Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus Coming to Vita

According to the new Famitsu, the new Guilty Gear will also be released on the Vita some time in 2013. As a bonus, the Vita version will have full voice acting. The PSN & XBLA versions will be released in October of this year in Japan. All three versions will have game rebalancing based off of the recently released arcade version, Plus R.

Persona 4: Arena 30th Challenge Demo DLC

This weeks P4A DLC is a demonstration mode of the 30th challenge for all characters. Although it is a free download, these same demos can be unlocked through game play.

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma will be in Arcades by December

Famitsu posted an article stating that Arc intends to have BB:CP in arcades by Q4 2012 (October, November, December). There will be an early public testing chance at the Tokyo Game Show and an yet unannounced test at a arcade somewhere in Japan.

Producer Toshimichi Mori mentioned that CP is a direct sequel to Continuum Shift Extend and he recommends that players should replay the story mode to keep things fresh. He also said that in CP instead of having a story for each individual that instead there will be three main stories which will tie into one "true ending." Players will be able to switch characters as they advance the storyline. Mori mentioned that the tutorial mode will be returning, with more voices this time, and an mode based off of Abyss from Extend.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Coming to Arcades in September

On September 20th, Arc System Works will be bring Guilty Gear back to arcades. The game will be using RingEdge 2 hardware and will support Sega's All.Net P-RAS Multi passes. PSN & XBLA ports are also on the way, but no release date has been set, yet.

New Screen Caps of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma

Arc released screen caps of the three new characters and one for the new version of Noel today.

Amane

Azrael

Bullet

Noel

PS3 Version of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Confirmed

A post over on Andriasang details that in the next issue of Famitsu, the Playstation 3 version of BlazBlue: CP is confirmed. Neither a release date nor any word of a X-Box 360 version is mentioned.

Update:
Andriasang posted a follow-up to their previous post stating that the Famitsu feature was a full preview for the PS3 version and that as of this time, there is no X-Box 360 version, at least in Japan. It looks like Arc is focusing a lot of time to make sure the net code works right out of the box. Currently the home version is 30% done, but no release date has been decided.

4Gamer attended a localization test for the arcade version and shared a image of what the character select screen looks like in it's current state.

Extended coverage of the event can be viewed on their site.

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Announced

This past weekend, Arc System Works announced a new BlazBlue game is in the works. The game is a sequel to Continuum Shift instead of just another variant. A number of changes have been introduced including an Overdrive system which sounds similar to the X-Factor from Marvel Vs Capcom 3, character's stances have been completely re-drawn, Gold Bursts have been removed in favor of Overdrives, but Green Bursts remain, & a Crush Trigger has been added to break an opponent's guard stance. Along with these new changes, three new characters have been introduced. They are Amane, Bullet and Azrael.

BlazBlue: CP will be released this winter in Japanese arcades with a console release coming some time in 2013. Information on move sets and other tweaks can be found at Dustloop & Shoryuken.