The new collaboration aims to strengthen ArcSys’ development capabilities by leveraging Aquria’s experience
Game developer and publisher Arc System Works and game developer Aquria announced on Monday that they have formed a capital alliance. This partnership aims to enhance Arc System Works’ development capabilities by leveraging Aquria’s experience.
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Arc System Works is famous for the fighting games Guilty Gear and Blazblue. It has also developed fighting games for other franchises, including Persona 4 Arena, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Granblue Fantasy Versus, and DNF Duel. Guilty Gear Strive, the latest in the company’s long-running Guilty Gear line, launched in June 2021 and remains in development. Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, the company’s latest game, will ship on December 14.
Aquria was founded in 2002 and was initially known for Mahou Sensei Negima! The games 1-Jikanme and 2-Jikanme, as well as the game Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi were co-developed by Banpresto. It then moved on to develop PlayStation Portable entries in the Boku no Tsuyasumi life sim series. The company is most recently known for developing the recent Sword Art Online games (Hollow Fragment, Hollow Realization, Alicization Lycoris), The Caligula Effect PlayStation Vita RPG (and PlayStation 4 version The Caligula Effect: Overdose) and most recently Crymachina the game launched in the West on October 25.
Source: Arc System Operations, Aquria via Gematsu