News

One Day, We Will Play A New Guilty Gear. One Day.

Before arcade game developer Arc System Works was known for fighting game BlazBlue, it was known for Guilty Gear. So when’s the next GG fighter coming out? Series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari says, “I honestly don’t know – not because I can’t tell you, but because I really don’t know – but it will happen eventually!” [Siliconera]


April 5, 2011
Nintendo

ESRB Describes Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!?

More weirdness is coming to Nintendo’s DSiWare platform from the people who make Guilty Gear and Blazblue games. Following up on cutesy fighting game spin-off BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale comes Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!? And just what the hell is that?


December 9, 2010
In Real Life

Don’t Feel Guilty About This Fighting Figure

A fighting game character with wings made out of life and death? Sounds like good material for an expensive action figure!


August 7, 2010
News

BlazBlue’s New Beginner Mode Is A Button Masher’s Dream

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It might be crap for online play, but for a single-player button masher like me, nothing helps Taokaka bring down Boobie Lady faster than BlazBlue: Continuum Shift’s Beginner Mode controls.


August 3, 2010
News

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Gets Two Special Editions In Europe

Are you a North American BlazBlue fan that’s upset that Aksys didn’t offer a collector’s edition for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift? If so, then these UK/European exclusive special editions will really piss you off.


July 27, 2010
News

Contra Made Kinder, Gentler, Deeper By Hard Corps: Uprising

I played the latest Contra game – the one without Contra in the name – at Comic-Con. It was too easy, but that was by design so that cream puffs like me could enjoy Hard Corps: Uprising without dying too quickly.


June 4, 2010
News

Contra Returns Without The Contra Name

Konami is giving its side-scrolling shoot ‘em up classic Contra a makeover and it’s doing so with Guilty Gear and BlazBlue makers Arc System Works, resulting in the downloadable game Hard Corps: Uprising.


April 27, 2010
News

BlazBlue Goes 3D, Cute With BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale

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Nintendo DSi owners will get their own brand of BlazBlue beat ‘em up action with BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale, an adorably super-deformed spin-off based on Arc System Works’ fighting game series.


March 20, 2010
News

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Keeps 2D Fighting Alive This Summer

Fans of the two-dimensional fighting game will get their fisticuffs fix with the release of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this summer, the follow up to last year’s BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger.


January 16, 2010
News

BlazBlue Portable Strikes Stateside In March

The PSP version of Arc System Works’ BlazBlue comes to North America in March, complete with a new game mode, a shop full of unlockable content, and Unlimited versions of all twelve characters. Check out the announcement trailer.