Guilty Gear creator, Daisuke Ishiwatari, says that DLC and merchandise sales are affecting the way Arc System Works develop their games.

Famitsu’s list of New Year’s messages from publishers includes a note from King of Fighters developer SNK Playmore. The publisher says they plan to begin creating social games of various genres.

Fighting game developer Arc System Works also happens to be one of the biggest supporters of the Nintendo eShop.

With only three titles, the 3D games folder in the Nintendo eShop is tiny in North America. Japan’s 3D section is a tad bigger thanks to BlazBlue developer Arc System Works.

We shifted topics and discussed Toshimichi Mori’s ideas for an action game and the possibility of series crossovers in the BlazBlue universe.

After Sega and Sammy merged, Guilty Gear became an issue. Arc System Works developed the game, but Sega Sammy Holdings owned the IP. A trademark for Guilty Gear filed by Arc System Works shows the studio reclaimed the rights to the series.

When Siliconera spoke to Ishiwatari-san we asked him about the future of fighting games and the company he works for, Arc System Works.

Arc System Works made a charity BlazBlue collectable for Japan. They’re selling t-shirts with super-deformed Tsubaki, Ragna, and Noel holding hands around the word “hope.”

Aksys representative pegs Arcana Heart 3 for an April release in North America.

Arch rivals Bahamut and Leviathan can take down Tiberius together if you purchase a Hard Corps: Uprising downloadable content pack.

Zen United and PQube are publishing both versions of the game sometime this year.

Hard Corps: Uprising is days away from its PlayStation Network debut. Konami set March 15 as the drop date for PSN where it will cost $9.99.

Wondering what trinkets and knick-knacks will come with BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II in Japan?

Digital copies of the gals fighting game coming to the PlayStation Store.