Testament Returns In Guilty Gear Strive With Second Season Of Characters Coming Later

Arc System Works’ tournament Arc Revo America has come to the end, and with it brings plenty of announcements for the future of Guilty Gear Strive and more.

Strive’s final first season character was announced, and it’s not what the majority of players expected. With a minor redesign, the gothic, scythe-wielding Testament has a new vest and ruffled jabot. Like previous iterations, “The Elegant Grim Reaper’s” attacks have a long reach and now have demon familiars to back them up in a fight. Testament hasn’t been part of a Guilty Gear roster since terrorizing competitors in Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus R, but whether they’ll be as dominant in Strive will remain to be seen.

Alongside the release of Testament will be the arrival of a new stage, White House Reborn. Set on the grounds of the Presidential Residence of the United States after the events of Strive’s story mode, the building is being rebuilt and “has already been restored to its position as the center of the government.”

Strive players will only have a short wait to get their hands on Testament and the new White House Reborn stage because they’ll be available starting on March 28 for PS5, PS4, and PC Season Pass owners and for à la carte purchase on PC only. PlayStation players can purchase them separately on March 31. 

Digital Figure Mode will be available on March 28, which lets players place furniture and effects into scenes that are shared online. Character’s facial expressions can be changed as well, image filters can be applied, and camera angles can be altered to add even more creative control to the mode.

While it was announced to be paired with the final character release of the season pass, an expansion to the Story Mode will be released by the end of April. This new story mode, called “Another Story”, will feature characters that were not present in the Story Mode.

This concludes the Guilty Gear Strive season pass. However, there will still be new content. Arc System Works announced that a second season has been added to the game, and four additional characters will be coming to Strive. Cross-play between the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC versions of Strive will be added at an undetermined date, with additional server improvements, including better server connection times and network stability for online modes. Although it is still early days, there are no details on the start date for season 2. It is great to have confirmation that Strive will continue to be supported.

Arc Revo is bringing back Arc World Tour to continue its global tournament series. This has been missing since the outbreak of the pandemic. Guilty Gear Strive will of course be a main game in the competition, but the upcoming Arc System Works game DNF Duel will also be co-headlining the series of events. With the addition of DNF comes a partnership of Nexon, owner of the Dungeon Fighter Online IP the game is based on, who will be sponsoring Arc World Tour 2022. Competitors who win regional World Tour events will qualify for the World Tour Finals and have the opportunity to fight for part of a $200,000 prize pool ($100,000 for each of the two games).

Arc System Works will be participating in the Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable. It takes place on Monday, very early. Find out more information about the event, including the possibility of hearing from developers regarding Testament or the future plans for Guilty Gear Strive.

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