BlazBlue: Central Fiction, released in Japan as BlazBlue: Centralfiction (ブレイブルー セントラルフィクション BureiBurū: Sentorarufikushon?) is a 2-D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. It is the fourth game to the BlazBlue series, and is set after the events of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma. A location test appeared mid-July.[1] It was released for the arcades on November 19, 2015. A console version will release in Japan in Fall 2016 and in North America in Winter 2016 for the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 4, both physically and digitally. It also introduced the playable appearances of Hibiki Kohaku, Naoto Kurogane, Nine the Phantom, Saya/Hades Izanami, and Es. It will serve as the conclusion of the Azure Saga that began in Calamity Trigger. The arcade mode stories are separated into three acts.