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.

BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma artwork, screen shots - developers note focus and gameplay additions

A set of artwork and screen shots was released for BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma. The images show additional cast members Amane, Azrael and Bullet along with Noel's new design.

Also, AndriaSang transcribed some details from a Famitsu write up, stating that:

BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma on it's way to PlayStation 3

Accroding to this week's Famitsu, BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma is on it's way to PlayStation 3.

The report does not mention an Xbox 360 version, however it's unclear if the magazine's chart does not list it or if Sinobi forgot to transcribe it.

Via AndriaSang.

Update: New moves for all characters and system changes for Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma discovered

A PDF of move listings and system changes was uploaded to the official Blazblue Japan website today that shows off complete movelists for all characters both old and new. If you look at the movelists below, new moves are marked with a pink background while changed moves are shown in blue.

The first page details changes to the system. It appears that offensive bursts (gold bursts) have been replaced with an Overdrive system that gives every character who activates it a unique powerup like Ragna's Blood Kain. Also included is a Guard Crush system that costs 25% of the Drive gauge to break an opponent's guard.

More details will be added as the story progresses. Hit the jump to see more notes.

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New Blazblue sequel "Chrono Phantasma" to hit arcades this winter 2012

Arc System Works announced today a new sequel followup to Blazblue: Continuum Shift that will presumably end the Blazblue storyline. The trailer from Famitsu's channel below introduces three new characters, brand new moves for existing characters, redrawing of entire character sprites and more.

Location tests for this game begin tomorrow, according to MadMan Cafe's Professor. You can also read more details from his post, such as:

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Mortal Kombat 9 community combo project, BlazBlue CSX Bang combos and Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown multi-character combo video

SWBeta put together an excellent project that features many different players from the Test Your Might community. Bildslash, TONY-T, TylerLantern, JAP, DoctrineDark, Urichinan, I$AAC, and SWBeta all banded together to create this video that showcases tons of great combos, resets, glitches and much more.

Hit the jump for more.

CEO 2012 results, battle logs and stream archives - SSF4 AE v2012, UMvC3, KoF13 and more

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results for day 2 of CEO 2012.

Day 2 of CEO 2012 is underway now and a bunch of games are being played. There are two streams going, one hosted by Team Spooky and the other by IPWDeuce ran on CEO Gaming's TwitchTV channel.

You can view our preview for this tournament here, which recaps the notable players who are attending, who's expected to contend for top honors and more.

Hit the jump to check out the live video feeds, results, battle logs and more.

CEO 2012, Dreamhack Energizer Fighting Championship and Topanga B League - weekend tournament preview

This weekend will have three great tournaments, there will be a ton of top players participating, so it's guaranteed we'll see some hype moments. To give some additional information and prepare readers for everything that's happening in the community, we've compiled a list of notable things for CEO 2012, Dreamhack Energizer Fighting Championship and the Topanga B League.

We lists players who are attending, some favorites that are expected to win the events, provide a breakdown of the stream schedules and more.

Hit the jump to check everything out.

SFxT tutorial featuring Mike Ross, BCS EX Tsubaki practical combos, VF5 FS Jean Kujo combos and SSF4 AE v2012 Yang combos

CompLexityINSIDER has uploaded a beginners tutorial for Street Fighter X Tekken featuring coL.cc|Mike Ross. Mike discusses various topics such as how to approach a new game and analyzes Marduk's normals, special moves, combos and much more.

Hit the jump for more.

North West Majors 4 results, battle logs and more

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results, battle logs and additional details for North West Majors 4.

KhaosGaming is presenting North West Majors 4 this weekend which is taking place in Des Moines, Washington. This tournament is featuring SSF4 AE 2012, UMvC3, KOF13, Skullgirls, MK9, SFxT, SC5, BBCS Extend, Mystery Tournament, Tekken 6, Virtua Fighter 5: FS and Super SF2 Turbo.

High-level players include EG|Ricky Ortiz, coL.cc|Filipino Champ, CVPR|PR Balrog, CCG|Air DMG|iPeru, John Choi, Buktooth and Jason Cole are also in attendance. Hit this link to see the brackets for every pool.

Toryuken results and battle logs - Live stream by TorontoTopTiers featuring a plethora of games

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results and a battle log.

Canadian fighting game group Toronto Top Tiers is presenting Toryuken today, a tournament where top placers can earn EVO points. There will be two streams. The first stream will have SSF4 AE 2012, UMvC3 and SFxT while the second stream will have MK9, KOF13, BB:CSX and SC5.

Top players confirmed to be in attendance include EG|Justin Wong, MRN|Wolfkrone, CCG|Air and BT|Dieminion. There are also some unconfirmed players that may make an appearance later.

Hit the jump to catch both streams.

King of Fighters 2002 death combos, Street Fighter 3 New Generation ridiculous loops and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend Ragna combos

ImbuedGold uploaded a King of Fighters 2002 combo video featuring nothing but combos that finish off the opponent. These combos were performed by King of Fighters veteran Vanira.

Hit the jump to check out the rest.

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