Latest a-cho ranbat arcade footage of Guilty Gear and Blazblue available for viewing

Famous Japanese arcade A-cho recently updated their channel with two videos showing off their local ranking battles for Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R and Blazblue CS2 Extend.

The skill level of some of these players is really amazing and is great for a long and steady watch. A-cho typically holds ranbats where there are limits on who can join based on skill level (similar to the tier league system), but this is not one of those tournaments.

Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma opening cienamtic released, game's release date specified as 'late November'

Famitsu recently uploaded the Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma opening cinematic video. Not only was the intro video posted but according to the Famitsu article, we can expect to see a release of the latest Blazblue installment a bit sooner. The original release date for the game was simply Winter 2012 and has now been moved up to some time in late November.

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Mu-12 and Nu-13 revealed as playable in Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma, brief notes about both characters

The Japanese Game Nyarth blog posted a bit of information concerning the upcoming Blazblue installment Chrono Phantasma. Mu-12 and Nu-13 have been revealed as playable characters and this will be the first appearance of Nu-13 since Calamity Trigger.

A user by name of SoWL over on the Dustloop forums has translated a bit from the blog. Below are some of the details about the newly announced characters.

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Tips by shinitobi1992 and a couple of anonymous submitters.

T13 Toronto Series Championships results, battle logs and stream archive

Updated: The results and the stream archive for all games have been added into the story after the jump.

Toronto Top Tiers has begun the streaming of their major this morning. Top players in attendance include EG|Justin Wong, BT|Dieminion, MTLSF|Chi-Rithy, MH|RayRay, UVG|Noel Brown, DMG|CD Jr., Maxster, REO, NYC Fab, DMG|FightingGM, A&C|RDK and more of Toronto's best..

Hit the jump to see the stream schedule that covers both today and tomorrow. Like with all fighting game tournaments, times are tentative. The stream schedule also includes the list of games being played.

Also after the jump is the actual stream.

ArcSys characters start as 3D models and then 2D images are drawn - won't add gauges without removing others

Going into the process of how the graphics are created for their fighting games, Arc System Works programmer, Tatsunori Ishikawa, and chief technical officer, Hiroyuki Masuno, spoke at length with Gamasutra about how their games are created and the methodology they use when they're in development.

Some of the notable things touched on here is that the characters in their fighting games are actually 3D models, but everything is converted back into 2D animation, which ArcSys fighting games are well known for.

BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma character demos featuring Azrael, Bullet and Amane

Blazblue Chrono Phantasma will bring three new characters to the BlazBlue series. During Tokyo Game Show on the show floor, there were demos of each. The audio is in Japanese and the video is cam footage of the arcade, however you can clearly see the different moves for each character and even a few combos. Below is the specific time for each character in the video.

Video from ImShiawase and sent in by an anonymous reader.

LiangHuBBB's comeback compilation Episode #31

LiangHuBBB has returned with another installment in his comeback compilation series. Today's set features matches from the Street Fighter series, King of Fighters 13, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, BlazBlue, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and more.

Tip sent in by Masose and an anonymous reader.

The Upper-Cut Championship 2012 live stream from Dallas, Texas featuring Chris G, Wolfkrone and more

The Upper-Cut Championship 2012 is streaming live today from the American Airlines Training Conference Center in Dallas, Texas. BoomGorillas is providing the live stream for the event and it is currently under way,

This tournament will feature Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken, King of Fighters 13, Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, Persona 4 Arena, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, Mortal Kombat 9, Soul Calibur V, Skullgirls and Tekken 6.

Top players in attendance include FC|Chris G, Wolfkrone, NGB|Stone, Mihe and more.

Hit the jump to check out the live stream embed,

Update: Blazblue Chrono Phantasma: Bullet and Relius loketest footage along with Azrael's Astral Heat

Update: Hyuuga2109 and KyushuFGC have uploaded two important pieces of Blazblue Chrono Phantasma footage. The first is an Astral Heat demonstration for one of the three new characters, Azrael. It appears with this cinematic that Azrael may be a villain in the main storyline of Blazblue, or that he merely enjoys punching others.

The next video shows a loketest match between new character Bullet and Relius. The power of these characters seems yet to be determined in a game that is said to be given a clean slate in regards to updated mechanics.

Updated: Arkansas Regional Knockouts 5 presented by Game Zone Alpha and the Arkansas Fighting Game Network top 8 results and stream archive

Updated: The results and stream archive for top 8 in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Persona 4 have been added into the story after the jump.

Interrupted Gaming! is streaming the Arkansas Regional Knockouts 5 tournament from Game Zone Alpha in Jacksonville, Arkansas. The live stream is currently under way and you can check it out after the jump.

This event will feature a slew of different games including Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken, Persona 4 Arena, Soul Calibur 5, Mortal Kombat 9, King of Fighters 13, Skullgirls and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend.

Top players in attendance include EG|Justin Wong, EG|Ricky Ortiz and UVG|Noel Brown,

Hit the jump to check out the live stream embed.

GVN Summer Jam 6 results and battle logs - live streams from Team Spooky, St1ckBuG, 8WayRun and KombatNetwork

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results from GVN Summer Jam 6.

GVN Summer Jam 6 took place this weekend, a continuation of a long running series of tournaments held by Big E Gaming and the counterpart to Winter Brawl. This tournament traditionally takes place at the Sheraton of Philadelphia Airport and has always featured a massive lineup of games both new and old.

Top-level players expected to show include FC|NYChrisG, WolfKrone, AGE|Fanatiq, AG|MarlinPie, BT|Dieminion, BT|IFC Yipes, EMP|Sanford Kelly, MH|RayRay, DJ Huoshen, AGE|Flash Metroid, AGE|Knives, AquaSilk, TS|Min, TS|NerdJosh, DMG|Fighting GM, OMG Itz Andre, AGE|Vangief, L.I. Joe, Jason Cole, Lord Knight, AG|Dr. Chaos, AG|Lucky D, STC|Quandizzle and Nick Cage.

Games included are Persona 4 Arena, SSF4 AE2012, UMvC3, DoA5, KoF13, MK9, Tekken 6, Soul Calibur 5, Skullgirls, SF3 Third Strike, SSF2T, Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, BlazBlue, Arcana Heart 3, Street Fighter X Tekken. Singles and team tournaments will be ran.

Hit the jump to see all of the streams hosted by Team Spooky, St1ckBuG, 8WayRun and KombatNetwork.

Blazblue Chrono Phantasma loketest footage featuring Azrael, Bullet, Hakumen, Tager, Bang, Platinum and more

HasekuraIsuna has been hard at work capturing hand camera footage of the newest edition of Blazblue. While sometimes it's a little hard to see, most of the videos are very watchable.

While checking out the videos you can see that there's been a lot of changes to character combos and moves. Hit the jump to see more videos and check out his channel to see more characters.

BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma will definitely hit arcades in 2012, details about console version's story mode

The arcade release of Blazblue Chrono Phantasma is set for the Winter of 2012. Andriasang posted an article today stating that producer Toshimichi Mori has assured players the game will be playable in arcades by the end of this year.

Mori also mentioned that a second location test will be held as soon as they have made adjustments to the current build. It is possible that this location test could come as early as this month.

Andrisang's article also gave a bit of information about the console version's story mode. Below is a piece from their post regarding Blazblue Chrono Phantasma's story.

NorCal Install event at Gamecenter - Persona 4 Arena, King of Fighters 13, Skullgirls and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend live stream by Finest KO

Finest KO will be streaming the NorCal Install monthly ranbats at Gamecenter today. The live stream will be kicking off at around 3:30 p.m. / 10 p.m. GMT.

Today's stream will feature Persona 4 Arena, King of Fighters 13, Skullgirls and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend.

Hit the jump to check out the live embed.

Arcade UFO's One More Burst event- Persona 4 Arena, Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend and Arcana Heart 3 live stream

Arcade UFO will be streaming their One More Burst event live today from Austin, Texas. Casuals are currently going on and the tournament will begin around 1 p.m PDT / 8 p.m. GMT.

Persona 4 Arena, Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend and Arcana Heart 3 will all be featured on the stream.

Hit the jump to check out the live stream embed.

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