Code Shifter is Arc System Works’ New Pixel Art Game with Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, River City Characters

Arc System Works announced a new pixel art action game called Code Shifter. It features characters from different franchises including Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and River City. The game is in development for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

Check out the announcement trailer below:

Details and screenshots from Arc System Works:

The game features characters from Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, River City, and other titles from Arc System Works in a big 2D action game party. There are 100 characters for you to use and take on its many stages.

Colorful Fighters is a bonus game that comes included. It supports up to four players for local multiplayer. You’ll unlock characters by taking on ghost characters in Ex stages, with a total of 30 playable characters.

Here’s more about the story from Arc System Works:

You’re a video game developer, and the deadline is quickly approaching!

The story takes place in the development offices of a software company, “Awesome Rainbow Corp”.
Trouble arises just as you’re gearing up to release the final version of the game, many mysterious bugs are occurring, and time is running out!

To deal with this situation, a programmer, Stella, whips up a debug program: “Code Shifter”, that let’s her avatar “Sera” dive into the program and start fixing things up.
Will Stella and her coworkers be able to find the origin of these bugs and deliver the game before the launch date?

Lastly, here are some screenshots:

Code Shifter releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in Japan on January 30, 2020. It’ll release soon outside of Japan.