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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Released: 6/5/2018

THE COLLISION IS INEVITABLE! THE IMPACT WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE! An unrivaled clash of explosive proportions! The beloved BlazBlue franchise Crosses universes, Tags in fan favorites, and Battles it out in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle! Created through an all-star collaboration between BlazBlue, Atlus’ Persona, French Bread’s Under Night In-Birth, and Rooster Teeth’s hugely popular RWBY web series, Cross Tag Battle celebrates the fighting genre for pros and newcomers alike! Choose your team in fast paced 2v2 team battles filled with the craziness you’ve come to love from BlazBlue, with all the tight mechanics, smooth gameplay, and gorgeous 2D graphics you expect from Arc System Works.

THE COLLISION IS INEVITABLE! THE IMPACT WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE! An unrivaled clash of explosive proportions! The beloved BlazBlue franchise Crosses universes, Tags in fan favorites, and Battles it out in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle! Created through an all-star collaboration between BlazBlue, Atlus’ Persona, French Bread’s Under Night In-Birth, and Rooster Teeth’s hugely popular RWBY web series, Cross Tag Battle celebrates the fighting genre for pros and newcomers alike! Choose your team in fast paced 2v2 team battles filled with the craziness you’ve come to love from BlazBlue, with all the tight mechanics, smooth gameplay, and gorgeous 2D graphics you expect from Arc System Works.

THE COLLISION IS INEVITABLE! THE IMPACT WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE! An unrivaled clash of explosive proportions! The beloved BlazBlue franchise Crosses universes, Tags in fan favorites, and Battles it out in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle! Created through an all-star collaboration between BlazBlue, Atlus’ Persona, French Bread’s Under Night In-Birth, and Rooster Teeth’s hugely popular RWBY web series, Cross Tag Battle celebrates the fighting genre for pros and newcomers alike! Choose your team in fast paced 2v2 team battles filled with the craziness you’ve come to love from BlazBlue, with all the tight mechanics, smooth gameplay, and gorgeous 2D graphics you expect from Arc System Works.

Critics
76
Steam
80
Metacritic
66

Score Breakdown

75.9

Critic Average

56 reviews

80

Steam User Score

4,622 reviews

66

Metacritic User Score

92 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-4.2
Metacritic Disparity
+9.9
Combined Disparity
+2.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

53 launch window (95%)3 late (5%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 56 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 75.9/100. Critics score this game 4.2 points lower than Steam users and 9.9 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 56)+
  1. Ken McKownviaZTGD
    May 25, 2023·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 80.1/100 · -0.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +14.0 pts
  2. Mohammad Mahdi Hossein ZadehviaGamefa
    Dec 29, 2018·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 80.1/100 · -0.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +14.0 pts
  3. Parham AghakhaniviaPardis Game
    Dec 8, 2018·Late review
    50/100View review
    Steam 80.1/100 · -30.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · -16.0 pts
  4. GameMAG StaffviaGameMAG
    Jul 23, 2018·Launch window
    60/100View review
    Steam 80.1/100 · -20.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · -6.0 pts
  5. Cody MedellinviaWorth Playing
    Jul 23, 2018·Launch window
    75/100View review
    Steam 80.1/100 · -5.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +9.0 pts