Those of you looking forward to playing Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact are going to have to wait a while longer, as the game's just caught a delay.
]]>Ever since a 3v3 mode was announced for Guilty Gear Strive, players have been eager to learn more. It turns out they won't have to wait much longer, as the 3v3 mode enters its open beta period starting July 25.
]]>Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising has just wrapped up its tense Evo 2024 finals, but following these matches, Cygames have announced two new characters: Versusia and Vikala.
]]>Arc System Works accidentally revealed what's in store for Guilty Gear Strive season 4, and it's a packed trailer with a whole lot of reveals.
]]>Arc System Works - the Japanese developer behind various popular games including Guilty Gear Strive and Dragon Ball FighterZ - has announced in a blog post that it's opening a new branch in Paris, France. This office will handle a variety of work, including new IP and Business development, marketing, customer service, licensing, and localisation.
]]>Guilty Gear Strive has just got some incredibly exciting news. You've got Slayer - the final character in its season 3 DLC. He's set to come to the game on May 7th, so you won't have to wait too long to try him out. The Arc System Works team also announced that season 4 is on its way!
]]>You love 2B, we love 2B. Who doesn't love 2B? Well, if you consider yourself a fan of the excellent action RPG Nier Automata, and fancy giving a brilliant fighting game some love, then you'll be happy to hear that 2B has made herself a home in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. She is downloadable right now, as a brand-new DLC character.
]]>Second chances are rare these days. In an age of yearly roadmaps, seasonal releases, and endless downloadable updates it can be hard to figure out when to jump into an ongoing game. Worse yet, it's impossible to avoid the feeling that you're already late. If you didn't jump in on the ground floor, then you're doomed to be stomped on by online warriors forever. With Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, the world has a second chance to get invested in one of the most interesting fighting games we've seen in some time.
]]>Here comes daredevil! Guilty Gear Strives' newest character was revealed at The Game Awards tonight as part of the game's third season.
]]>The game line-up for Evo Japan 2024 has been revealed, and it includes a nice mix of both expected favourites and some of 2024's most anticipated fighting games. This will likely be the first major international tournament for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes, and Tekken 8.
]]>Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, announced yesterday that it will now be offering games at certain subscription tiers.
]]>Guilty Gear: Strive is due its Season 3 update this week. With it, a beloved character making a return, improvements arrive in the online netcode, and significant gameplay adjustment changes debut, too. However, in the wake of this major overhaul, the team at Arc System Works say it's unable to comment on efforts to fix one of the game's biggest issues.
]]>Johnny has been announced as the first DLC character for the game's third season of post-launch content. A returning character and fan-favourite, he'll be slicing his way through the cast starting August 24.
]]>Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising received a new trailer at Evo Japan this weekend, teasing a new character and an online beta in May.
]]>Now, I’m not saying Game Pass hasn’t had its share of decent fighters pass through it: the service has been home to Tekken 7, Soul Calibur 6, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Mortal Kombat 11 and – more recently – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R. There have also been the more… ambitious games, you know, the ones that mean well but don’t really stick the landing (Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, I’m looking at you).
]]>Two men, AJ and Brian, are driving in a white van, proudly donning Republic of Ireland plates, into Northern Ireland. It takes no time at all for them to be stopped by police once they cross the border. Questioned by the cops, the pair had to explain they weren’t headed to Belfast with nefarious intent. They were heading there to pick up 30 monitors for a gaming event: Celtic Throwdown.
]]>Guilty Gear Strive, the seventh instalment in the Guilty Gear series, is one of the many fighting games from Arc System Works. The game has been around for well over a year now, launching during summer of 2021, but Arc System Works continues to try and improve the experience for all players.
]]>One of the best modern fighting games out there, Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2, is receiving a hugely important rollback netcode update on January 20.
]]>My game of the year for 2022 is Signalis. A survival horror title that I feel absolutely deserves a space among the genre’s best like Silent Hill 2. It is a 10/10 game, I have very few complaints and all of them are gripes and nitpicks. It is well worth playing.
]]>Guilty Gear: Strive and Blazblue Cross Tag Battle have both been announced for Xbox Game Pass, coming to PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S Spring 2023. This means that two of the best anime fighters out right now are both available for those with a Game Pass sub, easily accessible for those who want to learn some combos.
]]>Sony has confirmedSeptember’s PlayStation Plus games which leaked earlier thanks to the usual sources over at Dealabs. Looks like Billbil Kun was right as Need For Speed Heat, TOEM, and Granblue Fantasy Vs will be available to download for those who pay for a PlayStation + subscription.
]]>As Evo 2022 unfolded over the weekend, there were plenty of reveals and announcements, one of which is undoubtedly great news for fans of Guilty Gear Strive. Perhaps one of the series' most popular characters, Bridget, will be joining the game as a playable character during Season 2 of DLC.
]]>Evo - the largest annual fighting game tournament in the world - has announced the Evo Lounge. This will be a dedicated live show running alongside the show August 5 - 6 that will present new game and DLC reveals, as well as curated highlights from the tournament itself. If you’re more interested in the big reveals than the hours upon hours of excellent competition, this is for you.
]]>It’s a chaotic moment in the world of fighting games right now. These games, typically at their best when played next to some other tryhard at a weekly tournament at some bar with cheap pints, or at a packed, sweltering hotel conference room filled with PS4s and a few CRTVs buzzing away desperate for death, were ripped away from those environments. The Fighting games genre was hit hard by the pandemic, and only now as DNF Duel releases is the scene returning to something approaching business as usual.
]]>We already knew that River City Girls 2 was in the works, but we've not seen a lot about it since it was revealed earlier this year. Now, thanks to a new trailer shown off at Tokyo Games Show 2021, we've actually been able to see the follow-up to the 2019 indie hit in action – and it looks great.
]]>Guilty Gear Strive's second DLC character has been confirmed as Jack-O', and Arc System Works will be bringing the peculiar fighter to the game later this month.
]]>Cross-play is coming to Guilty Gear Strive, possibly soon.
]]>The PC version of Guilty Gear Strive is running into some trouble when played in 4K, the game's developer has warned.
]]>Arc System Works is getting ready to launch Guilty Gear Strive on PS4, PS5 and Steam later this week. In preparation for the launch, the studio has released a new launch trailer and detailed what content will be coming to the fighting game, post-launch.
]]>Bandai Namco and Arc System Works have revealed the Guilty Gear Strive story trailer today, ahead of the game’s launch in June.
]]>Guilty Gear Strive is just under a month away but for those of you who are looking to hone your skills and get an edge come release day, its second beta is now available to play on PS4 and PS5 until May 16.
]]>We're getting one more Guilty Gear Strive beta before release.
]]>Guilty Gear Strive developer Arc System Works announced earlier this week that the fighting game was getting pushed back to June – but it may at least get another beta.
]]>Bandai Namco has revealed that Gogeta SS4 is coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ later this week, and revealed a new trailer for the powerful fighter.
]]>Not even a game coming out in four weeks is safe from delays.
]]>The open beta test for Guilty Gear Strive will now carry on until February 23, giving you more time to test out the upcoming fighting game.
]]>Customers who pre-ordered any digital version for PS4 or PS5 can play two days early.
]]>Developer Arc System Works has published a new trailer for Guilty Gear Strive that shows off the game’s various modes.
]]>Developer Arc System Works has confirmed that Guilty Gear Strive is launching for PS4, PS5, and PC via Steam on April 9, 2021.
]]>New Game+ Expo is an upcoming streaming presentation which will feature announcements from game companies such as SEGA, Koei Tecmo, Natsume, and more.
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]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>From its years of very rich, complicated lore, Dragon Ball FighterZ has a lot of characters to choose from...
]]>Dragon Ball FighterZ, the latest in the long-running fighting game companion to the anime series, is now out worldwide for consoles and PC alike. In this Dragon Ball FighterZ tips guide, we’ll be giving you a general character overview for the game, as well as giving you all the info you need to dominate at the game.
]]>During the 2018 Community Effort Orlando fighting game competition, Dragon Ball FighterZ surpassed the competition in terms of Twitch streams.
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]]>Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro, director of cult classics Deadly Premonition, and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die has announced that he's working on a new game called The Missing.
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]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle is the next project from Arc System Works.
]]>Dragon Ball FighterZ has been announced at E3, and the trailer's a doozy.
]]>A new entry in the Double Dragon series is on the way, and you won't have to wait long for it.
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]]>The rights to Double Dragon, Super Dodge Ball, and the Kunio-kun series have been bought by Arc System Works.
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]]>SEGA has confirmed the November release date for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in Europe.
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]]>Atlus emailed fans today with the subject line "egocentric police dick". Of all the ways this could have gone, "free DLC" was not what I was expecting.
]]>Aksys Games has dropped a short press release to let us know that BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma has been patched on PS3. The patch brings the home console version in line with the Vita port, which is coming in June, and "rebalances and enhances characters as well as adds improvements to the challenge and training modes".
]]>Persona 4 Arena Ultimax's fight roster will feature Persona 3 character Junpei Iori. He's just received a new gameplay trailer courtesy of Arc System Works and Atlus.
]]>Persona 4 Arena Ultimax makes the jump from arcade to the home in August.
]]>The Arc System Works teaser website titled “BRCS,” is apparently just for the Japanese release of WayForward's BloodRayne: Betrayal - not a new game in the series as everyone had hoped. It will release on PS3 in the region May 1 as BloodRayne: Crimson Slayer. BloodRayne: Betrayal was released in 2011 on PSN and XBL and if you missed out the first time around, it's hitting Steam on April 30 with controller support.
]]>Arc System Works has launched a teaser website titled “BRCS,” which features a scantily clad woman who appears ready for battle. The text across the screen reads: “She who fights with monsters might take care lest she thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” There are seven days left on the counter, and DualShockers reckons its a new BloodRayne title due to the acronym. However, if you take a closer look at the lady's necklace, it pretty much gives the fact away. A shot of the website and a closer look at BloodRayne's necklace I found online are both below.
]]>BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma arrives on Vita in June, Aksys Games announced over the weekend.
]]>BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma is skipping Xbox 360, but developer Arc System Works says it's not because it doesn't want to release ports.
]]>Persona 4 Arena Ultimax has received a pair of gameplay videos out of Famitsu, showing off more of Arc System Work's brawler.
]]>Sony has today confirmed North American release plans for three pretty special Vita titles - BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, No Heroes Allowed: No Puzzles Either and Murasaki Baby.
]]>Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign developer Arc System Works has rolled out a big batch of screens and character art ahead of the game's Japanese localisation tests on PS3 and PS4. See them here.
]]>BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma will be released in North America during March 2014, Aksys Games and Arc System Works have announced. The 2D fighting game will also be made available in a Limited Edition, which is now available for pre-order at retail outlets for $79.99. The BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Limited Edition will include a 40-page art book, official soundtrack CD, and small figurine of Rachel Alucard as well as "two North American exclusive" mystery items. The brawler was released on PS3 in Japan back in October.
]]>Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN is coming to PS4 and PS3, and more gameplay footage from the Arc System Works brawler has emerged online. Watch it here.
]]>BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma developer Arc System Works has produced a new gameplay trailer that shows the combatants knocking lumps out of each other, all to a sweet J-Rock soundtrack.
]]>Aksys has confirmed a western Limited Edition for upcoming 2D fighter BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, complete with art book, soundtrack CD, figurine and a mystery fourth item.
]]>Swords & Darkness is a retro-styled, action-RPG for 3DS coming from Arc System Works. The side-scroller has extra elements to it, such as the ability to block with a shield and also perform some chain moves. Players will be able to level up, change equipment and and learn news moves, much like a typical RPG. Sword & Darkness will be released through the eShop in Japan this winter. A video is below. Thanks, Siliconera.
]]>Arc System Works as revealed the games it will be showing at Tokyo Games Show this year and if you like handheld games, you're in for a treat. Check out the list after the break.
]]>Toybox, the studio led by Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada, has teamed up with one of the chief creatives behind Deadly Premonition and the creator of Tokyo Majin Gakuen for a new adventure RPG.
]]>Stardust Amazoness is the latest game from BlazBlue team Arc System Works. The 3DS dungeon crawler was outed in the pages of this week's Famitsu.
]]>Although we don't yet know if it's a whole new game or an updated version of the first fighter, a new Persona 4 Arena title is in the works.
]]>Arc System Works-published fighter Chaos Code is heading west via the PlayStation Network.
]]>BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma has received a new PS3 roster trailer, care of Arc System Works. The clip shows of new and returning fighters entering the fray when the game hits Sony's console across Japan on October 24. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma will arrive in North American in 2014.
]]>Arc System Works has signed a deal to use Unreal Engine 3 for its new Guilty Gear game titled Guilty Gear Xrd –SIGN. The Guilty Gear series also recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, and it's the first game in the series to use URE3. Get a glimpse of the game below in action, again. The game is currently in development, so platforms and a release date are to be announced at a later date.
]]>BlazBlue is being transformed into an anime series called 'BlazBlue: Alter Memory'. It'll begin in Autumn, although it's not yet clear which networks will support it, or if it'll purely be an online endeavour.
]]>As revealed in a bright and flashy new video, Arc System Works are hard at work developing Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-. With metal music a'rocking and pushing the power of the Unreal Engine, the game-play certainly looks to be an excellent continuation of their fighting classic.
]]>Arc System Works, creators of such games as BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Guilty Gear and Persona 4: Arena is holding a 25th anniversary bash called Arc System Works Festival - or 'ArcFes' - in Yokohama, Japan. The festivities kick off May 19.
]]>Persona 4: Arena developer Arc System Works has released a story teaser trailer and screens for its incoming brawler. The game is set for a May 10 release across Europe on PS3 and Xbox 360, but you can play catch up with the plot here.
]]>Persona 4 Arena has been out in Japan and the US for over year, and finally it's coming to Europe, and the limited edition has been detailed for it.
]]>Arc System Works' adenture game Xblaze is due on PlayStation 3 and Vita in Japan this July, according to Famitsu. Gematsu's translation reveals the names of a few characters - Kagari Touya, Es, Himezuru Hinata, Kuon Gramred Shutleheim and Amano Hokosakamei - but little else. The title was announced in early 2012 and shown at the Tokyo Game Show later that year. Now word on localisation, but the team's BlazBlue games have done fairly well internationally, so there's hope.
]]>Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R has a release date for Vita in North America. According to the Arc System Works Twitter account, we can expect the fighter on the PlayStation Network on April 23.
]]>Arc System Works is planning a new fighting game for PS4. This is according to a Shoryuken translation of a Dengeki interview with BlazBlue producer Toshimichi Mori and reported by Joystiq. Shew. Here's the quote: "We can't give you a definite title yet, but we want to make one. We started creating BlazBlue around the time of the PS3 release, so we want to make a game for PS4 when the system releases. Creating new things at the turning point of time is who Arc System Works is, so we would like to take it on," said Mori. There's some hope for fans, then.
]]>BlazBlue developer Arc System Works has opened a US office with a view to - and I quote - "world domination." This involves lots of localised Japanese games and new titles as well. THe studio has shed some light on what it's currently working on in a new interview.
]]>Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is heading west, according to Arc System Works. The Vita title's impending release was outed back in January by Germany’s USK, but it's nice to have confirmation. D'toid reports that Plus R is also still in the works for consoles. Still no word on a release date though, but at least you know it's coming. A video is below. Thanks, CyberMarco.
]]>The downloadable home version of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus will be updated in northern spring to bring it in line with the current arcade version. Shoryuken reports the R update includes a toggle between the two versions; playable versions of Kliff and Justice for ranked matches; a +R only leaderboard; and new trophies and achievements. It also includes all the balancing tweaks and new features of the R version, of course.
]]>BlazBlue developer Arc System Works has unveiled an adventure game called X Blaze, along with a debut trailer. The trailer doesn't show much, but it does feature some of the BlazBlue fighters, and some funky music that isn't dubstep. Watch it below.
]]>BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend has enjoyed a price cut on PS Vita store, along with two new screenshots to mark the occasion. Full details below.
]]>Vector Racing has been announced for Nintendo eShop in North America. To be published by Arc System Works, the racer with vector-style graphics is a port of the iPhone game from Sweet-Soft. It contains six vehicles, 12 courses and the modes Grand Prix, Time Trial, Single Race and a local Versus multiplayer mode. A price has not been set, but it will be available on August 23. A video is below. Thanks, Siliconera.
]]>Persona 4 Arena arrived in the US this week and controllers everywhere are being mashed within an inch of their lives. Vicariously enjoy this glory in the trailer through the break.
]]>BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma has been officially announced by Ar Cystem Works, by way of an explosive debut trailer. Three new fighters can be seen among the mayhem.
]]>Aksys Games has announced Arc System Works' BlazBlue series has moved over 1.7 million units worldwide. The firm said 800,000 of those copies were sold in North American. Sales include the BlazBlue titles: Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Continuum Shift II, and the latest, Continuum Shift Extend. Thanks, Siliconera.
]]>Arc System Works has completed a series of teases and countdowns by launching a site for Girl of the Old School Building. Not much is known about the game except that it's coming to 3DS via digital distribution, according to Gematsu. Arc System Works is best known for its highly-polished fighter efforts such as Guilty Gear and BlazBlue.
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