Arcana Heart 4

Arcana Heart 4 (アルカナハート4 Arukanahāto 4) is 2D fighting game co-developed by Team Arcana, and published by Arc System Works as the fourth entry in the Arcana Heart series. It will be released on Playstation 4 and PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows in 2025.

Gameplay
Arcana Heart 4 retains the same gameplay from the previous entry and its updated versions. This time, the Arcana select system is replaced with Instant Kill function since the series' representing appearance in the crossover BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle.

Plot
Following the destruction of Drexler Institute's Ragnarok robot stumbles a coffin within a forbidden area. The coffin contains an ultimate power and being brought by the institute for their next evil plan to wipe out humanity on Earth. Rosenberg is able to caught onto Drexler's plan and coordinate a plan to put an end of their schemes. Elsewhere, a girl who resembles Heart Aino in a black-clad known as Dark Heart lead an army to aim after Heart Aino for unknown reasons, believing Heart might be connected to the chains and paradoxes of fate, and severs her from that would change their unknown tragic future timeline. This cause a conflict between Heart and her allies, and Dark Heart's army, with the latter's interference cause Drexler's plan becoming faster.

Characters
"*" Boss "**" DLC

Returning Characters

 * Heart Aino - Partinias
 * Saki Tsuzura - Bhanri
 * Kamui Tokinomiya - Anutpada
 * Konoha - Moriomoto
 * Maori Kasuga - Ohtsuchi **[2]
 * Mei-Fang - Lang-Gong
 * Lilica Felchenerow - Tempestas
 * Lieselotte Achenbach - Gier
 * Yoriko Yasuzumi - Dieu Mort **[1]
 * Kira Daidohji - Niptra
 * Fiona Mayfield - Orichalcos **[1]
 * Petra Johanna Lagerkvist - Zilrael
 * Zenia Valov - Almacia
 * Elsa La Conti - Koshmar **[1]
 * Clarice Di Lanza - Sorwat **[2]
 * Catherine Kyohbashi - Median
 * Dorothy Albright - Heliogabalus **[2]
 * Angelia Avallone - Mildred **[1]
 * Nazuna Inuwaka - Kayatsuhime
 * Akane Inuwaka - Phenex
 * Weiss - Gottfried
 * Eko and Kazu - Saligrama **[2]
 * Scharlachrot - Baldur
 * Minori Amanohara - Ichor
 * Pistrix No. 29 - Paracelsia [2]
 * Dark Heart - Love Prison Geist

New Characters

 * Connie Elizabeth - A stylish Irish universe-displaced magician who tragically lost her home universe where Drexler used Heart's body into completely succeed on wiping humanity. She went to that reality to warn Heart a warning of Drexler's plots on her. She is the wielder of Reality Arcana, Thamara
 * Isabella Luciana - A Mexican luchador who seeks to fight stronger opponents. She is the wielder of Power Arcana, Titania
 * Lucia Fernada - A young Spanish astronaut, who was graduate from Rosenberg Academy. Her mother was a humanoid-dove alien married to a human father, making Lucia a half-alien. She is the wielder of Space Arcana, Spardove, which she inherit from her mother [1]
 * Carmilla Hellstrom - The misanthropist leader of Drexler Institute. She is the wielder of Corruption Arcana, Grimmer *[Sub Boss]
 * Omega - An Angel whose power was too great to be released, Omega remained sealed away from time long ago, until Drexler found and corrupt her. She is the wielder of an Arcana who bears a same name as her *[Final Boss]

Modes

 * Story Mode
 * Arcade Mode
 * Versus Mode
 * Survival Mode
 * Training Mode
 * Free Training
 * Tutorials
 * Combo Challenges
 * Online
 * Gallery
 * Theater
 * Options

Stages
TBA

Development
With the advice from Team Blue's Toshimichi Mori, Team Arcana decide to end ''Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS!!!!!! XTEND with the inclusion of Dark Heart's Love Prison Geist, and a new chapter of After Story called "Before Extinction", as part of Xtend DLC Pass''. The "World Extinction" and Omega character from the unreached stretch goal crowdfunding was later being applied to this game. Another note, is that Team Arcana was available to be acquired by Arc System Works, which then occurred in 2023, as part of XTEND DLC Pass for ''Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS!!!!!! XTEND, and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle 2.5 - 3.0'' releases, following Examu's defunct in 2020.

In this game, Arcana Heart 4 now utilizes HD sprites and 3D stages that has been used in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, though the use of HD sprites had been utilized in Team Arcana's licensed fighting games (Aquapazza, Nitroplus Blasterz and Millions Arthur: Arcana Blood). The playable characters has been minimized for main story involvements, with one of them being originally NPC prior to being added as a DLC fighter.