First images released of Arc System Works crossover costumes coming to Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

An upcoming collaboration between developers will put costumes from Guilty Gear and BlazBlue into Dead or Alive, and now the first images from that partnership have been unveiled.

The 16 different outfits—featuring Nyotengu as Dizzy, Kasumi as Noel Vermilion, Hitomi as Tsubaki Yayoi and Honoka as Elphelt Valentine among others—will be coming to Dead or Alive 5 Last Round in Japan on March 14. Prices for the costumes will vary depending on platform, with individual items costing either roughly $2.50 or $2.70 (286 yen on PS4, 300 on Xbox One) on consoles while the whole set will run $28, or $29 on PC (3,175 yen on PS4, 3,200 on Xbox One and 3,334 on PC).

News of the deal between Koei Tecmo and Arc System Works was made public in early February 2017. There is no word as to whether these costumes will officially be released to U.S. players.

Winter Steam Sale brings discounts to many fighters

The annual Winter Steam Sale has arrived, bringing big discounts to many fighting games offered through the platform.

Arc System Works has cut prices on many titles including Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code, Battle Fantasia and older versions of the Under Night, Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series.

SNK is once again offering low prices for King of Fighters XIII, 2002 Unlimited Match and '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition, as well as The Last Blade 2.

Lastly, there are also sizable discounts for Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat XL, Skullgirls, Blade Arcus, Koihime Enbu and many other titles. Sadly, it seems recently released titles such as Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- and Garou: Mark of the Wolves are not included in this year's sale. For a list containing most of the titles, head over to Steam.

-Revelator- version 1.04 coming on Sept. 30, patch notes translated

Arc System Works has released the changes that will accompany version 1.04 of Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-, which will be released on Sept. 30, 2016.

More than half the game's cast will be updated by the patch, while the remaining members (Sol, Ky, May, Zato, Chipp, Faust, I-No, Jack-O, Haehyun) remain unaffected. While most characters will receive only a few changes that center around small tweaks to damage or hitboxes/hurtboxes, newcomer Dizzy is getting a lengthy list of upgrades to help make her more competitive.

Greatfernman has translated the changes in an Evernote. Interested players can check it out here.

New trailer shows BlazBlue Central Fiction's Es in action

BlazBlue's latest chapter doesn't launch until Oct. 6, 2016, in Japan, but a new trailer shows a sneak peak at debuting character Es.

The short video shows off some combos and several of the Xblaze protagonist's supers in action. According to Arc System Works, Es will be offered as free DLC to players as an early purchase bonus.

BlazBlue Central Fiction is scheduled for North American release sometime during the upcoming winter. Check out the trailer after the jump.

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Anime Weekend Sale on Steam discounts various fighting games including Koihime Enbu preorder

Steam's latest weekend promotion for April 28-May 2 is all about anime-centric games with some fighting games joining the batch.

As the name suggests, the Anime Weekend Sale allows people to buy various themed games, including fighters, for a lower price. On SNK Playmore's side, The King of Fighters XIII, The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition and The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match are discounted. Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- and Battle Fantasia are some of the featured from Arc System Works. The recently released Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code is not part of the sale. Other fighters include Dead or Alive 5 Last Round and Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm.

While planned for release on May 19, 2016, Unknown Games' Koihime Enbu joined the sale with a limited preorder price of $31.99. It includes both the game and the soundtrack in the package.

Using Steam's tag system, make sure to check out the list featuring fighting games now on sale. The sale ends on May 2 at 10 p.m. PDT.

New Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- video introduces Raven

Arc System Works has released another introductory video for one of the new characters joining -Revelator-, this time showing off the basics of That Man's third servant Raven.

Much like the video released for Kum Haehyun, the Raven video details the character's basic movement options as well as all his special moves and overdrives. It also talks about Raven's excitement gauge, which is a unique feature for the character and changes how his special moves function as it fills. 

Greatfernman has again translated the key points of the video and posted his work on Evernote. Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- releases on June 7, 2016, in North America. Check out the video after the jump.

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Kum Haehyun introductory video released for Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-

Arc System Works has released a 10-minute video showing off the basics of Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- newcomer Kum Haehyun.

The video, while all in Japanese, shows off Haehyun's movement options as well as all her special moves and overdrives. Greatfernman has translated the key points of the video and posted his work on Evernote.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- releases on June 7, 2016, in North America. Check out the video after the jump.

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New Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- trailer released

The second trailer for the console version of Guilty Gear Xrd
-Revelator- has been released.

The video shows the story so far in the GG universe before highlighting all five new characters in Revelator—Johnny, Jack-O, Jam, Kum and Raven—with a little gameplay footage of each. The trailer then focuses on the unrevealed Dizzy, showing only her character silhouette.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- releases in Japan on May 26, 2016, for both PlayStation 3 and 4 consoles, with a North American release coming on June 7. Check out the new trailer after the jump.

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Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- has three unlockable characters on console

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- is coming to home consoles in either late May or early June, depending on where players live, and one of the few remaining questions is about the game's number of playable characters. Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- arrived with three console-only characters, and if pictures are any indication so will -Revelator-.

Rice Digital recently got some game time with a pre-release copy of the PlayStation 4 copy of -Revelator-, and the character select screen reveals three locked icons in addition to the already playable Jack-O, Johhny and Jam. Two of those boxes will likely be the recently unveiled Kum Haehyun and character vote winner Dizzy, but that leaves one more mystery DLC. 

Could it be the first playable appearance of Raven, or another returning character like Bridget? Nothing is known at this time, and with more than three months until the -Revelator- console release there is plenty of time for Arc System Works to tease new additions.

Guilty Gear Xrd for Steam Updated, More Fixes Coming

Arc System Works has released a 3.4 GB update for the Steam version of Xrd, aimed at fixing some of the problems players have been encountering with the game. The issues addressed in this patch are:

- Fixed several bugs that caused the game to crash in ONLINE mode. 
- Fixed bug that was causing users to automatically cancel rank match matchings. 
- Fixed bug where numerous lines of messages getting displayed in Players Match Rooms. 
- Fixed several graphical glitches. 

This update represents version 1.01 for the Steam release, and ASW says that investigation is ongoing to find and correct other bugs and errors in the title.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- Coming to the US in Spring 2016

U.S. players will get their hands on the newest version of Guilty Gear early in 2016, according to the game's website. This will put the title in the same release window as its Japanese version.

For those who remember the console release of Xrd, the launch dates for Japan and the U.S. were only weeks apart, so it will be interesting to see if that again will be the idea. The early release also means the game will be available for Evolution 2016 if the organizers want to use -Revelator-.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- will be available for both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- Ver.1.03 Announced

Arc System Works has announced that an update to the newest version of Guilty Gear will be tested in the coming days. For a week starting on Nov. 17, version 1.03 of -Revelator- will be implemented at three arcades in Japan to evaluate changes made to the game.

This newest version of -Revelator- does not make many alterations to existing general gameplay, but new characters Johnny and Jam received several changes to tweak their balance with respect to the rest of the cast.

For the official list of changes—in Japanese—head to ASW's official website. Meanwhile, Twitter user Fahadouken is working on translating the changes into English and Brett did a quick write-up specifically on Jam.

Arc System Works Releases Character Colors, More for BBCF

When the official website for BlazBlue Central Fiction opened, there was a tab marked "Special" that was not a working link to any other page.

However, that tab is now live and it reveals a link to download ASW's official "BlazBlue content kit" for the upcoming game.

The zip file contains several profile images and banners for each character, their emblems, stage art and sprites showing off each of the possible palettes for each fighter in BBCF.

Overall, it's a pretty cool offering for fans of the series who have wanted to get their hands on official art without having to go the extra length to pull images from the game. 

The content kit can be found on BBCF's official website.

Arc System Works Reveals Possible Characters for Xrd Vote

After announcing a poll that will decide which character should be added to Guilty Gear Xrd, Arc System Works has now revealed the characters that will be possible for players to choose.

While the field is not wide open to allowing characters from other franchises or just anyone in the Guilty Gear universe, ASW has provided a large field of entrants for players to choose from. They are:

A.B.A, Izuna, Valentine, Kliff Undersn, Zappa, Justice, Holy Order Sol, Dizzy, Testament, Dr. Paradigm, Baiken, Fanny, Bridget, Anji Mito, Raven and Robo-Ky

While some candidates are not as widely known as others—Fanny appeared in Guilty Gear Petit, a game released only on WonderSwan—there is definitely a variety from which to choose. As stated originally, only players of the arcade version of Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator will be able to vote, as it will require in-game currency. ASW also has yet to reveal the times and dates of the election, only saying they will be released later.

Arc System Works to Hold Vote for Next Xrd Character

During the release stream of Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator, ASW revealed that the company will be holding a vote to see what character it will add to the Xrd franchise next.

Players will seemingly be able to vote by completing certain game modes in the Revelator arcade game, but the exact rules and details of the vote were not announced during the stream.

As the vote is only taking place within the arcade game (as of this time), it looks like regions outside Japan will have little to no say in which character returns to the franchise.

Revelator Release Stream Announced, New Information Teased

Arc System Works has announced that it will hold a stream on Aug. 24 for the release of Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator the following day. During the stream, which will be broadcast on Niconico, ASW says it will reveal "significant new information."

It's unknown if the announcement will involve the release of Revelator, something about Guilty Gear in general or if it has to do with another title in ASW's franchise library. According to Niconico, the stream will start Monday morning at 4 a.m. PST, 7 a.m. EST.

Jam Kuradoberi Confirmed for Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator

In a trailer shown at Arc Revolution Cup 2015, Arc System Works revealed that Jam will be making her return to the Guilty Gear franchise.

The character was revealed at the end of the trailer, and a small amount of gameplay footage was shown. Biscuits was able to capture Jam's reveal, and players can find it here.

Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator will release in Japanese arcades on Aug. 25, 2015.

Arc Revolution Cup 2015 Streams Announced

Arc System Works has announced the streams for its flagship tournament that happens on Aug. 15. Featuring two main games as well as two side events, Arc Revo Cup will be split into two streams, both on Nico Nico.

The main stream will feature three-on-three tournaments of Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- and BlazBlue Chronophantasma Extend, while the second stream will feature Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st].

According to Dustloop, the main stream will run from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Japan Standard Time, and the side stream will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. JST. For those in the United States, the event will start at 6 p.m. PST (9 p.m. EST) and the main stream will end at 1 a.m. PST (4 a.m. EST).

Arc System Works to Publish Skullgirls 2nd Encore in Japan

Famitsu and Arc System Works have announced that the developer will be publishing Lab Zero's Skullgirls 2nd Encore in Japan. The game, which has no release date at this point, will be coming to PlayStation 4 and Vita consoles.

Skullgirls 2nd Encore is the newest version of the game and includes all of the DLC characters. It will receive a full translation, complete with Japanese audio for all of the cast, and will include the modes found in the U.S. release of 2nd Encore.

Skullgirls has previously been available in Japan on PlayStation Network and on the NESiCAxLive arcade platform.

Battle Fantasia Coming to Steam on July 7

Arc System Works' 2.5-D fighting game gets reintroduced for the PC market.

Battle Fantasia -Revised Edition- will be coming to Steam on July 7. This port will be published directly by Arc System Works themselves with co-development from DotEmu, a French studio known for porting games such as Metal Slug X and Final Fantasy VIII to Valve's platform.

This RPG-themed fighting game features two punch and two kick buttons while the fifth button can be used to parry attacks. Players can also activate a special mode that can enhance various moves of a character.

Players can access various modes including story, time attack and online mode.

Check out the trailer and match footage after the jump! The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Battle Fantasia are available now.

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