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Fans of Arc System Works games such as BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena and Guilty Gear will want to keep their eyes fixed on the computer monitor this weekend as ASW throws its yearly Arc Revolution Cup, a Super Battle Opera-styled tournament for each of the company's three main titles.

Starting Saturday in Japan with last chance qualifiers for each game, the main tournaments play out throughout the day on Sunday. For those looking to watch, here's the schedule via Dustloop:

ArcFes Schedule (In JST) *Not everything will be streamed

Start time | Stage program
11:00 | Doors Open
12:00 | Opening
12:10 | Arc Revolution Cup brackets start for "BLAZBLUE CHRONOPHANTASMA", "GUILTY GEAR XX ΛCORE PLUS R", and "Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena"
13:40 | ARC SYSTEM WORKS MUSIC LIVE
14:30 | Break (25 minutes)
14:55 | Arc Revolution Cup "Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena" the quarter-finals to final
15:50 | Arc Revolution Cup "GUILTY GEAR XX ΛCORE PLUS R" the quarter-finals to final
16:45 | Arc Revolution Cup "BLAZBLUE CHRONOPHANTASMA" the quarter-finals to final
17:40 | Arc Revolution Cup Awards Ceremony
18:00 | Break (30 minutes)
18:30 | Web radio public recording "Buri Raji H (Hyper)! Special public recording!!
20:00 | Ending

Streams

Last Chance Qualifier
Time: 5/18 (Saturday) 12:30~18:00 JST [Fri 11:30pm - 7:00am EST]
Stream URL: http://ja.twitch.tv/godsgarden or http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv137256236

ArcFes
Time: 5/19 (Sunday) 13:00~18:00 JST [Sun 12:00am - 5:00am EST]
Stream URL: http://www.twitch.tv/arcfes_official001 or http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv137255395