Discover the BlazBlue series, a fighting game franchise featuring anime-style 2D graphics and intense over-the-top action, with titles like Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Chrono Phantasma, and Central Fiction.
BlazBlue is a 2D fighting game series developed and published by Arc System Works. First released in 2008 with BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, the series stands out for its gorgeous anime-style 2D graphics, crazy over-the-top fighting action, in-depth fighting game mechanics, and complex storytelling.
The first game introduced characters like Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermillion, and Rachel Alucard. It featured a story mode and additional game modes like arcade, versus, training, and challenge modes. The series continued with sequels like BlazBlue: Continuum Shift in 2009 and BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma in 2012, which added more characters and continued the complex, multipart storyline.
The latest installment is BlazBlue: Central Fiction from 2015, which wraps up the main storyline. However, Arc System Works continues to release updated versions of the game with tweaks and new characters. Key features that define the series are its anime visual flair, crazy combos and fighting mechanics, in-depth stories told from multiple perspectives, and memorable roster of fighters.