Second Guilty Gear Strive Open Beta Set For This May
/ Carlos Hernandez
Bandai Namco announced that the second Guilty Gear Strive open beta will happen from May 14 to May 16 and will feature game modes and characters not available in the first open beta test.
Anji Mito and I-NO will be available in this open beta and you’ll be able to try out these game modes in May:
Offline Modes
VS COM / VS 2P
Tutorial Mode
Training Mode
Network Mode
Online Match
Cross-play will be enable between PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players and pre-download will be available starting on May 7, 10 AM PST (Philippine Standard Time). If you still have the previous open beta of the game installed, all you need is to download the patch for it and you’re all set. When the patch will go live will be announced at a later date and will update this post when it gets announced.
Servers will go live starting from May 14, 10 AM PST / May 13 10 PM EST until May 16, 10:59 PM PST / May 15, 10:59 AM EST.
Bandai also announced a change in the content that will be available to those that pre-ordered the Deluxe and Ultimate edition of Guilty Gear Strive during it’s Early Access period, which starts on June 8, 2021 and will last until it’s June 11 launch date. Players will earn an additional character color pack, a Sol * Ky special color pack, and a special color pack for those who reserved the Ultimate edition of Strive. Early Access players will also be able to play all characters, the full story mode, and all online modes during the Early Access period.
Guilty Gear Strive is set to come out on June 11, 2021 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC.
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