Arkane Arena

Arkane Arena is a 2.5D fighting game developed by SBE Tokyo and Orange Soft and published by SBEntertainment and ACS. Released in Arcades (System 203: Atlantis), Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4 and Steam.

Borne as a 50-50 project between the two companies, Arkane Arena pits 12 characters designed by both companies' lead designers, all of whom are based on the Major Arcana, into a 2.5D airdash-type fighter. The game utilizes Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4, allowing for crisp high-resolution graphics.

Story
Gleichgewicht is a God, the keeper of the balance between order and chaos in the world, and was created by by a conception between the two Originators: Direno, who brought life to the world, giving birth to life, and Multute, who created the concepts of darkness, death and deception. Gleichgewicht was created to serve as a guardian, keeping the balance between the two concepts that Direno and Multute had created. Direno and Multute were bitter enemies who disagreed with each others' ideals, and Gleichgewicht was thus forced to serve as the mediator.

After an incident in the realm of Gods that sparked a great war between Direno and Multute, Gleichgewicht was vanished into the same world that Direno and Multute had created, and the pieces of their spirit have been split within the souls of 21 individuals, each of them representing a card in the Major Arcana. By sacrificing a certain amount of souls, one can awaken Gleichgewicht and use its power to either restore order to the world or bestow chaos upon it. However, the full power of Gleichgewicht can only be unlocked by sacrificing all 21 souls.

Characters
The game includes 12 playable characters alongside 1 unplayable boss. 6 of them were designed and written by SBE while the other 6 were designed by ACS.

Playable Roster
Tarot Card: The Star
 * Junko Tsukasa

Voice Actresses: Miyuki Sawashiro (JP), Erica Lindbeck (EN)

At first sight, she looks like a typical delinquent hellbent in beating up whoever she likes. The truth, however, she's actually a caring and compassionate individual who delivers justice to those who harm the innocent. Outside of her work in vigilantism, she works as an instructor on Raoul's Dojo, the father of her best friend, Thomas Ishtar. Beneath all this, however, is her dark past which involved her ex-boyfriend; Takafumi Sakamoto, who now doesn't care who lives and dies in his path, and with the awakening of the God of balance, she teams up with her friends to uncover the mysterious power of Gleichgewicht. Tarot Card: The Moon
 * Takafumi Sakamoto

Voice Actors: Daisuke Ono (JP), Matthew Mercer (EN)

Tarot Card: The Sun
 * Yuta Kawakami

Voice Actors: Ayumi Fujimura (JP), Erica Mendez (EN)

Tarot Card: The Magician
 * Thomas Ishtar

Voice Actors: Koki Uchiyama (JP), Khoi Dao (EN)

Tarot Card: The Chariot
 * Thade Torrien

Voice Actors: Jun Fukuyama (JP), Joe Zieja (EN)

Tarot Card: The Pope
 * Kiichi Kominatsu

Voice Actors: Yuichirou Umehara (JP), Ray Chase (EN)

Trivia

 * The Opening song in the Japanese version is Take Me Under by MAN WITH A MISSION while the one used in the overseas version is Remember The Enemy by DED.