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Native name | チームアルカナ |
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Company type | Kabushiki gaisha Subsidiary |
Industry | Video games |
Predecessor | Examu |
Founded | February 16, 2019 |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people |
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Products | Arcana Heart series Daemon Bride series |
Number of employees | 35 (2023) [1] |
Team Arcana is a Japanese video game developer and a successor of Examu, which mostly produce fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for developing the Arcana Heart series, the company's namesake, as well as Daemon Bride series. Team Arcana's existence as a re-branded successor of Examu had been dated back to Arcana Heart series' crossover inclusion in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle .
At the end of February 2020, its predecessor, Examu suspended its business operations. Any ongoing development works and product supports (most particularly ongoing supported fighting games (including licensed fighting games)) have migrated to Team Arcana. [2]
Game | Release Date | System | Publisher(s) | JP | NA | EU |
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Million Arthur: Arcana Blood | November 29, 2018 | PlayStation 4 | Square Enix | Yes | No [3] | No [3] |
June 20, 2019 | Microsoft Windows | Yes | Yes [4] | Yes [4] | ||
Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars Xtend!!!!! | April 30, 2021 [5] | Microsoft Windows | Arc System Works | Yes | Yes | Yes |
December 15, 2023 [6] [7] | Arcade | exA-Arcadia | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Daemon Bride exAGAIN | 2024 [8] | Arcade | exA-Arcadia | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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