It was made available to help Arc System Works find any potential issues before implementing the rollback netcode for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle.
Arc System Works announced that rollback netcode will arrive in the PC and PlayStation 4 releases of BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle on April 14, 2022.
However, rollback netcode is only available for the PC version of BlazBlue Centralfiction, whereas it will be available for PlayStation 4 and PC for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle.
Similar to BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, there was a public beta available leading up to the release of the feature.