News Guilty Gear Strive reaches 3m players worldwide | News-in-brief This latest instalment of the franchise released in 2021 on PS and PC, and in 2023 for Xbox July 2, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Arc System Works opens European branch | News-in-brief The Paris-based studio will cover marketing, customer service, licensing operations, localisation, and new IP and business development July 1, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Guilty Gear Strive reaches 2.5m players | News-in-brief The 25th instalment of the fighting franchise released in 2021 on PlayStation consoles and PC, and on Xbox in March 2023 Aug. 7, 2023 Sophie McEvoy
Stub Guilty Gear Strive ships over 1 million copies worldwide Arc System Works' latest entry of its 24-year-old game series moves the milestone number of units a year after launching Aug. 8, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Mike Zaimont hired, fired from Guilty Gear project following abuse allegations Arc System Works representative says Zaimont was brought on assuming he would "eventually resolve the allegations against him." Oct. 30, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Arc System Works to expand international business with new division Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari becomes chief creative officer as part of broad restructuring June 9, 2020 Matthew Handrahan
Stub Arc System Works cancels entire Arc World Tour 2020 COVID-19 prompts cancellation of all esports events, with alternate and digital events now being explored March 31, 2020 Matthew Handrahan
News Arc System Works introduces 'non-negotiable' streaming guidelines Developer threatens breaches with potential channel strike or account suspension June 1, 2018 Ivy Taylor
Stub Arc System Works establishes North American branch Developer looks to expand operations with new California office Nov. 2, 2017 Ivy Taylor
News Arc System Works buys Double Dragon rights BlazBlue studio also gets Kunio-kun rights as part of IP deal with Technos Japan Corp. June 12, 2015 Matthew Handrahan