Guilty Gear Strive revealed the patch notes for update 1.43 on the game’s official website. This new December 23 update mainly focuses on adding battle balance adjustments for 24 characters and fixes for various issues.
To explain some of these new changes, the developers improved combo consistency across the cast, and guard crush attacks deal 25% chip damage.
Check out the full patch notes for Guilty Gear Strive update 1.43 below:
Also, Arc System Works announced that digital pre-orders for Guilty Gear Strive Nintendo Switch Edition are now available in the Nintendo eShop. The Nintendo Switch version of Guilty Gear Strive will be released on January 23, 2025 for $59.99 with 28 playable characters. While the Switch version will support rollback netcode, it will not support crossplay. Nintendo Switch players may enjoy the game in docked mode and handheld mode, as expected.
Guilty Gear Strive Season 4 began before the Nintendo Switch version’s launch. Season 4 will include new characters, stages, exclusive colors, and the new 3v3 mode. Queen Dizzy is available now, while Venom is expected to be released in early 2025. Unika will release in Spring 2025, and Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners will release in summer 2025. Lucy is the first guest character to arrive in a Guilty Gear game.
Guilty Gear Strive is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Windows.
