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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Fighting Game's Video Previews Characters, Modes
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Arc System Works began streaming a new promotional video on Friday for the BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle crossover fighting game for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The video previews the characters and various gameplay modes.
The PlayStation 4 and Switch game will ship in Japan and Asia on May 31. PQube also revealed earlier this month that it will release the game in Europe this summer for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
Arc System Works America is releasing the game in North American as its first title on June 5 with an English dub. The game will cost US$49.99, and will also be available in a Deluxe Digital Edition that includes the main game and all six DLC character packs for US$69.99. Individual character packs with three characters each (for a total of six character packs) will be available for US$4.99 each, and all character packs together as a separate purchase will be available for US$19.99. The first character pack with Platinum the Trinity, Orie, and Kanji Tatsumi will be available for free for the first two weeks after launch.
The base game will feature 20 characters, and 20 more characters will be available via DLC. The additional characters will be available in several DLC releases.
Starting playable characters include:
- Rachel Alucard, Hazama, Noel Vermillion, Azrael, Iron Tager, Makoto Nanaya, ν-No.13-, and Es (BlazBlue CentralFiction)
- Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisaragi (BlazBlue)
- Yū Narukami, Yōsuke Hanamura, Chie Satōnaka, and Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4 Arena)
- HYDE, Linne, Waldstein, and Gordeau (Under Night In-Birth)
- Weiss Schnee and Ruby Rose (RWBY)
Confirmed DLC characters for the game include: Platinum the Trinity from BlazBlue CentralFiction, Orie from Under Night In-Birth, Kanji Tatsumi from Persona 4 Arena, Blake Belladonna from RWBY, Yang Xiao Long from RWBY, Aegis from Persona 4 Arena, Carmine from Under Night In-Birth, and Jubei from BlazBlue CentralFiction.
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle is a crossover between Arc System Works' BlazBlue and Persona 4 Arena fighting games, French Bread's Under Night In-Birth game, and Rooster Teeth's RWBY franchise. The title is a two-versus-two game.
