{"id":72505,"date":"2026-09-15T17:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=72505"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:42:26","slug":"arc-system-works-bounces-back-to-profitability-following-previous-years-net-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/arc-system-works-bounces-back-to-profitability-following-previous-years-net-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc System Works bounces back to profitability following previous year\u2019s net loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guilty Gear and BlazBlue developer <strong>Arc System Works<\/strong> saw a return to profitability in the fiscal year ended May 2026. This information was made public via Japan\u2019s government gazette on September 14 and reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/432681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameBiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the recently ended fiscal year, Arc System Works recorded a net profit of 115 million yen, recovering from the previous year\u2019s deficit of 803 million yen (approximately $5.18 million USD). Game releases by the company during this period include Double Dragon Revive, Absolum, the brand-new RPG Damon and Baby, textless adventure game Dear Me, I was&#8230;, and card-based survival game Goritaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going forward, the developer has plans to develop a brand-new fighting game IP utilizing the signature ArcSys cel-shaded anime style. Although details about the game itself are largely shrouded in mystery, it has been confirmed for a simultaneous multiplatform release in several languages. This project is being funded by the Japanese government as part of the \u201cIP360\u201d initiative (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/koei-tecmo-is-working-on-a-brand-new-ip-codenamed-fuji-as-revealed-through-japanese-government-subsidy-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">much like Koei Tecmo\u2019s project \u201cFUJI\u201d<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another noteworthy future release by Arc System Works is the anime-style JRPG <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/koei-tecmo-is-working-on-a-brand-new-ip-codenamed-fuji-as-revealed-through-japanese-government-subsidy-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qliphah in Providence\u2019s Shadow<\/a>, set to release on September 24 as a joint project with UnitePlus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guilty Gear and BlazBlue developer Arc System Works saw a return to profitability in the fiscal year ended May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":72507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-09-15T08:42:31+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mvka5zuviv2v","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mvka5zuviv2v\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiezifickmfwpvgoeujb5hkvq3sma6d4o4uzmt7ehpoes5qdioojmi\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreid2arqfbcphlafmgnmrefasf2mfs2jfueeue6wgq3s5g24l3xzvgu\",\"rev\":\"3mvka5zuzfv2v\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[261,17],"class_list":["post-72505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-financial-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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