Guilty Gear -Strive- Announced for PS5; Leo Whitefang & Nagoriyuki Revealed

The Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable livestream is in full swing, and Arc System Works made a few announcements for Guilty Gear -Strive-.

First of all, we get the reveal that the game is also coming for PS5 and then we get the reveal of a couple of characters.

The first fighter revealed is a returning one, Leo Whitefang. The second is brand new, named Nagoriyuki. That being said, this is not the first time we see him, as he was showcased at the end of the very first announcement trailer last year.

Below you can enjoy the trailer that was revealed during the show. 

On top of the Guilty Gear news, we also get the reveal of the ArcRevo Online tournament, which will start in October in North America and Japan.

It will feature BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, BlazBlue CentralFiction, and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [cl-r].

If you want to see more of Guilty Gear –Strive– , you can also check out the latest gameplay, the original announcement from EVO 2019,  an earlier trailer showcasing  Sol Badguy and Ky Kiske, and teasing May. Another trailer revealed Axl Low, one showcased more of his gameplay, the previous promotional video unveiled Chipp Zanuff and Potemkin, the one showcasing more of the two and unveiled Faust, another with more gameplay, and the latest showcasing Millia Rage and Zato=1.

We also recently learned that the final game will include an implementation of the popular Rollback netcode for its online matches.

The only platform officially announced so far for Guilty Gear –Strive– is PS4, while the game has recently been delayed from fall 2020 to early 2021 due to shifts in the production schedule caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and beta feedback.