Guilty Gear Strive has been delayed into next year. Developer Arc System Works has released a statement from Takeshi Yamanaka, the game's producer, via Twitter, explaining the delay.

The tweet includes the statement from Yamanaka, who says that the company has decided to push back the release of Guilty Gear Strive from late 2020 to early 2021. The post notes that the company’s staff and business partners have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with every aspect of the development schedule experiencing delays.

The team will be looking to make good use of the extra time, using all the feedback received from the closed beta test to improve the game. The closed beta ran from April 16 to 19, and featured seven characters for players to try out.