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Action Platformer Code Shifter, Featuring an Epic Crossover of Arc System Works Characters, Releasing Q1 2020

Arc System Works characters come together like never before!


Rolling Hills Estates, California – January 9, 2019 – Arc System Works America, Inc. is proud to announce that action platformer, Code Shifter will be released on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Steam (PC) in Q1 of 2020.

In Code Shifter, you play role of Stella, a game developer at the "Awesome Rainbow Corp" who is tasked with squashing the remaining bugs on the eve of the company's biggest game release. As she scrambles to fix the game, mysterious errors in the program suddenly appear and time is running out to finish the game in time! To deal with the situation, Stella, whips up a debug program: "Code Shifter", that allows her digital avatar "Sera" to eradicate the issues from within. Along the way, she'll encounter powerful bugs and anomalies but she'll get some help from some unexpected allies each with their own special powers. Will Stella and her coworkers be able to find the origin of these bugs and deliver the game before the launch date?

Key Features Include:

Iconic Arc System Works characters remixed in 8-bit pixel art, including Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, the River City series and more!
Utilize a whopping 100 characters to successfully overcome deadly obstacles and enemies to ship the game in time!
The soundtrack features 8-bit renditions of popular character themes like "Give Me a Break" (Sol Badguy's Theme), Bullet Dance (Noel Vermillion's Theme) and more!
By defeating the bosses of each stage Sera is rewarded with new costumes that gives her different powers when equipped.
The "COLORFUL FIGHTERS" game mode is a brawler mini-game that allows up to 4 players to duke it out in a free-for-all!
Fight against other CPU controlled characters in the Ex Stages of the main story to unlock more playable characters!

Title
Code Shifter

Genre
Action Platformer

Platforms
Nintendo Switch, Steam (PC), PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Release Date
TBD

Players
1 or 2 (Colorful Fighters 1-4)

ESRB
E

Price
TBD

About Arc System Works
Arc System Works is a developer and fighting game specialist from Japan—best known for the Guilty Gear series of games and, more recently, the BlazBlue —that have garnered international critical acclaim for their innovative fighting systems and spectacular 2D and 3D artwork.

Arc System Works Official Website
http://arcsystemworks.com

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