Guilty Gear Strive Season 3 Starts Aug. 24, Johnny Confirmed as S3 Character #1

Guilty Gear Strive Season 3

At this year’s Evo Championships 2023 event, Arc System Works has officially announced Guilty Gear Strive Season 3 and it starts August 24! There’s a new trailer accompanying it, alongside another trailer featuring Johnny!

Check out the trailers and the summary of Guilty Gear Strive S3 new content below.

What’s new for Guilty Gear Strive in Season 3?

Start Date: August 24

New Special Moves

  • Added to six of the 15 initial roster characters (more characters to come in later updates).

New Offensive Mechanic 

  • Wild Assault – Perform a lunging attack to the front (Available to all characters. Properties vary depending on the character).

New Defensive Mechanic 

  • Deflect Shield – Can block any attack (Inlcuding overheards, lows and projectiles. Available to all characters).

Expect new fighters to be added to the roster as part of Season 3 as well. Speaking of which the GG Strive Season 3 fighter 1 has been revealed to be Johnny! Check out the new trailer for the character below.

As one might expect, Johnny will be available in the game once Season 3 kicks off this August 24. Aside from Johnny there is one more character due this year, with two planned for release in 2024.

Chances are, Season 3 will be released via a new patch, and once it’s live, we’ll let our readers know about it.

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