{"id":73819,"date":"2026-10-15T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=73819"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:06:50","slug":"guilty-gear-developer-arc-system-works-to-dramatically-strengthen-development-capacity-with-new-tokyo-studio-and-workforce-upsizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/guilty-gear-developer-arc-system-works-to-dramatically-strengthen-development-capacity-with-new-tokyo-studio-and-workforce-upsizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works to &#8220;dramatically&#8221; strengthen development capacity with new Tokyo studio and workforce upsizing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arc System Works has announced that it will open a new development base in Tokyo, Japan as of November 2. 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