It is confirmed over at JP.Playstation that the new battle system update has infact been added.

Heres more details-

Releasing BATTLE SYSTEM. The new system ' Seoul blaze ' was added.

Confirmed characters are as followed-

* Ichigo Kurosaki
* Shūhei Hisagi
* Ulquiorra
* Ikkaku Madarame *
* Yumichika Ayasegawa *
* Grimmjow Jaggerjack *
* Hirako Shinji *
* Hiyori Sarugaki *

more facts-
-According to released information, this is the first game to feature playable Vizards.
-According to V-Jump magazine, this, and every other Bleach: Heat the Soul game, are based on the manga. This is very rare in video games.

Im not a fan of this at all, but im sure this is great news for some people

Via JP.Playstation

whoa cool bleach 4 xD

of course such a good fighting game, cant wait for it to come out iwanna play Grimmjow such a badass

US Version Please! Please! Please!

Omg, this would be great. I'm a big bleach fan and would love to find out how the characters play out. It's gonna be good

i loved Bleach: Heat The Soul 3 and i will of course love this one too

Sounds cool.