Originally released for the arcades, it was also released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows.

The game's name is a portmanteau of 'blaze' and 'blue,' with the 'z' sound omitted in the Japanese pronunciation, rendering it similar to the word 'bray' in pronunciation. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger ( ブレイブルー カラミティ トリガー BureiBurū: Karamiti Torigā) is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works in 2008.