitter: The GeekFighters Twitter Fighter Xaos on Twitter The Game Riffers Twitter Fighter Xaos Tumblr 16BitJeff on Twitter The Broken Infinite Live streaming: Fighter Xaos The…

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