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10 years ago today, at the very moment. We began this account with only one goal in mind. To provide as much coverage to the anime fighting game community as we can. 10 years later, we are still here to strive towards that goal. #AFGC10th
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Songs from Cyberpunk 2077 & Edgerunners being added to Guilty Gear Strive:
- Run to the Edge
- Cyberwildlife Park
- Chippin' In
- Never Fade Away
- I Really Want to Stay At Your House
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Potemkin is receiving a new special move in the December Update in Guilty Gear -Strive-!
Here is your first look at Heat Tackle!
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Granblue Fantasy: Versus RISING is coming to PS4/PS5 and Steam this year!
This updated version of the game will come with Crossplay between all systems, rollback netcode, new stages and of course..NEW CHARACTERS!
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Sin Kiske is coming to Guilty Gear -Strive- and is the 2nd character of Season Pass 2!
He will release on November 24th!
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Rollback is coming to Guilty Gear Xrd Rev & Rev 2!!!
The rollback beta will be released in late October.
#CEOtaku
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Hunter X Hunter Nen X Impact will be playable at EVO Japan 2024.
The newly announced 2D Fighter (it's confirmed to be a 2D fighter) by Eighting will be playable during the event from April 27-29.
More details will be released at a later date.
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Testament is coming to Guilty Gear -Strive- and is the FINAL character of Season Pass 1.
They will release next week on March 28th for Season Pass owners and 31st for everyone else.
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The Guilty Gear -Strive- Cross Platform Open Beta Test is set to kick off on October 13-17 and will be available for free for all users on both Playstation 4/5 and Steam even if you do not have the game.
All 21 characters including all DLC will be playable in this beta test.
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Here's a look at the various quickhack options that Lucy have access to and what they do when they trigger.
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Season 4 for Guilty Gear Strive is in development!
Plus we get a teaser of the next daredevil...
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Guilty Gear Strive is not over yet! More Information about the future of GGST coming in 2026!
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In the recent TYPE-MOON Ace, a comp ace magazine, it was announced that Melty Blood is back with Melty Blood Type Lumina!
The game will be released later this year and will be on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
Check out the screenshots below and stay tuned for more info!
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DNF Duel will be having an open beta test THIS WEEKEND!
The beta will be from December 17th-20th for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5!
Beta test periods:
PST : DEC 17, 18:00 ~ DEC 20, 06:00
UTC : DEC 18, 02:00 ~ DEC 20, 14:00
KST / JST : DEC 18, 11:00 ~ DEC 20, 23:00
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax's Rollback Netcode Update is now available on Steam and PlayStation 4!!
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Finally, coming to Guilty Gear Strive will be Combo Maker, a new system where you can create and search for combos or setups.
You can then upload your recipes for other players to find them and try them out for themselves.
This mode will be released with Baiken this Friday.
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During the presentation at New Game Plus Expo, Arc System Works shared some information about Guilty Gear Strive and other games.
- Rollback is being considered for other Arc Sys games
- Another beta test is being considered with improvements
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Congratulations to Shinanochan for winning Hunter X Hunter Nen Impact at EVO France!
Final Results:
🏆 - 🇯🇵 Shinanochan
🥈 - 🇯🇵 Row1
🥉 - 🇵🇹 pbl`
4⃣ - 🇫🇷 BRZ
5⃣ - 🇺🇸 Son Dula / 🇫🇷 Slauw
7⃣ - 🇺🇸 Dylnyan / 🇳🇱 Neskred
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Below is a preview of the Color Customization feature in Melty Blood: Type Lumina.
Each character in the game will have 10 preset colors with the option to customize some unique colors for yourself.
Some features include changing the base color, patterns or accessories.
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Arc System Works just announced that Guilty Gear -Strive- will be getting a Season 2!
With it came with the big news of CROSSPLAY being available for the game.
Players on PS4, PS5 and Steam will now be able to play against each other!
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Here is all the Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls footage from the FlexStrike trailer we were able to catch.
Reminder: Marvel Tōkon will be playable at EVO at the Arc System Works Booth
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For Lucy her arcade mode will be unique as her Arcade Mode will have 3 different chapters to represent her inclusion to Guilty Gear Strive
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Alongside Dizzy's release Chipp will receive a brand new move!
Welcome Tightrope and Tightrope Run!
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During a Granblue TV Channel featuring Sonozaki Mie (the Japanese voice actor of Ilsa) they revealed the official character art for Ilsa for Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising.
Ilsa will be releasing into GBVSR in Early 2026.
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Narmaya will be receiving a character skin akin to Gran and Djeeta.
She will be available for Battle Pass shortly after release.
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Super Saiyan 4 Goku from Dragon Ball Daima is coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ!!!
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Bandai Namco announced the "Japanese Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable" which will feature various Japanese developers talking about the future of their fighting games.
Companies include:
- Arc System Works
- Bandai Namco
- Capcom
- SNK
- Akira
- Koei Tecmo
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Meg alongside Mari will be joining the Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising roster in October!
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is coming to PS4, Nintendo Switch and Steam on March 17th! Pre Orders for Steam will be live soon!
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Finally, there will be a Balance Patch for Dragon Ball FighterZ coming out tomorrow! October 12th, 2025
Every character will have adjustments and a new mechanic where a perfectly timed reflect will give additional time to punish!
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A.B.A is coming back as the next character to Guilty Gear Strive!
She will be playable on March 26th for everybody. She will also playable this week at Arc World Tour Finals!
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Goldlewis Dickinson is coming to Guilty Gear Strive!
He will be coming out on July 27th for DLC Season Pass Owners with July 30th for everybody else.
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Happy Choas is coming to Guilty Gear -Strive- he will be coming out on November 30th!
By himself, he will be released on December 3rd.
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The Dragon Ball FighterZ Public Beta Test for Rollback Netcode will be from November 30th to December 11th. Almost 2 weeks!
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Artoria Pendragon also known as Saber from The Fate Series is the final character in the base roster of Melty Blood: Type Lumina!
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While discussion about online improvements in Fighting Games during the Fighting Game Roundtable it has been confirmed that Guilty Gear -Strive- will have an Wi-Fi indictor in the final product.
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Congratulations to TempestNYC for winning Guilty Gear Strive at EVO Japan 2024! #AWT2024 #EVOJapan2024
Final Results
🏆 - 🇺🇸 @Tempest_NYC
🥈 - 🇰🇷 @sanakan787
🥉 - 🇯🇵 @makotyurarin
4⃣ - 🇯🇵 @DokkoiMigu
5⃣ - 🇯🇵 @smerinthinae / 🇯🇵 @mugentoubu2
7⃣ - 🇸🇪 @TSM_Leffen / 🇧🇷 @31gnar
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In the next balance patch, one character will get a new special move. No mentions on who it is.
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The Guilty Gear Strive Cross-Platform Network Open Beta Test is available for preload on PlayStation / Steam.
Those who wish to participate in the beta only needs to download the 15GB game onto their preferred platform.
The beta begins in exactly 12 hours from now.
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As of today, Toshimichi Mori has left Arc System Works.
Read his official statement in the tweet below.
We here at AFGCNews thank Mori for his years of work, dedication, and love for the series we enjoy covering every single day and wish them the best in his future endeavors.
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Guilty Gear 2020 have finalized their stage show time at Tokyo Game Show.
September 13 (Friday)
JST - 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
EST - 10:45 PM - 11:15 PM
PST - 7:45 PM - 8:15 PM
Speakers:
Daisuke Ishiwatari (General Director)
Akira Katano (Director)
Stream: piped.video/watch?v=z2k23x3g…
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Since we had some people asking about it, I just want to do a general sound test for our audience.
Would you be interested in us covering Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls?
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Granblue Fantasy Versus is receiving new game mechanics to the game starting later tonight
For 50 meter, you now have access to a dash that lets you move forward or backwards against your opponent
For 100 meter, you can pop overdrive that gives you enhanced offense and defense
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During a livestream Kamone, main battle planner for UNICLR, said that the French Bread Team has been working on rollback and the process has been difficult, but it has been progressing slowly.
More Info: teddit.net/r/UnderNightInBir…
VOD Stream in Question: twitch.tv/videos/779233983?t…
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Welcome your Guilty Gear -Strive- EVO 2021 Showcase Finalists!
🇧🇷 @trema_bang
🇲🇽 @MikeSaftig
🇸🇪 @TSM_Leffen
🇪🇸 @JCMedina17
🇰🇷 @xyzzylshift
🇰🇷 @Daru_ino
🇺🇸 @hotashis
🇺🇸 @SonicFox
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PlayStation is doing a sale for EVO 2025 including sales on Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, and Under Night In-Birth II: Sys Celes.
This sales goes until August 13th.
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Melty Blood: Type Lumina is now available to pre-order on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in Japan.
With the pre-order pages however we get our first look at the Network Lobbies that will be used for player matches.
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Uzuki gameplay trailer for Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] was revealed at Anime Expo 2024!
She will be playable to try at EVO 2024 in a few weeks!
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Melty Blood Type Lumina is part of Free to Play Weekend on Steam.
Play the game with all the DLC characters and stages at no charge for the entire weekend.
store.steampowered.com/app/1…
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Jack-O is returning to Guilty Gear with Guilty Gear Strive!
She will be coming out on August 27th for season pass owners and August 30th separately.
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Quite a bit of information released since the initial post so quick summary of the info so far.
- 10+ playable characters at launch
- Sion will not be in the game.
- The game will be made by Team French Bread (UNI/Melty Blood /DFCI etc).
- The game will have rollback netcode.
In the recent TYPE-MOON Ace, a comp ace magazine, it was announced that Melty Blood is back with Melty Blood Type Lumina!
The game will be released later this year and will be on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
Check out the screenshots below and stay tuned for more info!
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Dragon Ball FighterZ will be releasing on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S tomorrow on February 29th.
Rollback Netcode will be available for PS5, XS X|S, and PC starting tomorrow as well.
Players who has the previous gen versions can upgrade free of charge.
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Here is the current road map.
In July will be the release of a new character to the Guilty Gear Series.
Then in August will be a returning favorite will coming back for Strive.
We don't know much about the final 3 characters, but the extra story and stages will be added.
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The next Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Battle Pass Round 5 features a new outfit for Belial in his summer outfit (yes we are serious).
The pass begins on August 20th, same day as Versusia release.
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Blazblue Cross Tag Battle and Guilty Gear -Strive- is coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in Spring 2023!
Both games will also be featured on Xbox Game Pass for players to enjoy.
Check out the trailers for both announcements below:
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The next character coming to Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising will be playable at EVO 2024 alongside the 1.5 Balance Patch Preview!
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Hmm...the next daredevil after Bedman? will come in May and confirmation that Season 3 is in development for Guilty Gear Strive!
More events in the backyard to come!
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Throughout the day, various English voice actors have either announced their return or debut into the world of Guilty Gear.
We here at AFGCNews want to take this time to congratulate all the voice actors shown here and hope everyone enjoys their voices.
Beta begins in 30 mins!
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Blazblue Cross Tag Battle, Blazblue Central Fiction and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will have rollback netcode before the end of Summer 2022.
We love to see it
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Starting with the next version of Melty Blood: Type Lumina the following features will be included:
- Color Effects can now be changed in Color Customization to fit the colors that fit your design
- Default BGM will be shown below the stage select screen
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EVO Japan 2025 Registration has now been closed.
Final Attendees Count (According to Start.GG): 8,648 Players
Final Registration Leaderboard (Single Tournaments Only):
SF6 - 6,536 Players
T8- 960 Players
GGST - 676 Players
GBVSR - 474 Players
KOFXV - 289 Players
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BlazBlue Central Fiction and BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle willing be having rollback! The BBCF public beta test will be tomorrow!
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Melty Blood Type Lumina will be released on September 30th for PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and STEAM!
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Interesting note: Arc Sys requested Geralt and Ciri for Guilty Gear Strive, but CD Projekt Red didn't want to do anything since Witcher 4 was on the way, so figured Cyberpunk is a better fit.
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Under Night In-Birth [Sys:Celes] is the sequel to the Under Night In-Birth and is coming out early next year!
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Upcoming Release:
This Thursday, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax releases on PC, PS4, and Nintendo Switch.
This will be 2.0 version of the game that was in arcades and never released on consoles.
Later this summer, the PC/PS4 version will be getting rollback netcode added to the game.
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Combo Breaker 2026 will feature a special stage for Climax! INCLUDING all 4 games being main games at CB!
Coming to CB 2026 as MAIN GAMES are:
- Under Night In-Birth II
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
- Melty Blood Type Lumina
- Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition
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The fire in your heart will be burning soon!
Phantom Breaker: Omina will be released on March 15, 2022 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam!
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The following games makes the lineup for EVO! #EVO2022
- Street Fighter V: Championship Edition
- Guilty Gear -Strive-
- Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
- Tekken 7
- King of Fighters XV
- Melty Blood: Type Lumina
- Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Granblue Fantasy Versus
- Skullgirls 2nd Encore
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DNF Duel is now available for free on the Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours (Until 11AM EST / 8AM PST)
Crossplay between EGS and Steam is available
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/…
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HERE COMES A DAREDEVIL?!?!
Who is coming to Guilty Gear Strive Next?!?!
They will be available to play at Arc World Tour 2023 Finals to demo.
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It was just announced that music from both Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Cyberpunk 2077 will be added to the game.
There will also be a special arcade mode for Lucy that is expected to be 3 times as long as a normal arcade character run.
More details will come at a later date.
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Arc System Works Showed Off the Top 10 Arc System Works game voted by Fans.
Results:
1st - Guilty Gear Strive
2nd -Blazblue Central Fiction
3rd - Guilty Gear XX (Series)
4th -Guilty Gear Xrd
10th - Blazblue Cross Tag Battle
Check out 11th-50th here: arcsystemworks.jp/35th/en/se…
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Guilty Gear -Strive- Cross Platform Open Beta for Xbox Series, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Steam, and Windows on February 3 to 6!
Like previously, the open beta will be free to play and include all characters including the newcomer Sin Kiske
guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/…
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Melty Blood Type Lumina will be receiving an update in the form of 1.30.
This update will make major changes to system mechanics and is generally working to make the game more unique.
Check out a few of the planned changes below. The release date for this update is unknown.
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Granblue Fantasy Versus is now available on PlayStation 4 for free for all PS+ Members.
Note: This version of Granblue Fantasy Versus only has 11 initial characters unlocked. One character (Beelzebub) is unlockable through the main story. The rest of the 13 characters is DLC.
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Starting July 18th, Melty Blood Type Lumina will join The Playstation Plus Games Catalog for Playstation Extra & Platinum Members.
This included with all current DLC being free makes the entire game/roster fully accessible for new players who are looking to try the game.
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Congratulations to Snake Eyez for winning Guilty Gear -Strive- at Texas Showdown 2023!
Final Results:
🏆 - @Snake_Eyez_
🥈 - @_MrZippy
🥉 - @Kazam_Slams
4th - @Ratty_Boii
5th - @_Flare_G | @LordKnightBB
7th - @JurassicOri | @LilNom2
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