If you are ever a fan of fighting games, and in particular of productions Arc System Worksyou undoubtedly know the license BlazBlue. Well, know that, unfortunately, the series probably turned an important page in its history yesterday since its creator, Toshimichi Moridecided to leave the Japanese company after about twenty years of good and loyal service.
What future for the franchise?
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In addition to announcing his departure, the developer, who joined the company for the first time after participating in the design of Guilty Gear X at PicPac in the early 2000s, explained on Twitter “having cherished many of the experiences he had during his 20 years there, whether working for various fighting games or on the BlazBlue license”.
He also adds this: “I have nothing but gratitude to the people at Arc System Works, those who have worked with me, and all of the users who have supported us. Thank you from the heart. I will start from Arc System Works. This can cause feelings of anxiety, especially among fans of the BlazBlue series. For that, I sincerely apologize. »
Concluding his farewell message, Toshimichi Mori says that he plans to work on a new production and that he will concentrate all his forces on its creation without specifying the genre of the project in question or whether he intends to develop it with another studio or independently.
We should also remember that, if the license BlazBlue was entitled to a free-to-play mobile game in 2021, BlazBlue Alternative: Dark Warwhich did not last long on Japanese territory since access to its servers was cut off at the start of the year, the releases of the last two major episodes of the series, BlazBlue: Central Fiction and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battledate back to 2016 and 2018 respectively. Fingers crossed that this important departure does not definitively sound the death knell for the franchise.