Rockin’ All Over the World
Sharpen your scythes, brighten your blades, and paint your toenails, as Arc System Workshas announced a datefor its crossplay open beta for stylish slapfestGuilty Gear Strive— The beta will take place on PlayStation and PC platforms, worldwide, on the weekend of October 14 to October 17.
During this time, players on PS4, PS5, and PC will be able to duke it out amongst themselves, will ArcSys gathers data, stress-tests servers, and attempts to identify and eradicate issues that arise from putting allGG Striveplayers into a single pool. This beta will give the developer all of the information it needs to progress its plans to roll out crossplay toGuilty Gear Striveproper at some point in the foreseeable future.
The beta will run within its own client, separate from the mainGG Strivebuild, which will be available to download from October 13, ahead of the server’s opening times. The beta will be open to all, regardless as to whether you ownGuilty Gear Striveor have a PlayStation Plus account. A full roster of 21 characters will be available, as will a wide variety of modes including Tutorial, Practice, Survival, various Online and CPU Vs. options, and even the very fun diorama builder, Figure Mode. No player data from the beta will be carried over into your mainGG Striveaccount, so you wanna get nuts? Let’s get nuts!
Guilty Gear Striveis available now on PlayStation and PC platforms. It willlaunch on Xbox platformsin spring 2023. In related news,rollback netcode is comingto series’ predecessorGuilty Gear Xrd Rev 2.
