Arc System Works

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Arc System Works
Founded: 1988-05
T-series code: T-220
Headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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Arc System Works Co., Ltd. (アークシステムワークス 株式会社), called just Arc until 1991, is a Japanese game developer. They primarily developed games for other companies before hitting it big on their own in the latter part of the 90s, and are now most known for the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series of fighting games. The company is also known for buying 100% of the rights of the Nekketsu and Double Dragon franchises from the defunct Technos Japan in 2015.

Many of their newer games are released in partnership with Sega of Japan.

Softography

Master System

• (1988)
• (1989)
• (1991) (as Arc)
• (1991)
• (1992) (programming)

Mega Drive

• (1993)
• (1994)

Game Gear

• (1990)
• (1990) (as Arc)
• (1992) (programming)
• (1993)
• (1993) (programming)

Pico

• (1995)
• (1995)
• (1996)
• (1996)
• (1998)
• (2000)
• (2001)
• (2001)
• (2002)
• (2002)
• (2002)
• (2002)
• (2003)
• (2003)

Saturn

• (1995)
• (1997)
• (unreleased)
• (unreleased)
• (unreleased)

NAOMI

• (2000)

NAOMI GD-ROM

• (2003)
• (2003)
• (2005)
• (2006)

Dreamcast

• (1999)
• (2000)
• (2000)

Neo Geo Pocket Color

• (2000)

PlayStation 2

• (2003)
• (2006)
• (2007)
• (2007)

Atomiswave

• (2003)
• (2003)
• (2005)

PlayStation Portable

• (2005)

Xbox 360

• (2014)

PlayStation 3

• (2014)

Wii

• (2007)

RingWide

• (2011)

RingEdge 2

• (2012)
• (2014)

PlayStation 4

• (2017)
• (2018)
• (2020)

Nintendo Switch

• (2017)
• (2018)

PlayStation 5

• (2021)

References

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