BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Switch open beta set for May 10 to 14 in North America, offline demo launches May 14
Switch schedule essentially the same as PlayStation 4 schedule.
The open beta for the Switch version of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will launch today at 22:00 (time zone not specified), publisher Arc System Works announced. An offline demo will launch on May 14.
The open beta will include the following content:
- 20 playable characters from across the BlazBlue, Persona, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late, and RWBY universes.
- BlazBlue
- Ragna
- Jin
- Noel
- Makoto
- Rachel
- Hazama
- Azrael
- Iron Tager
- No 13
- Es
- Persona 4 Arena
- Yu
- Yosuke
- Chie
- Yukiko
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late
- Hyde
- Linne
- Waldstein
- Gordeau
- RWBY
- Ruby
- Weiss
- Casual Lobby mode
- Tactics Mode (Tutorial and Practice only)
- VS Mode against the CPU
Here is the full breakdown on dates and content:
| Type | Dates Available | Playable Characters | Available Modes |
| Online Demo Playable By All Users | May 10 to 14 | 20 Characters |
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| Offline Only Demo | May 14~ | Four Characters |
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The open beta for the PlayStation 4 version of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle began yesterday and will also run until May 14. The PlayStation 4 version will have two offline demos that launch on May 14, one with four characters accessible to anyone and one with 20 characters accessible to users who pre-ordered the game digitally. Read more here.
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is due out for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC on May 31 in Japan and Asia, June 5 in North America, and this summer in Europe. If you missed it earlier this week, catch the opening movie here.