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Guilty Gear Strive Game Adds DLC Character Venom

Arc System Works' Guilty Gear -Strive- fighting game added the DLC character Venom to the game on Monday after delays from its initial early 2025 release window.

Season 4 launched last July. The season is adding Cyberpunk: Edgerunners character Lucy as a playable character along with a new character named Unika, and returning characters Dizzy and Venom. Queen Dizzy launched on October 31. The game will add Unika in spring 2025 and Lucy in summer 2025.

The game originally launched for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC in June 2021. Arc System Works released the game for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass, and PC via Game Pass in March 2023.

Guilty Gear Strive: Nintendo Switch Edition launched on January 23.

Daisuke Ishiwatari is the game's general director, and Akira Katano is directing the game. The game's initial roster includes Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, May, Axl Low, Chipp Zanuff, Potemkin, Faust, Millia Rage, Zato-1, Ramlethal, Leo Whitefang, Nagoriyuki, Giovanna, Anji, and I-NO.

The first season pass of the game features five additional characters, five colors for each character, two stages, and an extra story. The "Season 2" DLC contains a total of four playable DLC characters, two new battle stages, and the second color pack. Season 3 launched in August 2023 and featured Johnny, Elphelt, A.B.A, and Slayer as DLC characters.

The game is inspiring the Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers television anime.

Source: Arc System Works' YouTube channel, (channel) via Gematsu