Arc Systems’ upcoming BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend has just received its first batch of screenshots, and boy do they look very pretty. Of course, Arc Systems’ art style has always shone, including in the just released Guilty Gear Xrd on the PS4, and this new game looks to be no exception.

In addition to the new screenshots (click on the image to see it in its native res), we also got some new information on the game, including two new playable characters (Celica Ayatsuki Mercury and Λ-No.11), new content (including a new story episode and a new stage), which brings the total play time to 40 hours, and balance adjustments from the arcade version as well. In addition to all of this, the game will allow for local multiplayer for up to two players, and online for up to eight.

The game is due out in Japan on April 23rd, 2015. Stay tuned for more coverage.

If you are looking forward to Arc System’s upcoming Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign-, which is due to hit the store shelves (both retail and digital) next month, then you’re in luck, as we just got a ton of new information on the game. This new information includes the confirmation of a new DLC character for the game, who will be exclusive to the consoles version, LEO = WHITEFANG, although the update didn’t go too in depth about him. We’re going to have to wait to learn more about him, including what kind of fighting style he uses (which will basically single handedly make him or break him amongst the fighting game community). Arc Systems also confirmed the inclusion of online lobbies that will support as many as 64 players at a time.

All of this aside, the existence of a companion app for the game was also confirmed. Yes, we are now at a juncture where a hardcore, niche, Japanese 2D fighter that requires frame perfect input precision will also get a companion app.

This app works only with the PlayStation 4 version, and seems to be pretty full featured, allowing you to create tournaments with full custom rules, check tournaments out, check out fixtures and standings, and so on.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- launches on Playstation 3 and PlayStation 4 on December 16. Stay tuned for more coverage.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is a Persona fan’s wet dream come true. Featuring all the amazing characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4 (including fan favorites such as the inimitable Tohru Adachi), locations, and music, it’s pretty much like a Super Smash Bros. for Persona 3 and Persona 4 fans. That it also includes a story mode that’s pretty damn good (and canonical- it concludes the story of Persona 3, 4, and Arena) is just icing on the cake.

The game, which is due out in Japan this week, and in North America on September 30, just had its opening movie released to the public, albeit it is in Japanese. Still, to someone who is a Persona fan- I am a Persona fan- this is some pretty hypeworthy stuff.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax launches next month in North America on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. No release date for Europe has been announced yet. Stay tuned to GamingBolt for more coverage, including our review.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, the sequel to Persona 4 Arena, which in itself was the sequel to Atlus’s hit RPGs Persona 3 and Persona 4, is due out later this year on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, and it will be wrapping up the storyline of those two games permanently, providing a conclusive end to the saga.

Atlus released two new trailers recently- both in Japanese- that show us Teddie and Elizabeth. Shadow Teddie is of course the suppressed facet of Teddie’s personality that had to be defeated in Persona 4 before Teddie got access to his Persona, while Elizabeth was the star of the Velvet Room alongside Igor in Persona 3.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is being developed by Arc Systems and published by Atlus. It’ll be due out later this year on Xbox 360 and PS3, followed by Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, a dungeon crawling crossover of Persona 3 and Persona 4, exclusively on Nintendo 3DS, followed by Persona 4: Dancing All Night on the PS Vita next year, and Persona 5, exclusively on the PS3.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, the upcoming fighting game developed by Arc Systems that serves as a sequel to Persona 4 Arena, which in turn was the sequel to what might be the greatest game ever made, Persona 4. The Persona 4 Arena games function as continuations of the stories of both Persona 3 and Persona 4, and they feature characters from both games duking it out. Think of it as a Super Smash Bros. game for Persona fans. Except it’s a highly exacting, technical fighter.

Anyway, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is due out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this year, and Atlus is showing the game off at E3. The new trailer shows us the characters squaring it off, it shows us the fighting, it shows us some dialog and story, and it shows us some more of that sweet music.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax hits the PS3 and Xbox 360 in Fall of this year. Stay tuned for more.