http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/arc system works http://kotaku.com/tag/arc system works

Fighting game BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend, the second revision of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, is already out in Japan. It's coming to North America this Feb. But Continuum Shift Extend isn't bringing the game's Japanese box art with it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5875413&view=rss&microfeed=true

Noel Vermillion, star of fighting game BlazBlue, is getting immortalized in PVC for the very first time. Do you remember the first time? You do, you know. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5848162&view=rss&microfeed=true

Not because it looks bad. It looks great! But all that flashing, and bright lights, and flashing. Argh! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5842807&view=rss&microfeed=true

Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena brings the stylish pizazz of Persona to the face-kicking 2D chaos of BlazBlue creators Arc System Works. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5841006&view=rss&microfeed=true

You've drooled over the gorgeous screenshots, now take a look at the first official trailer for Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, the welcome marriage of Atlus' role-playing with Arc System Works fighting know-how. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5838428&view=rss&microfeed=true

Last week, Japanese game mag Famitsu gave us our first look at an unexpected new fighting game—Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. Based on Atlus' role-playing game series, the arcade fighter plucks characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4 for 2D fighting fun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5838076&view=rss&microfeed=true

A Persona fighting game? It's really happening, thanks to the people at Atlus and BlazBlue creators Arc System Works. This is what it looks like—lovely!—and this is who will be beating each other up in Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5836290&view=rss&microfeed=true

Fighting game BlazBlue is coming to the PS Vita under the temporary title BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II Plus. "Plus", because the PS Vita version gets added features. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5809358&view=rss&microfeed=true

All we saw of Examu's girl-on-girl fighting game Arcana Heart 3 in North America was a lousy downloadable PlayStation 3 exclusive. Not only does the game come on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 in Europe, it's packed with simulated breasts. Curse you, Europe! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5805860&view=rss&microfeed=true Arc System Works lost the rights to Guilty Gear fighting franchise, but now has apparently gotten them back. That's good news! [Siliconera Thanks, Christian!] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5805370&view=rss&microfeed=true Before arcade game developer Arc System Works was known for fighting game BlazBlue, it was known for Guilty Gear. So when's the next GG fighter coming out? Series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari says, "I honestly don't know—not because I can't tell you, but because I really don't know—but it will happen eventually!" [Siliconera] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5798021&view=rss&microfeed=true

More weirdness is coming to Nintendo's DSiWare platform from the people who make Guilty Gear and Blazblue games. Following up on cutesy fighting game spin-off BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale comes Pro Jumper Chimaki's Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!? And just what the hell is that? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5788711&view=rss&microfeed=true

A fighting game character with wings made out of life and death? Sounds like good material for an expensive action figure! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5710034&view=rss&microfeed=true

It might be crap for online play, but for a single-player button masher like me, nothing helps Taokaka bring down Boobie Lady faster than BlazBlue: Continuum Shift's Beginner Mode controls. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5606556&view=rss&microfeed=true

Are you a North American BlazBlue fan that's upset that Aksys didn't offer a collector's edition for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift? If so, then these UK/European exclusive special editions will really piss you off. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5602351&view=rss&microfeed=true

I played the latest Contra game—the one without Contra in the name—at Comic-Con. It was too easy, but that was by design so that cream puffs like me could enjoy Hard Corps: Uprising without dying too quickly. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5597014&view=rss&microfeed=true

Konami is giving its side-scrolling shoot 'em up classic Contra a makeover and it's doing so with Guilty Gear and BlazBlue makers Arc System Works, resulting in the downloadable game Hard Corps: Uprising. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5554931&view=rss&microfeed=true

Nintendo DSi owners will get their own brand of BlazBlue beat 'em up action with BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale, an adorably super-deformed spin-off based on Arc System Works' fighting game series. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5524698&view=rss&microfeed=true

North American fans of the two-dimensional fighting game will get their fisticuffs fix with the release of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this summer, the follow up to last year's BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5497723&view=rss&microfeed=true

The PSP version of Arc System Works' BlazBlue comes to North America in March, complete with a new game mode, a shop full of unlockable content, and Unlimited versions of all twelve characters. Check out the announcement trailer. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5449251&view=rss&microfeed=true

Series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari has revealed that Arc System Works are looking at bringing a new entry in the Guilty Gear series to the PS3 and Xbox 360. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5436740&view=rss&microfeed=true

Puzzle and rhythm collide in O-D Beat Drop, the puzzle game that lets you use the beat of your own music to set the pace of the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400561&view=rss&microfeed=true

Arc System Works' deliciously different 2D fighter BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger gets considerably smaller in February, when BlazBlue Portable hits the Japanese PSP. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5396924&view=rss&microfeed=true

Arc System Works' incremental follow up to original 2D brawler BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger features a larger roster, thanks to the addition of a handful of new fighters, plus one flashy intro full of hot licks and cool riffs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5391270&view=rss&microfeed=true

Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works achieved some enjoyable level of success with a new fighting game property, BlazBlue. One of the loudest complaints was the comparatively slim roster. Good news about that, courtesy of the newest issue of Famitsu. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5365769&view=rss&microfeed=true

Don't worry. Dizzy from fighter Guilty Gear XX Accent Core isn't cold. She has thick skin. Thick plastic skin, that is. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5346481&view=rss&microfeed=true

European fighter fans who haven't already imported Arc System Works' BlazBlue will be rewarded for their patience early next year, with exclusive characters and moves only available in the European release. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5337458&view=rss&microfeed=true

More than a year after retail release for the PlayStation 3 in Europe, Arc System Work's Battle Fantasia is finally coming to North America, courtesy of the PlayStation Network. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5313675&view=rss&microfeed=true

Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works have, after churning out sequel after confusingly titled sequel to the fighting franchise they're best known for, started fresh with BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, a 2D fighting game that's wholly original. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5313114&view=rss&microfeed=true

The fact that all of Drum King's musical selections are covers now makes sense, as 505 Games teams with the world's foremost music magazine, transforming the title into Rolling Stone: Drum King. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5261268&view=rss&microfeed=true

Behold the ultimate blueness of Aksys Games' newly revealed limited collector's edition of BlazBlue. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5233094&view=rss&microfeed=true

A bevy of BlazBlue screenshots accompany the announcement that Aksys game is bringing the spiritual successor to Guilty Gear to the states this summer. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5165962&view=rss&microfeed=true

Guilty Gear developers Arc System Works dropped BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger in Japanese arcades last November. Today, a console port has been announced, with the 2D fighting game coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5164310&view=rss&microfeed=true

There are rumors that Sega Sammy Holdings now owns the rights to Guilty Gear, the flashy fighting franchise from developer Arc System Works. Game site Gamasutra tries to find out if they are true. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5130806&view=rss&microfeed=true

Arc System Works has entered the rhtym-action genre with We Rock: Drum King, coming to Europe in April from 505 Games for the Nintendo Wii. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5114104&view=rss&microfeed=true

Ever wonder why Japanese developers make Xbox 360 games? Sure, the console has had some stronger sales in the last month or so, but traditionally, Microsoft has faced an uphill battle in The Land of the Rising Sun. Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari, who I interviewed for the arcade book, explains to game site Siliconera why Arc System Works developed Guilty Gear 2: Overture with the Xbox 360 in mind: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5047718&view=rss&microfeed=true

Battle Fantasia, Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works new fighting game, previously announced for North American release, has now been penciled in for a Q1 2009 release in Europe for the Xbox 360 and PS3 courtesy of 505 Games. It's a finely-tuned, RPG -style fighter with characters designed by Guilty Gear's own Emiko Iwasaki. None of this is important. What is important is that there is a bunny rabbit dressed up as a wizard. Named Watson. I am going to buy this game, then build a time machine and go back in time to buy it again for no reason. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5031950&view=rss&microfeed=true

Arc System Works' latest fantasy fighting game is coming to the Xbox 360 this Fall courtesy of Aksys Games, the publisher that would have a much more interesting name if you just switched two letters. Battle Fantasia, already released in Japan on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, blends Arc's trademark high-end fighting with RPG flair, with beautiful cell-shaded characters designed by Guilty Gear artist Emiko Iwasaki. The console version of the game comes complete with an exclusive story mode, along with more than 80 unlockable illustrations to collect as you play. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5022610&view=rss&microfeed=true

Want to get your hands on Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works' latest fighting game? Aksys Games has announced that they'll be performing the first North American locations test for the BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger arcade cabinet at the Anime Expo in Los Angeles. Combining 2D characters with 3D backgrounds, the game is being touted as the spiritual successor to Guilty Gear. Blazblue The arcade cabinet will be available in the sweaty, smelly console gaming room for the full run of the convention, July 3rd through the 6th. As if you guys needed more incentive to get dressed up and spray your hair interesting colors. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018854&view=rss&microfeed=true 2008 is really shaping up to be the year for fighters. What, with Street Fighter IV, The King of Fighters XII and others like this multiplatform title from Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works. Called BattleFantasia, it's a 2D fighter — a pretty one at that. Game drops in Japan later next month. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383913&view=rss&microfeed=true