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Arc System Works
Fundada en enero de 1988
- 146
- juegos desarrollados
- 149
- juegos publicados
- 0
- en desarrollo
Historia de Arc System Works
Arc System Works tiene su sede en Yokohama. Minoru Kidooka la fundó en enero de 1988, y en mayo se constituyó como Arc Co., Ltd. La formaban unos ocho desarrolladores, casi todos procedentes de Sega, como el propio Kidooka. En sus primeros años trabajó por encargo para Sega, Sammy y Banpresto: llevó a Master System juegos como Double Dragon, Ghouls 'n Ghosts o Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. En 1991 adoptó el nombre de Arc System Works.
Su primer juego de lucha fue uno de Sailor Moon para Super Famicom (1994), editado por Angel. En 1995 publicó por su cuenta su primer título, Exector, para PlayStation. Con Guilty Gear (1998) arrancó la saga de lucha en 2D por la que hoy es más conocida, seguida de Guilty Gear X (2000) y sus muchas versiones, varias editadas por Sammy. En 2008 estrenó BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, origen de su otra gran serie propia.
También ha hecho juegos de lucha con licencias ajenas: Persona 4 Arena (2012) para Atlus, Dragon Ball FighterZ (2018) para Bandai Namco, Granblue Fantasy Versus (2020) para Cygames, DNF Duel (2022) para Nexon y Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls (2026), editado por Sony. En junio de 2015 compró a Million todas las propiedades de Technōs Japan, como Double Dragon y Kunio-kun, y en 2017 los derechos de Jake Hunter y otras series de WorkJam.
En noviembre de 2017 anunció una filial en Torrance (California), Arc System Works America, y en julio de 2024 abrió otra en París. Entre sus juegos recientes están Guilty Gear Strive (2021), Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (2023) y Another Code: Recollection (2024), hecho para Nintendo. En octubre de 2026 anunció un nuevo estudio en Shinjuku, que abre el 2 de noviembre para trabajar en un nuevo juego de lucha.
Hitos
1988
Minoru Kidooka funda Arc Co., Ltd.
1991
La empresa pasa a llamarse Arc System Works.
1995
Exector, el primer juego que publica por su cuenta.
1998
Guilty Gear.
2008
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger.
2015
Compra las propiedades de Technōs Japan.
2018
Dragon Ball FighterZ.
2021
Guilty Gear Strive.
2026
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls.
Sus juegos más conocidos
Dragon Ball FighterZ
2018 · Series X|S · PS4 · PC
Guilty Gear: Strive
2021 · Arcade · Series X|S · PS4
River City Girls
2019 · PS4 · Android · PC
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
2008 · Arcade · PS3 · PC
Persona 4 Arena
2012 · Arcade · PS3 · X360
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
2013 · Arcade · PS3 · PS4
Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator
2015 · Arcade · PS3 · PS4
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
2018 · Arcade · PS4 · PC
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
2012 · Arcade · PC · Vita
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
2003 · Arcade · XBOX · PC
BlazBlue: Central Fiction
2015 · Arcade · PS3 · PS4
Double Dragon
1988 · Arcade · Wii · famicom
Todos los juegos que ha desarrollado (146)
2026
- Donutal PC
- Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls PC, PS5
- Damon and Baby PS4, PC, PS5, Switch
- Goritaire PS4, Android, PC, iOS
2025
- Dear me, I was… Switch 2, Android, PC, iOS
2024
- River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next PS4, PC, Switch
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash PS4, PC, Switch
- Another Code: Two Memories Switch
- Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories Switch
2023
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - Free Edition PS4, PC, PS5
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising PS4, PC, PS5
- DNF Duel: Who's Next Switch
2022
- Two Jong Cell!! PS4
- DNF Duel PS4, PC, PS5
2021
- Guilty Gear: Strive Arcade, Series X|S, PS4, PC
- BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Android, iOS
2020
- Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones PS4, XONE, Switch
- Double Dragon II: The Revenge PS4, XONE, Switch
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus PS4, PC
- Code Shifter PS4, PC, XONE, Switch
2019
- Cube Creator X PC, Switch
- Stay Cool, Kobayashi-san!: A River City Ransom Story PS4, PC, XONE, Switch
- River City Melee Mach!! PS4, PC, Switch
- River City Girls PS4, Android, PC, iOS
- Wizard's Symphony PS4, Switch
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction - Special Edition Switch
2018
- Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz PS4, PC, Switch
- Radio Hammer Station PS4, Vita, Switch
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Arcade, PS4, PC, Switch
- Gotcha Racing 2nd PS4, PC, Switch
- Dragon Ball FighterZ Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5
2017
- Of Mice and Sand: Revised PS4, PC, Switch
- Damascus Gear: Operation Osaka - HD Edition PS4, PC, Switch
- Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo HD PS4, PC
- River City Melee: Battle Royal Special PS4, PC
- Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2 Arcade, PS3, PS4, PC
- Damascus Gear: Operation Osaka PC, Vita, Switch
- New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers PC, Switch
- Double Dragon IV PS4, Android, PC, iOS
- Birthdays the Beginning PS4, PC, Switch
2016
- Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers 3DS
- River City: Rival Showdown 3DS
- One Piece: Dai Kaizoku Colosseum 3DS
- Of Mice and Sand 3DS, Switch
- Shephy PC, iOS, Switch
- Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories 3DS
- Super Strike Beach Volleyball 3DS
2015
- Dogimegi Inryoku-chan: Love & Peace Vita
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction Arcade, PS3, PS4, PC
- River City Super Sports Challenge: All Stars Special PS3, PC
- Gotcha Racing 3DS
- Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator Arcade, PS3, PS4, PC
- Brave Tank Hero 3DS
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] Arcade, PS3, PS4, PC
- Battle Fantasia -Revised Edition- PC
- Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butouden 3DS
- Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo Vita, Switch
- XBlaze Lost: Memories PS3, PC, Vita
2014
- Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign PS3, PS4, PC
- BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend Arcade, PS3, PS4, PC
- Othello Vita, Switch
- Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy Vita, Switch
- River City: Knights of Justice 3DS
- Tottemo E Mahjong Plus PS4
2013
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Arcade, PS3, PS4, PC
- Getsuei Gakuen: Kou PC, Vita
- River City: Tokyo Rumble 3DS
- XBlaze Code: Embryo PS3, PC, Vita
- Dogimegi Inryoku-chan 3DS
- Korokesu 3DS
2012
- BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Arcade, PS3, PC, Vita
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Arcade, PC, Vita, Switch
- Tottemo E Mahjong Vita
- Magical Beat Arcade, PS3, PC, Vita
- Arc Style: Sangokushi Pinball 3DS
- Persona 4 Arena Arcade, PS3, X360
2011
- Nurarihyon no Mago: Hyakki Ryouran Taisen PS3, X360
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend Arcade, PS3, PC, Vita
- Hard Corps: Uprising PS3, X360
2010
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II Arcade, PS3, 3DS, PSP
- Slice It! 3DS, Android, iOS, Mac
- River City Soccer Hooligans NDS
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable PSP
- River City Super Sports Challenge NDS
- BlayzBloo: Super Melee Action Battle Royale
2009
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Arcade, PS3, X360
- My Ballet Studio Wii
- Rockin' Pretty NDS
- We Rock: Drum King Wii
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Kiken na Futari - Zengohen Wii
2008
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Arcade, PS3, PC, X360
- Princess on Ice NDS
- Sengoku Basara X Arcade, PS2
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus PS3, Wii, PSP, X360
- Family Table Tennis 3DS, Wii
- Super Dodgeball Brawlers NDS
2007
- Guilty Gear 2: Overture PC, X360
- Battle Fantasia Arcade, PS3, X360
2006
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Arcade, Wii, PS2
- Guilty Gear Judgment PSP
- Guilty Gear Dust Strikers NDS
- Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand PS2
2005
- Fist of the North Star Arcade
- Hokuto no Ken: Shinpan no Sousousei Kengo Retsuden Arcade, PS2
- Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 NDS
- Guilty Gear XX Slash Arcade, PS2
- Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory PS2
2004
- Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors GBA
2003
- Guilty Gear Isuka Arcade, XBOX, PC, PS2
- Kamen Rider 555
- Guilty Gear X2 #Reload Arcade, XBOX, PC, PSP
2002
- Guilty Gear X2 Arcade, PS2
- Ninja Sentai Hurricanger & Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: Chou Sentai Super Battle
- Guilty Gear X: Advance Edition GBA
2001
- Digital Holmes PS2
- Guilty Gear X Plus PS2
- Guilty Gear Petit 2
- Muteki-Ou Tri-Zenon GBC
- Guilty Gear Petit
2000
- Guilty Gear X Arcade, PC, DC, PS2
1999
- Prismaticallization PS3, PS1, PSP, DC
1998
- Wizard's Harmony R PS3, PS1, PSP
- Guilty Gear PS3, PS4, PC, PS1
1997
- Wizard's Harmony 2 PS3, Saturn, PS1, PSP
1996
- Paddington no Sekai Ryokou
1995
- Wizard's Harmony PS3, PC, Saturn, PS1
- Exector PS3, PS1, PSP
1994
- Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen SFAM
1993
- Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R SFAM
- Sailor Moon SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, SFAM
- Great Battle Cyber famicom
1992
- Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger famicom
- Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge 3DS, Wii, WiiU, NES
- Suzuka 8 Hours Arcade, SNES, SFAM
- Cyber Spin SNES
- Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula SFAM
1991
- Battle Commander: Hachibushu Shura no Heihou SFAM
- Minesweeper: Soukaitei Game Boy
- Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong II famicom
1990
- Hissatsu Shigoto Nin famicom
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni Wii, famicom
- Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day! Wii, famicom, WiiU
- Hanii on the Road turbografx16
1988
- Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club Wii, famicom
- Double Dragon Arcade, Wii, famicom, WiiU
1987
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken fds, Wii
Juegos que ha publicado sin desarrollarlos (149)
- Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun 1987
- Renegade 1987
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Yokohama-ko Renzoku Satsujin Jiken 1988
- Downtown Nekketsu Story 1989
- Super Dodge Ball 1989
- Double Dragon II: The Revenge 1989
- River City Ransom 1990
- Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer Story 1990
- Double Dragon 1990
- Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantou-hen 1990
- Nekketsu Koukou Soccer-bu: World Cup-hen 1991
- Sugoro Quest: Dice no Senshi-tachi 1991
- Downtown Special Kunio-kun's Historical Period Drama! 1991
- Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu: Kyouteki! Dodge Soldier no Maki 1991
- Go-Go! Nekketsu Hockey Club Slip-and-Slide Madness 1992
- Surprise! Nekketsu New Records! The Distant Gold Medal 1992
- Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Dokodemo Daiundoukai 1992
- Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Dokodemo Kin Medal 1993
- Kunio's Dodgeball Time, C'mon Guys! 1993
- Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Da yo Zenin Shuugou! 1993
- Nekketsu! Beach Volley Da yo: Kunio-kun 1994
- Geom Cube 1995
- Double Dragon 1995
- Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-san ga Kita!! 1995
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Mikan no Report 1996
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Tomoshibi ga Kienu Ma ni 1999
- Castle of Shikigami III 2006
- Lair Land Story 2007
- Detective Jake Hunter: Episode No. 03 - Crash and Burn 2007
- Detective Jake Hunter: Episode No. 05 - The Red-Eyed Tiger 2007
- Detective Jake Hunter: Episode No. 04 - As Time Goes By 2007
- Detective Jake Hunter: Episode No. 01 - The Petty Murder of a Fragile Heart 2007
- Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past 2007
- Detective Jake Hunter: Episode No. 02 - Seaside City Conspiracy 2007
- Hooked! Real Motion Fishing 2007
- Apathy: Narugami Gakuen Toshi Densetsu Tantei Kyoku 2007
- MiniCopter: Adventure Flight 2007
- Theresia 2008
- Family Glide Hockey 2008
- Family Slot Car Racing 2009
- Family Mini Golf 2009
- Another Time Another Leaf: Kagami no Naka no Tantei 2009
- Family Card Games 2009
- Nazono-Jikenbo: The Composer Murder Case. 2009
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Tsubaki no Yukue 2009
- Family Tennis 2009
- Nazono-Jikenbo: Konchuu Gakusha Satsujin Jiken 2009
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Akenai Yoru ni 2009
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Episode Code - Ashes and Diamonds 2009
- Nazono-Jikenbo: Chinurareta Bungaku-sho Satsujin Jiken 2009
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Kadan no Itte 2009
- Bit.Trip Void 2009
- 0D Beat Drop 2009
- Family Go-Kart Racing 2009
- Hooked! Again: Real Motion Fishing 2009
- Nazono-Jikenbo: Senjou no Shoushitsu Jiken 2009
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Rensa Suru Noroi 2009
- Arcana Heart 3 2009
- Prehistorik Man 2010
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Naki Ko no Shouzou 2010
- Nazono-Jikenbo: Shinjuku Renzoku Quiz Jiken 2010
- Rytmik 2010
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code 2010
- Family Pirate Party 2010
- Deer Captor 2010
- Chick Chick Boom 2010
- Chaos Code 2011
- Family Tennis 3D 2011
- Rytmik Retrobits 2011
- Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun Special 2011
- True Remembrance: Kioku no Kakera 2012
- Arc Style: Soccer!! 3D 2012
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Fukushuu no Rondo 2012
- Vector Racing 2012
- Double Dragon Neon 2012
- Ninja Usagimaru: The Gem of Blessings 2012
- Nano Assault Neo 2012
- Riki Densetsu 2012
- Deer Hunting King 2013
- Family Kart 3D 2013
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late 2013
- Family Table Tennis 3D 2013
- Family Bowling 3D 2013
- Seisou no Amazones 2013
- Swords & Darkness 2013
- Arc Style Solitaire 2014
- AeternoBlade 2014
- Absolute E-Mahjong 2014
- Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters 2014
- Arc Style: Baseball 3D 2014
- BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma 2014
- Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!! 2014
- Rollers of the Realm 2014
- Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe 2014
- Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars!!!!! 2014
- Family Tennis SP 2015
- Eat Beat: Dead Spike-san 2015
- Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Street 2015
- Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki 2015
- Skullgirls: 2nd Encore 2015
- Ninja Usagimaru: The Mysterious Karakuri Castle 2015
- Superbeat: Xonic 2015
- Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs 2015
- Densha Unten Shirei! Tokaido-hen 2016
- Inferno Climber 2016
- Neo Atlas 1469 2016
- Densha Unten Shirei! Tokyo-wan-hen 2017
- Fast RMX 2017
- Slice, Dice & Rice 2017
- Boost Beast 2017
- White Day: A Labyrinth Named School 2017
- Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost of the Dusk 2017
- World End Syndrome 2018
- The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories 2018
- Shadow Corridor 2019
- Inferno Climber: Reborn 2019
- Yggdra Union 2019
- Kill la Kill: If 2019
- Reel Fishing: Road Trip Adventure 2019
- Mononoke Slashdown 2019
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] 2020
- River City Ransom 2020
- Double Dragon 2020
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Prism of Eyes - Makyou no Shinjitsu 2020
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Prism of Eyes - Shisha ni Sasageru Ishi 2020
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Prism of Eyes - Saburo to Nazo no Hihou 2020
- Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Prism of Eyes - Kyoshoku no Yoru 2020
- Kowloon High-School Chronicle 2020
- Arcana Heart 3 Lovemax Sixstars!!!!!! Xtend 2021
- Library of Ruina 2021
- River City Girls Zero 2022
- Knights in the Nightmare Remaster 2022
- Ground Divers 2022
- River City Saga: Three Kingdoms 2022
- RWBY: Arrowfell 2022
- River City Girls 2 2022
- River City: Rival Showdown 2023
- Super Double Dragon 2023
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes 2024
- Reynatis 2024
- Reel Fishing: Days of Summer 2024
- Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact 2025
- Double Dragon Dodgeball 2025
- Double Dragon Revive 2025
- Bubble Bobble: Sugar Dungeons 2025
- BlazBlue: Entropy Effect X 2026
- River City Saga: Journey to the West 2026
- Qliphah in Providence's Shadow 2026
- Demons' Night Fever 2026