Guilty Gear -Strive- to Release in April 2021

Arc System works has announced that Guilty Gear -Strive-, the latest entry in the studio’s popular fighting game franchise, will release in April 2021 on PS5, PS4, and PC via Steam. More specifically, the game’s standard edition will launch on April 9, while the game’s Deluxe and Ultimate editions will be available three days earlier on April 6. The release date announcement trailer can be viewed below.

The Deluxe Edition of the game will include the base game and Season Pass 1, which contains five new characters, five additional color sets for each character, two new stages, and some extra story content. The Ultimate Edition will include all of that in addition to a digital soundtrack and artworks, and Ultimate Edition special fighter colors. The trailer didn’t mention prices for the premium editions of the game, or if the PS5 version will cost more than the PS4 version.

Guilty Gear -Strive- was supposed to launch this year, but like many other games, was delayed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Arc System Works stated that the additional development time would also be used to address concerns that cropped up during the game’s closed beta, as some fans were dissatisfied with the game’s user interface and claimed that the game felt more simplistic than previous Guilty Gear games.