An unrivaled clash of explosive proportions! The beloved BlazBlue franchise Crosses universes, Tags in fan favorites, and Battles it out in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle!

Created through an all-star collaboration between BlazBlue, Atlus’ Persona, French Bread’s Under Night In-Birth, and Rooster Teeth’s hugely popular RWBY web series, Cross Tag Battle celebrates the fighting genre for pros and newcomers alike! Choose your team in fast paced 2v2 team battles filled with the craziness you’ve come to love from BlazBlue, with all the tight mechanics, smooth gameplay, and gorgeous 2D graphics you expect from Arc System Works.

BlazBlue is a series long beloved by the fighting game community for its deep and engrossing story, its vast cast of balanced characters, and its quick and kinetic gameplay style.

Last week Arc System Works announced that an open beta test for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle on Xbox and PC would begin later this week, but unfortunately that has now been postponed due to some issues discovered in the test version.

A new test schedule will be announced later on the official Twitter channel.

This free demo includes access to not only online matches, but all game modes including Tutorial, Episode Mode, Training Mode, and more, for a limited time. Players will be able to select from 53 characters total (including all previously released DLC characters).

Please note only Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/PC are eligible to participate.

Available Game Modes:

• Episode Mode: Enjoy the story
• Training Mode: Practice the controls, with a variety of training settings available to recreate situations from matches
• Network Mode: Play online with players from all over the world, in Ranked Matches, Room Matches, and more
• VS Mode: Select characters freely to face off in offline matches
• Tactics Mode: Learn the game’s unique mechanics as you play
• Survival Mode: Take down one opponent after the next
• Gallery Mode: This mode lets you view a variety of graphics
• Replay Theater: Check out match replays you’ve saved here

Additional Beta Notes:

• Online multiplayer available without Xbox Live Gold subscription
• Network connection required to play, including offline modes
• Application and online multiplayer are available for free, customers are responsible for their network connection fees
• Saved data cannot be carried over to main game
• Contents of the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle open beta test may differ from main BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle game

Atlus’ Persona series, a worldwide RPG phenomenon and no stranger to the fighting game genre itself. Persona characters have appeared in Arc System Works games before, notable Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

Under Night In-Birth is veteran fighting game developer French Bread’s first foray into an original title, coming hot off the heels of their success with the cult classic series Melty Blood.

Rooster Teeth’s animated mega hit, RWBY, has been a popular franchise for years, crossing both gender and age barriers to become a mainstream hit. Characters from the RWBY series have never appeared in a fighting game before. Until now.

Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle is currently available for PC (Steam), PS4 and Nintendo Switch.