It would seem the everlasting wait for quality fighting game sequel BlazBlue: Continuum Shift is over… sort of.

Through the almighty powers of science, the game has been leaked and converted for use on your very own computer, most likely possible due to the fact that the board it ran on was pretty much a Windows XP PC. For poverty gamers this marks as excellent news, giving us a reliable hope for future arcade game leaks like MBAA: Final Tuned. PC specs required at the moment are not too hefty but do require a reliable graphics card.

Requirements:

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP2 [3]
CPU: Intel LGA 775 CPU. Supported CPUs include Celeron D 352, Pentium 4 651,
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
Chipset: Intel Q965 + ICH8
Video output: 640×480 (VGA), or 1280×720 (HDTV 720p)
RAM: 166/200MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Supported capacities 512MiB, 1GiB, 4GiB.
GPU: PCI Express x16-based graphics. Supported GPU include ATI RADEON
(x1600Pro, x1300LE) or NVIDIA GeForce (7900GS, 7600GS, 7300GS)

If you cannot run the game then try downloading this file to replace the backgrounds with crappy ones. Download here.

Basic instructions to get the game running:

• Extract the bbcs folder to wherever you wish
• Go to start>run>type “cmd” and press enter
• Change the directory to wherever your “BlazBlue Continuum Shift” folder is (ex: cd c:/Program Files/BlazBlue Continuum Shift)
• Configure your controls by entering “typex_config.exe”
• Run game by entering “typex_loader game.exe”

Commands:

• start (taunt) – maxes out Heat meter in a CPU battle
• A+B+start at title screen – Score Attack
• B+C+start at title screen – Sparring Mode