Guilty Gear -Strive- will bring the franchise to the next level with new gameplay and updated design, created by the main development team that is lauded over their previous work.

“We are pleased to announce that Bandai Namco Entertainment will be distributing the latest title in the Guilty Gear series, Guilty Gear -Strive-. I am surprised that the chit-chat I have exchanged with Harada-san a few years ago has come to fruition.” comments Daisuke Ishiwatari, General Director of Guilty Gear Series, “I wish this partnership will bring new joy to more users in Europe and Asia. We are working hard with Bandai Namco Entertainment to get people in Europe and Asia to play Guilty Gear more than ever before. Please look forward to it!”

“I have always been thinking that it would be great to partner with Arc system Works, and I’m happy we were able to push this forward. We wish to further enhance and promote the fighting game community together.” says Katsuhiro Harada, Bandai Namco General Producer. “The continued collaboration between the two means we can bring more exciting games to every dojo around the world!”

Arc System Works America will be performing a Closed Beta Test for Guilty Gear -Strive-, which will run from April 16th -19th! The closed beta version will will run from April 16th -19th, feature both online match play and VS COM, and include 7 characters: Sol, Ky, May, Axl, Chip, Potemkin, and the recently announced Faust. In addition, get the first look at the revised character screen and in-game user interface.

Arc System Works revealed that the release version of Guilty Gear -Strive- will use rollback netcode for online play. Please note that the rollback implementation is still being developed so the upcoming closed beta will be using a delay-based implementation.

Guilty Gear -Strive- will release on PS 4 in late 2020.