Arc Systems Work bought Technos Japan

[fastbilly1]

Arc Systems (Blazblu & Guilty Gear) recently bought Technos (Double Dragon & Kunio kun[River City Ransom, Super Dodgeball]). Hopefully this means a new RCR.

[noiseredux]

yeah I had just posted this in the Kunio TR thread. Great news! Y'know there was that River City open-world game that got Kickstarted. Wonder what will happen to that now?

[fastbilly1]

Underground is supposed to launch this summer, but we will see.

Id love a new Super Dodgeball on Steam. Heck if they just gave me Advance with online multiplayer that would be perfect.

[noiseredux]

agreed. Honestly I would be pleased to see ANY Kunio games come to Steam.

[JoeAwesome]

Iirc, the RCR trademark belongs to the guys with the Kickstarter, not Technos (or in this case, ASW). But there has been some Kunio-Kun games on the 3DS. I'd love to see those get localized, even digitally, so maybe there's a chance now.

[fastbilly1]

It is my understanding that they only have the rights to do a sequel, not the actual property.

[TSTR]

This can only mean good things.

[Tanooki]

Given the active nature of the new owner I hope we see this stuff hitting the PC shortly considering their good interest in stuffing things up on GoG and Steam. I know I'd buy some Kunio games handled right.

[Gamerforlife]

Interesting.

[theclaw]

It sounds like they bought the Technos IPs held by Million Co., Ltd, but not the actual company.