Arc System Works Europe and PQube have announced that BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2 will be released on Friday 4th November 2011 for Nintendo 3DS and Sony PSP.

BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2 will feature:
· Two additional story modes for Sector Seven and NOL Academy adding to the substantial wealth of single player content.
· All the previous DLC content as standard, including new characters, Makoto, Valkenhayn and Platinum.
· Brand new ‘Abyss Mode’ exclusive to BBCS2 letting you level up your character against increasingly difficult foes as you descend into the Abyss.
· Enhanced with ‘Stylish Mode’ for a more comfortable handheld fighting experience – perfect for BlazBlue beginners and more advanced players.
· Amazing layered 2D graphics in a 3D gameworld for a truly unique experience, exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS.

An announcement is expected at 5pm PST/1am GMT tomorrow, just before Sony’s press conference in San Fransisco on Wednesday.

Rumors also suggest that there could be a name change from Arc to something completely different, although this has yet to be verified by Sony.

The device will ship in two parts, one controller and one nunchuk.

The Sony Motion Controller ships out sometime this year.

He also said that he believes that Natal will outsell the Playstation Arc 5 to 1.“I think that the Sony motion controller will have some problems gaining traction, since it is not an “in the box” solution,” the Wedbush Morgan analyst said in an interview with PS3 Center. “That will probably limit adoption to 1 or 2 million at the outset.”

“A year or so after launch, there will be 10 million [Project Natal units] out there, which will probably attract more third-party support,” he further added.

Will Pachter’s predictions turn out to be solid? Stay tuned to GB to find out.