Today's news of the 2D fighting arcade gem BlazeBlue coming to home consoles has 2D fighting fans everywhere on notice. BlazBlue offers a tremendous step up for the 2D fighting genre into the HD era, making its way from the arcade to the PS3 and Xbox 360. These editions will feature new modes: the latest arcade character roster, the awesome epic moves (anime cut scene finishers = win), and the fighting complexity as its arcade brethren.

Aksys Games' assistant marketing manager Harry Chang, gives us a front-seat look at the console version for all the intimate details (demoed on the high-powered PlayStation 3). Also, be sure to check out the gameplay clip of pure other-wordly fighting after the cut (Don't miss the anime cut scene finisher!) and X-Play's Hands On for all things BlazBlue.

You can expect BlazBlue for the PS3 and Xbox 360 this summer.

BlazBlue Direct-Feed Walkthrough 

BlazBlue Direct-Feed Gameplay