Guilty Gear -Strive- has been delayed from its original late 2020 release date to early 2021, due to COVID-19 affecting development, as you might expect.

The statement on the website is provided as follows:

The effects of the spread of COVID-19 have caused unavoidable delays to the development of Guilty Gear -Strive-, which was originally scheduled for release in late 2020. In addition, we have decided to change the release date in order to improve the game’s quality and address requests from our fans.
We sincerely apologize to everyone who was looking forward to the release.
Thank you for your understanding.

In addition, here’s a letter from game producer, Takeshi Yamanaka, addressing the situation:

Thank you for your interest in Guilty Gear -Strive-. This is Takeshi Yamanaka, producer of Guilty Gear -Strive-.

We have previously announced the releaase of Guilty Gear -Strive- for late 2020, however we have decided to change the release schedule to early 2021.

While our company’s staff and our business partners are putting in a sincere effort in dealing with the changes due to the spread of COVID-19, every aspect of our development schedule has faced delays.

In addition, we have decided to set up a schedule to further improve the quality of the game responding to everyone’s help and feedback from the recent closed beta test.

We apologize sincerely to everyone who has been anticipating the release with keen excitement.

Ourselves, we are dedicated to bringing you a new Guilty Gear game that will satisfy all of our fans.

Please be assured that we will make good use of that extra time to do this.

Thank you for your understanding.

5/15/2020

Takeshi Yamanaka, Guilty Gear -Strive- Producer

As usual, it’s a shame Guilty Gear -Strive- got delayed, but it’s something we can come to expect so long the COVID-19 situation remains. Take all the time you need, ARC SYSTEM WORKS!