In Real Life

Sorry America, No BlazBlue Underboob For You

Fighting game BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend, the second revision of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, is already out in Japan. It’s coming to North America this Feb. But Continuum Shift Extend isn’t bringing the game’s Japanese box art with it.


October 12, 2011
PlayStation

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND Coming To North America

Aksys Games is bringing BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend to North America. The game features a new playable character, new modes and new scenarios. It’ll hit the PS Vita, the PS3, and the Xbox 360. No word on when.


October 10, 2011
News

Let This BlazBlue Star Stick A Plastic Gun In Your Face

Noel Vermillion, star of fighting game BlazBlue, is getting immortalised in PVC for the very first time. Do you remember the first time? You do, you know.


September 19, 2011
In Real Life

Good Meat Sets The Tokyo Game Show Ablaze

At the Arc System Works booth, Tokyo Game Show attendees could do more than watch players duke it out in Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena. They could also watch Ushijima Ii Niku (aka Ushijima “Good Meat”), one of the country’s most famous cosplayers, duke it out with cameras.


September 17, 2011
News

Persona Punches Out Arcade Gameplay Footage

Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena brings the stylish pizazz of Persona to the face-kicking 2D chaos of BlazBlue creators Arc System Works.


August 29, 2011
In Real Life

Pin-Up Quitter Gets Crazy, Sings Song, Flashes Butt Cheeks

The last Kotaku heard of Chiaki Takahashi, the voice actress cancelled a book of underwear photos because of the earthquake. But that was April. This, this is not.


June 7, 2011
PlayStation

BlazBlue Will Set PS Vita Ablaze

Fighting game BlazBlue is coming to the PS Vita under the temporary title BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II Plus. “Plus”, because the PS Vita version gets added features.


May 4, 2011
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
In Real Life

Can An Earthquake Cancel Some Lady’s Skimpy Photos?

The Tohoku Earthquake caused game after game to be delayed. One game game, Disaster Report 4, was even canned. But it’s not only games that are being impacted. Pictures of voice actress Chiaki Takahashi in revealing clothing are, too.


March 24, 2011
In Real Life

Did This Pin-Up Model Lie?

In January 2010, voice actress Chiaki Takahashi blogged that she was releasing one more book of pin-up pictures and then calling it a day. She was retiring from cheese cake modelling. If recent news is to be believed, Takahashi is coming back.