Guilty Gear Strive 2.00 Announced for 2026; New Chapter and More Characters Coming
With Guilty Gear Strive’s final Season 4 character launching later this month, many have been wondering, what’s next for the franchise? Well, it seems like the ARC System Works isn’t yet ready to move on from Guilty Gear Strive just yet, as they’ve announced that they are now working on Guilty Gear Strive 2.00, with a target release of 2026.
The news comes with a short teaser that confirms a new chapter, as well as hinting at returning characters.
Guilty Gear Strive 2.00 Update Teased At Evo 2025 Las Vegas
In a rather surprising announcement, ARC System Works has revealed that they are now in development for what they are calling Guilty Gear Strive 2.00, a future update that is going to bring a new chapter to the game, as well as some new characters. While the teaser showed very little, fans were quick to point out that the outlined character designs at the very end of the teaser were those of Robo-Ky (robotic version of Ky Kiske) and Jam Kuradoberi, both of whom have been featured in Guilty Gear Strive, though up until this point, have remained unplayable.
It’s highly likely with these teases at the end that they’ll finally be joining the roster next year, though as for what else Guilty Gear Strive 2.00 will bring, well, that’s anyone’s guess. Considering it’s a major revision number, we’re expecting some significant overhauls, likely a new Season Pass, and more to continue ongoing support.
What this does tell us, though, is that ARC System Works likely isn’t going to be moving on from Guilty Gear Strive for a long while, despite working on PlayStation’s Marvel fighter, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. We expect more information to arrive as we approach the new year, but for now, we’ll just have to hang tight. Luckily, the final Season 4 character is arriving later this month.
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