Blaz Blue US Location Test (Los Angeles Anime Expo) - 7/3 - 7/6/08

MarkMan · June 23, 2008, 8:17pm

[CENTER]BLAZBLUE LOCATION TEST TOUR ANNOUNCED!
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[CENTER]Be the first to play Arc System Works first high-definition fighter!
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Torrance, CA (June 20, 2008) ? On behalf of Arc System Works, Aksys Games, a leading publisher of interactive entertainment products, is pleased to announce the very first Location Test Tour for BLAZBLUE (Arcade version) in America! To commemorate the tour, Aksys Games will be working with the biggest anime convention in America, to host our very first location test. The location test will last for all four days of Anime Expo, at the console gaming room.

? This is a very big year for fighting games, so we’re very excited to be working with Arc System Works in bringing you this very rare opportunity to let U.S. gamers try out BLAZBLUE at Anime Expo, ? said Akibo Shieh, president of Aksys Games. ?If you’re a fighting game fan, you owe it to yourself to come check out one of the most beautiful 2D games ever made. ?

?Anime Expo is proud and honored to have Arc System Works premier and test their latest fighting game, BLAZBLUE, in our console gaming room. In the tradition of Arc System Works? GUILTY GEAR series, BLAZBLUE will stun with it?s amazing character designs and non stop action. Our attendees are in for a special treat!? states Anime Expo 2008 Interactive Division Director Joe Woo.

BLAZBLUE** LOCATION TEST TOUR INFO**
1st Location Test
   WHAT: *BLAZBLUE* Location        Test
    
   WHEN:     July 3 ? July 6        
                            10 AM ? 5        PM
    
   WHERE:   ***Anime Expo 2008***
                      Los Angeles        Convention Center
                      Console Gaming        Room
Attendees, Press and Industry Members are also encouraged to view the video coverage site of the 2007 convention at [FONT=Palatino]www.AXBackstage.org.

This year?s Red & Black Sponsors are FUNimation and ImaginAsian Television. Platinum Sponsor is Imagi Studios. Gold Sponsor is Digital Manga Publishing. Silver Sponsor is Gaia Online. Patron Sponsors are Central Park Media and COPIC Markers.

About Anime Expo
Located in Los Angeles, California - Anime Expo, the nation?s largest anime/manga convention, serves to foster trade, commerce and the interests of the general public and animation/ comics industry. This event serves as a key meeting place for the general public to express their interest and explore various aspects of anime/manga, as well as for members of the industry to conduct business. ***AX 2008 ***will be held July 3 ? July 6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California. More information can be found at its website (www.anime-expo.org).

About Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a non-profit organization with a mission to popularize and educate the American public about anime and manga, as well as provide a forum to facilitate communication between professionals and fans. This organization is more popularly known by its entertainment property ? Anime Expo. More information can be found at its website (www.spja.org).

About BLAZBLUE
BLAZBLUE, developed by Arc System Works, combines the high tension elements of past Arc System Works fighters with highly detailed 2D/3D high-definition gaming graphics. Powered by the Taito Type-X2 Arcade board, be the first to play BLAZBLUE before it hits the Japanese arcade markets this Fall 2008!
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See some of you there?

sibladeko · June 23, 2008, 8:27pm

Just curious where is this quoted from?
Also, wow.

System_1 · June 23, 2008, 8:31pm

movies are needed…

MarkMan · June 23, 2008, 8:38pm

Official press release from AKSYS.

Atb_555 · June 23, 2008, 8:59pm

Wow this is pretty cool. Its quite refreshing to see Japanese fighting game developers giving the western world loke tests for up coming fighters.

NegroNinja · June 23, 2008, 10:06pm

Geuh~…why’d it have to be at a con…Oh well it’s still good news, maybe if it generates enough interest they’ll do it again…maybe some place where I won’t have to pay an entry fee just to play it.

Hecatom · June 23, 2008, 10:26pm

Great news man :rock:

pootnannies · June 23, 2008, 10:26pm

guess i’ll be playing it then. nice surprise!

Spirit_Juice · June 23, 2008, 10:29pm

Makes me wanna go to AX now, too bad I’m broke as fuck.

Having it at an animu con is kind of @_@ though, mainly because the line would be unnecessarily long with animu fags. :shake:

pootnannies · June 23, 2008, 10:35pm

lol. yeah i can see the lines being huge. i’ve been going to ax for a while now. i’m not into anime but my friends are HUGE otakus. we have fun there anyways but now i have somewhere to go and play BLAZBLUE!!! this is better than waiting for HD video of this game:cybot:

AlterGenesis · June 23, 2008, 10:46pm

Lucky. =(

koogy · June 23, 2008, 11:15pm

I’m going, 100%. I need a room, however. Anyone willing to room 4-5 people for some $_$?

Henaki · June 23, 2008, 11:17pm

i cant wait to hear some actual english impressions of BB, aksys is fucking cool for doing all this shit with arcsys games.

play sg when you are there :]

DVD_madZ · June 23, 2008, 11:19pm

Seeing this almost instantly made me not interested again. :bluu:

woof · June 23, 2008, 11:46pm

HOLY SHIT! i will be there omfg

when im not selling art i will be playing this game

Kayin · June 24, 2008, 12:08am

Jealous.

Envious.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Gorehound · June 24, 2008, 12:19am

Oh, there is a thread on this, SWEET!!!

I was going to cancel Anime Expo this year due its being in Los Angeles, but now I have no choice but to go this year :tup:

Expect Otaku Cosplayers Cosplaying as the characters of BlazBlue, even though they will never play the game!

Kitsune707 · June 24, 2008, 12:25am

Hahaha, yeah. And please bring some vids, whoever is going. Oh, and up them on vreel instead of youtube, I want to see a little bit of the quality of the game

Zazzarius · June 24, 2008, 12:31am

its official, Aksys must be the ArcSys US Branch

they are so close its scary and awesome at the same time

cain_e · June 24, 2008, 12:58am

@_@ fuck all you Califags…and by fuck all of you I mean, I’m fucking jelous