GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- News

Lovingly latched-on homunculus returns as the Season 3's third DLC character!

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Don't forget to check out how she plays, too!

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A.B.A is now available for Season pass 3 owners
and also as a separate purchasable DLC!

Let's rock!

Patch notes for the update to Ver1.35 are out!

This update includes new contents, and bug fixes.

▼Patch Notes HERE.

Catch all the action as Day 2 and 3 continues on the Arc System Works Twitch Channel here:
https://www.twitch.tv/arcsystemworksu


Yesterday we kicked things off with the UNI 2 side tournament. Congratulations to our winners:
🥇Knottts
🥈ESFCMario
🥉LPT

The excitement continued as the Last Chance Qualifier for the GGST Finals began as over 100 players battled for the last two spots in the tournament! AaronDaMac and ApologyMan prevailed and will be moving on to the Group Stage to compete against the rest of the Qualifiers for the GGST Grand Finals!


GGST Group Stages begins today at 3:00PM PDT - but if you can't wait, the GBVSR matches will be streaming first.


Top 8 from each game today will move on to compete in tomorrow at 10:30AM PDT for GBVSR Finals and 5:00 PM PDT for GGST Finals.

We'll also be having a GGST LIVE CONCERT with special guests Naoki and Aisha in between the GBVSR and GGST Finals at 3:00 PM PDT, you're not gonna want to miss it!




Of course, you all know by now ABA will be joining the GGST roster March 26! To celebrate, GGST and Season Pass 3 are now 31% off when purchased together as a bundle! BUY NOW!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/27553/GGST_Standard_Edition__SeasonPass3_Bundle/

Let's Rock at the AWT23 Finals!

Get hyped and join us this Wednesday, 3/20 at 6PM Pacific Daylight Time for the ARC LIVE - ARC WORLD TOUR FINALS 2023 PRE-SHOW on our Twitch channel!

The Arc World Tour finals will be bringing together all the top competitors from Guilty Gear -Strive-, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, and UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes, to compete for a total $140,000 prize pool! If you're a little lost about what will be going down, don't worry! We'll be doing a detailed recap of all you need to know about AWT23, so whether you're attending the event in-person, or will be watching the games live on our Twitch channel, we've got you covered!

If you're like us and too excited for the event to start - we'll also be giving you guys a first look at all AWT2023 has to offer! AWT23 isn't just a competition - it's a celebration of our games and an event we produced from our heart to our fans! There will be special guest appearances, all the Arc System Works merch you can want, music, demo stations, BYOC areas, cosplay, and more! Not to mention... a special Guilty Gear -Strive- LIVE CONCERT on Day 3!

And of course, the moment you've all been waiting for... the World Reveal of the next Guilty Gear -Strive Character! AWT23 attendees will get a chance to demo the new character before the release!

[h2]We'll see you at this Wednesday's ARC Live - streaming from our Twitch Channel [here]![/h2]

If you haven't gotten your tickets for the Arc World Tour Finals already, what are you waiting for?

On February 28, 2024, Arc System Works America sat down with special hosts Rynge and Sajam to go through the Group Stage Drawing for Guilty Gear -Strive-, the Bracket Draw for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, cover what’s been announced for Arc World Tour Finals 2023 as well as unveil some new additions to the event. Here’s a recap of everything that happened:



Bron Mitchell (Esports Manager for Arc System Works America) sat down with Rynge and Sajam to discuss how the draw was put together in order to keep the drawing stage as random as possible while maintaining competitive integrity for all competitors.

Players were separated into four groups or four.
With this in mind, hosts would draw 1 random name from each group to fill the finalized Group Stage for Guilty Gear -Strive-, happening on Day 2 of Arc World Tour Finals 2023 and determine who battles who for the shot of becoming Arc World Tour Champion. The results are as follows:
Group A:
PAR | Daru I-No , IBUSHIGIN | Leo. , M.RAGE | UMISHO , NBNHMR

Group B:
FLY | TempestNYC , Zando , Gobou , IBUSHIGIN | Tyurara

Group C:
TSM | Leffen , PepperySplash , Twis | Splash , LCQ #1

Group D:
BC | Jonathan Tene , Solo | Verix , ONI | Tiger_Pop , LCQ #2


Once the groups for GGST had been set, the cast moved on to drawing the names for the GBVSR TOP 8 bracket that would be taking place on Finals Day along with GGST Top 8.
All competitors would funnel into winner’s side in this TOP 8 and will be played as a double elimination bracket. With this in mind the casters went on to begin drawing each player into the respective position within the bracket. The results are as follows:



After the groups and bracket has been determined, the hosts went on to reiterate all of the announcements that had been made for the Arc World Tour thus far.

See below for confirmed information regarding Arc World Tour Finals 2023
[h2]NEW DLC Character Playable Demo Station[/h2]

The next character coming to Guilty Gear -Strive- in Season Pass 3 will be playable at Arc World Tour Finals 2023!

[h2]En-Nichi Artist Alley at AWT23[/h2]

The En-nichi Japanese Night Market section at Arc World Tour Finals 2023 will have an artist alley where artist will be selling premium materials directly to attendees!

[h2]BYOC and Arcade Area[/h2]

The En-nichi Japanese Night Market section at Arc World Tour Finals 2023 will have a BYOC (Bring your own console) and Arcade section for attendees!
Bring any Arc System Works Published Titles to play with your friends in your down time or play some of the provided titles in the arcade section!

[h2]Booth Partners at AWT23[/h2]

There will be some awesome booth vendors at Arc World Tour Finals 2023! You can swing by their booths throughout the entirety of the event to get your hands on some fantastic merchandise!


Shortly after recapping all the information released regarding Arc World Tour Finals 2023, Bron provided this silhouetted image showcasing the newest addition to Season Pass 3 of Guilty Gear -Strive-.

Can you guess who it is? Let us know your thoughts on Twitter using #GGSTGuessWho


After teasing the silhouetted image of the newest addition to Guilty Gear -Strive-, the cast revealed some new additions to the Arc World Tour Finals for the very first time:




Along with the announcement of the Special Live Concert, the cast followed up and ended the livestream with the announcement and confirmation of ARC WORLD TOUR 2024 and it’s first qualifying event; EVO Japan!

[h2]Watch the full VOD of ARC LIVE: Road to Arc World Tour Finals [HERE][/h2]



[h2]REGISTER FOR THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIERS AND SIDE TOURNAMENT HERE[/h2]

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