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 Dodging, Striking, Winning: The Arc System Works Interview
Dodging, Striking, Winning: The Arc System Works Interview
[In one of the company's first-ever Western interviews, Gamasutra talks to Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works on the state of the fighting game genre, their new projects, and their opinions on the Soulcalibur and Street Fighter franchises.] Best known for its freaky and stylish Guilty Gear 2D ...
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SEGA ‘basically’ owns the Guilty Gear franchise
GoNintendo — ... some rumors on the net about Guilty Gear and Sega getting the rights, which is why [Arc System Works’ Dynasty Warriors-style action title] Guilty Gear 2: Overture didn’t feature too many older characters — and stuff that I don’t really understand. Though you might not be able to provide any answers… DI : Right, I might not be able to provide answers there. GS : You know, rumors… on the Internet… DI : Yeah, I can’t really talk about it much… except to say that they’re basically true. Full interview here This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 1:31 pm and is ...

Who Owns The Rights To Guilty Gear? [Sega Sammy]
Kotaku — ... understand. Though you might not be able to provide any answers... Ishiwatari: Right, I might not be able to provide answers there. Gamasutra: You know, rumors... on the Internet... Ishiwatari: Yeah, I can't really talk about it much... except to say that they're basically true. (laughs) So that basically seems like a confirmation from Ishiwatari himself. Be sure to read the whole Gamasutra piece. It's meaty. Dodging, Striking, Winning: The Arc System Works Interview [Gamasutra via Go Nintendo via ...

News: Arc System interview
insertcredit.com — My coworker Christian Nutt did a very nice and rather lengthy interview with Arc System works around TGS time, which is finally up. Pretty neat stuff in there about their place in the industry, their techniques, and their staff. Note that they also use the technique of creating 3D models for the animations and then making 2D sprites from there. Last time I mentioned this being commonplace, a number of people mailed me saying I was crazy - but Arc System Works, SNKP, and Wildcat in Korea all do it, so...seems pretty common to me. Regardless, the interview is neat, even if (like ...

GameSetNetwork: Best Of The Week
GameSetWatch — ... Game Playtesting: A Wii-Based Case Study "Sidhe Interactive's Griffiths discusses in depth how the GripShift developer playtested and improved their Wii version of the recent Speed Racer game, from Wiimote tweaks to difficulty changes." Postmortem: RiverMan Media's MadStone "Gamasutra's first-ever WiiWare postmortem reveals the story behind overlooked block puzzler MadStone, with technical, design, marketing and productivity lessons galore." Dodging, Striking, Winning: The Arc System Works Interview "In a rare interview, Gamasutra talks to ...

GameSetLinks: Metaphors, Tabula, Kotick
GameSetWatch — ... - iPhone, XBLA, WiiWare all come up, but the volume of product coming through those must be getting crowded soon, right? It's still awesomely open. selectbutton :: View topic - Useless Gaming Trivia: Star Control vs Little Witches I knew about this game, but didn't know it re-used Unholy War enemies - totally weird! [Via TC] Subatomic Brainfreeze: Talking back to Arc System Works WITH A WALL OF TEXT Some good analysis of the recentGamasutra Arc System Works interview. Activision's Unlikely Hero - ...

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