Developer French-Bread has officially announced its next entry in the Under Night series. French-Bread and Arc System Works will launch Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes in 2024 for PlayStation,?? Nintendo Swi?tch, and PC via Steam.

Set as the sequel to the first Under Night In-Birth, UNIB II will feature the "final chapter" of the Hollow Night storyline that started over a decade ago with the original release. Under Night mixes light novel story with?? fighting game action.

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As far as fighting games go, Under Night is squarely in the anime fighter subgenre and is a pretty enjoyable one, too. For Under Night In-Birth II, there will be an expanded move list, new character abilities, and updates to the ??battle system. There's also an EXS button, which sounds like a beginner-friendly control scheme?? similar to auto-combos.

For fighting game players, the big news is that yes, Under Night In-Birth II will have rollbac?k netcode. It's always nice to have, as it lets players meet up and fight online with a solid connection. It's quickly becoming the gold standard, but it's nice to see French-Bread and Arc System ??Works emphasize its inclusion.

Into the Under Night

Those at Evo 2023 this weekend will get to play some Under Night In-Birth II, as Arc System Works' booth is hosting gameplay demos. It's not the only brand-new fighting game in town, either. Mortal Kombat 1, Tekken 8 and Riot Games' Project L are all in Las Vegas this weekend too. That's not even counting all the currently released fighting games at Evo, hosting tournamen??ts.

It's going to be an exciting weekend for fighting game aficionados, for sure. I'm also pretty happy to see Under Night ge??t a sequel like this. It's a fighter I frequently enjoy going back to, and I'm interested in seeing what French-Bread's got in the oven.

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes will head to PlayStation, Switch, and PC sometime in ?2024.

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I ask of you, are you my main?

The new Melty Blood: Type Lumina launches in just a few days, but today developer French Bread announced another combatant coming to the fighting game. Saber, as seen in the Fate series, will be a fighter in Melty Blood: Type Lumina.

It's not too much of a reach for a guest character appearance, considering both Fate and Tsukihime—the visual novel Melty Blood is based on—are both written by Kinoku Nasu. (They're also kind of in the same universe, but that's a complicated topic.)

Saber's appearance in Melty Blood is also exciting because it's been a while since she guested in Nitroplus Blasterz and even longer since the dedicated Fate fighting game, Unlimited Codes. Plus, it's a pretty good adaptation of her; she's got the? invisible blade that can turn into the golden sword Excalibur, and plenty of fast, powerful sword moves.

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Melty Blood: Type Lumina is the latest version of Melty Blood, a fighting game with a cult following based off the visual novel Tsukihime. Developed by French Bread, who also makes the Under Night In-Birth series, it's a series of fighting games pr??etty full of action-packed anime brawling.

It's also just a new fighting game to check out though, which is always exciting. It missed the date to be included in any of the Evo 2021 Online festivities, but who knows? It'd be cool to see some Melty Blood on stage next year. And with both a new Guilty Gear and ongoing games like Dragon Ball FighterZ, plus rollback updates to older games coming through, it's been a pre??tty good time for anime fighters.

Melty Blood: Type Lumina drops on Sept. 30, 2021 for the PlaySta??tion 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One??, and PC via Steam.

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