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Japanese video game developer

Arc System Works Co., Ltd. (アークシステムワークス株式会社, Āku Shisutemu Wākusu kabushiki gaisha), commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including Guilty Gear and BlazBlue. They have also developed other fighting games using external licenses, including Dragon Ball FighterZ, Persona 4 Arena and Arena Ultimax, Granblue Fantasy Versus and Versus Rising, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, and others.

The company was founded in January 1988 and incorporated as Arc Co., Ltd. in May.[1] The company spent early years as a contract developer for Sega, Sammy, and Banpresto. It consisted at the time of around eight developers; most of whom had previously worked at Sega including founder Minoru Kidooka.[5] It was renamed Arc System Works in 1991.[6] In 1992 they developed a game for the Famicom called Pizza Pop!.[7] The company produced a series of Sailor Moon video games for publisher Angel including Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jōgai Rantō!? Shuyaku Sōdatsusen which was the first fighting game they produced.[8]

They published their first title in 1995 which was Exector for the PlayStation.[6]

On June 11, 2015, the company acquired all intellectual properties of Technōs Japan, such as Double Dragon and Kunio-kun, from Million Co., Ltd.[9] Even prior to its acquisition of Million's library, the company had been the publisher of Technōs' video games for Virtual Console in Japan.[10][11][12][13] Following the transaction, the company took the publishing duties from Aksys Games for Virtual Console releases in North America,[14][15] though some Technōs games were already published by Arc System Works.[16]

On February 6, 2017, the company acquired the rights to the Jake Hunter, Theresia, Nazo no Jikenbo, and Koneko no Ie series from publisher WorkJam.[17] On November 2, 2017, the company announced the establishment of a North American branch in Torrance, California, known as Arc System Works America, Inc.[18]

In July 2024, Arc System Works opened a European branch at Paris, France.[19]

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher 1988 Final Lap Family Computer Namco Double Dragon Master System Sega 1989 Scramble Spirits Master System Sega Rolling Thunder Family Computer Namco Battle Out Run Master System Sega Vigilante Master System Sega 1990 Ghouls 'n Ghosts Master System Sega Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Master System Sega Code Name: Viper Nintendo Entertainment System Capcom Chiyonofuji no Ōichō Family Computer Face Operation Wolf PC Engine NEC Avenue Pengo Game Gear Sega Super Monaco GP Master System Sega Hissatsu Shigotonin Family Computer Banpresto SD Sengoku Bushō Retsuden: Rekka no Gotoku Tenka o Nusure! Family Computer Banpresto 1991 Battle Commander: Hachibushu Shura no Heihou Super Famicom Banpresto 1992 Pizza Pop! Family Computer Jaleco Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger Family Computer Angel Great Battle Cyber Family Computer Banpresto Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Game Boy Angel Cyber Spin Super NES Takara Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Master System Sega 1993 Battletoads Game Gear, Genesis Sega Suzuka 8 Hours Super NES Namco 1994 Gaia Saver Super Famicom Banpresto Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Mega Drive Ma-Ba Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jōgai Rantō!? Shuyaku Sōdatsusen Super Famicom Angel 1995 Exector PlayStation Wizard's Harmony PlayStation, Saturn 1997 Wizard's Harmony 2 PlayStation, Saturn 1998 Guilty Gear PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Atlus (US) / Virgin Interactive (UK) Wizard's Harmony R PlayStation 1999 Prismaticallization Dreamcast, PlayStation Tanaka Torahiko no Uru Toraryuu Shogi Dreamcast, PlayStation 2000 Guilty Gear X NAOMI, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Windows Sammy Studios Grappler Baki: Baki Saikyo Retsuden PlayStation 2 Tomy 2001 Guilty Gear X Plus PlayStation 2 Sammy Studios Digital Holmes PlayStation 2 2002 Guilty Gear X2 NAOMI, PlayStation 2 Sammy Studios 2003 Guilty Gear X Ver.1.5 Atomiswave Sammy Studios Guilty Gear X2#Reload NAOMI, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, PSP Sammy Studios 2004 Guilty Gear Isuka Atomiswave, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows Sammy Studios Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors Game Boy Advance Atari/Banpresto/Bandai 2005 Fist of the North Star Atomiswave, PlayStation 2 Sega Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 Nintendo DS Atari/Banpresto/Bandai Guilty Gear XX Slash NAOMI, PlayStation 2, PSP Sammy Studios/SEGA 2006 Guilty Gear XX Accent Core NAOMI, PlayStation 2, Wii Sammy Studios/Aksys Games (US) 2007 Guilty Gear 2: Overture Xbox 360, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games/505 Games Battle Fantasia Taito Type X2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games/505 Games Hoshigami Remix Nintendo DS ASNetworks/Aksys Games/505 Games 2008 Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Sammy Studios/Arc System Works(Wii) BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Taito Type X2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, PSP Arc System Works/Aksys Games/PQube/Zen United Sengoku Basara X System 246 / System 256, PlayStation 2 Capcom Super Dodgeball Brawlers Nintendo DS Arc System Works/Aksys Games Tantei Jinguji Saburo DS Nintendo DS Arc System Works/WorkJam Petit Copter Wii[20] Aqua System Family Table Tennis Wii Aksys Games 2009 Diva Girls: Princess on Ice Wii, DS 505 Games Family Glide Hockey Wii Aksys Games Family Pirate Party Wii Aksys Games Family Mini Golf Wii Aksys Games Family Slot Car Racing Wii Aksys Games Family Card Games Wii Aksys Games Family Grand Tennis Wii Aksys Games BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Taito Type X2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Arc System Works/Aksys Games/Arc System Works UK Animal Puzzle Adventure DSiWare Jazzy Billiards Nintendo DSi Othello Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Switch, PSP, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Wii U[21] 2010 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II Taito Type X2, PSP, Nintendo 3DS Arc System Works/Aksys Games/Arc System Works UK BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale DSiWare 2011 Hard Corps: Uprising PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Konami Nurarihyon no Mago: Hyakki Ryouran Taisen PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Konami 2012 BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Taito Type X2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Arc System Works/Aksys Games Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Arcade, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Nintendo Switch Sammy Studios/Arc System Works (Steam) BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games/Arc System Works UK Persona 4 Arena Taito Type X2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Atlus Kyūkōsha no Shōjo Nintendo 3DS Phi Brain: Kizuna no Puzzle PlayStation Portable 2013 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Taito Type X2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows Atlus/Sega Xblaze Code: Embryo PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games/Funbox Media Magical Beat PlayStation Vita Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch Arc System Works 2014 Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Sega RingEdge 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend Taito Type X2 (as 2.0), PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation Vita, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games Conveni Dream Nintendo 3DS Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch Slice It! Nintendo 3DS Arc System Works/Aksys Games 2015 Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundoukai All-Star Special PlayStation 3 Family Tennis SP Wii U Aksys Games BlazBlue: Central Fiction Taito Type X2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch Arc System Works/Aksys Games/PQube XBlaze Lost: Memories PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden Nintendo 3DS Bandai Namco Entertainment 2016 Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Sega RingEdge 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows Arc System Works/Aksys Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories Nintendo 3DS[22] Arc System Works/Aksys Games Inferno Climber PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum Nintendo 3DS Bandai Namco Entertainment River City Melee: Battle Royale SP PlayStation 4, Windows Arc System Works, H2 Interactive 2017 Double Dragon IV PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Simple Mahjong Online Nintendo Switch Birthdays the Beginning PlayStation 4, Windows NIS America Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost of the Dusk Nintendo 3DS Arc System Works/Orange Shephy Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Windows 2018 Dragon Ball FighterZ PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Bandai Namco Entertainment Happy Birthdays Nintendo Switch NIS America BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows, Arcade, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Arc System Works/PQube 2019 Wizard's Symphony PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch River City Melee Mach!! PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch Stay Cool, Kobayashi-San!: A River City Ransom Story PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch 2020 Code Shifter PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch Granblue Fantasy Versus PlayStation 4, Windows Cygames/XSEED Games 2021 Guilty Gear Strive PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Arcade, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment 2022 DNF Duel[23] PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Windows Nexon 2023 Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows Cygames/XSEED Games 2024 Another Code: Recollection Nintendo Switch Nintendo Uma Musume: Pretty Derby: Party Dash PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows Cygames 2025 Dear me, I was... Nintendo Switch 2 Arc System Works 2026 Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls PlayStation 5, Windows Sony Interactive Entertainment TBA Damon and Baby TBA Arc System Works Year Title Platform(s) Developers 2006 Castle of Shikigami III Arcade, Wii, Xbox 360, Windows Alfa System, Barnhouse Effect 2007 Hooked! Real Motion Fishing Wii[24] SIMS 2009 Strikers 1945 Plus Portable PSP Psikyo 2011 Arcana Heart 3 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Examu, Team Arcana 2012 Chaos Code PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows FK Digital Go! Go! Kokopolo - Harmonious Forest Revenge[25] Nintendo DS Tanukii Studios Limited 2013 Bit.Trip Saga[26] Nintendo 3DS Gaijin Games 2014 Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!! Taito X2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows Examu, Team Arcana Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Toybox Inc. Under Night In-Birth: Exe Late PlayStation 3, Windows Ecole Software, French Bread 2015 Skullgirls: 2nd Encore (Japan only) PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita Reverge Labs/Lab Zero 2016 Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows Toybox Inc. 2017 Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars!!!!! Taito Type X2, Windows Examu, Team Arcana Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code Windows Type-Moon, French-Bread, Ecole Software Under Night In-Birth: Exe Late[st] Sega RingEdge 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows Ecole Software, French Bread Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (Asia only) PlayStation 4 Lizardcube DJMax Respect (Japan only) PlayStation 4 Rocky Studio, Neowiz MUCA 2018 Resonance of Fate (Japan only) PlayStation 4 tri-Ace World End Syndrome Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 Toybox Games The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows White Owls Inc. 2019 Kill la Kill the Game: IF Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows A+ Games River City Girls Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, PlayStation 5 WayForward 2020 Under Night In-Birth: Exe Late[cl-r] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Sega ALLS HX Ecole Software, French Bread 2021 Kowloon High-School Chronicle Nintendo Switch Toybox Inc. Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars Xtend!!!!! Windows, ex-Arcadia Team Arcana River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows A+ Games 2022 Ground Divers![27] Nintendo Switch Studio Tsuruhashi RWBY: Arrowfell[28] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S WayForward River City Girls 2 Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S WayForward 2023 Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows French Bread 2024 Library of Ruina Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 Project Moon River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next[29] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows A+ Games, R-Force Entertainment 2025 Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact[30] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows Eighting Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows Intense Double Dragon Revive[31] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Windows Yuke's Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows Taito TBA Demon’s Night Fever TBA Drecom, SuperNiche
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