Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 coming spring 2017 with new characters, changes

After the end of Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- at the Arc System Works Fighting Game Award 2017, the company announced a new update for the game that will be coming this spring.

Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 will feature two additional playable characters: "The Business Ninja" Answer, who is Chipp's chief of staff, and a returning Baiken. According to ASW's Pachi and Daisuke Ishiwatari, the design team is trying to retain Baiken's original playstyle while making her more offensive. For Answer, the two said he will be able to gain immense speed under certain circumstances.

The game will also be rebalanced and new moves will be added, with the balance changes being bigger than the previous patches. The first location test will run Jan. 20-22, 2017, in Japan.

Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 will be coming to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Steam as a paid downloadable update. Arc System Works has said more information will be coming soon. Players can check out the reveal trailer as well as images for Answer and Baiken after the jump.

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New guide aims to give players "Leo Countermeasures" in Guilty Gear

Japanese Guilty Gear players Ruu, Tomo and Takehara have created a four-part guide giving players ideas on how to fight Leo in -Revelator-.

Leo has become a problem character for many players in Guilty Gear who do not properly understand his options. The four parts of this guide, broken down into Normals, Specials, Stance and More Defensive Tactics, offer answers to each situation while weighing the possible risks of that solution. 

Originally written in Japanese, three parts of the guide have been translated thanks to BloodWolF (parts one and three) and Lord Knight (part two), with help from Mr. K and Bears. Although a long read, the guide may prove invaluable to players who still have immense trouble with the matchup.

Learning Guilty Gear fundamentals by Machaboo

Guilty Gear Sweden has posted a guide by Machaboo on basics he believes players need to know to become stronger at the airdasher series.

The guide, translated to English by Zake, breaks the game into four parts: Basics, Decision-making based on risk/reward, Defense and Mind games.

The guide includes situational examples and tries to simplify the concepts for those who may feel overwhelmed by all the information. It's both a great primer for players looking to advance their GG gameplan and as a look into the mind of one of the game's strongest players.

Winter Steam Sale brings discounts to many fighters

The annual Winter Steam Sale has arrived, bringing big discounts to many fighting games offered through the platform.

Arc System Works has cut prices on many titles including Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code, Battle Fantasia and older versions of the Under Night, Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series.

SNK is once again offering low prices for King of Fighters XIII, 2002 Unlimited Match and '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition, as well as The Last Blade 2.

Lastly, there are also sizable discounts for Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat XL, Skullgirls, Blade Arcus, Koihime Enbu and many other titles. Sadly, it seems recently released titles such as Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- and Garou: Mark of the Wolves are not included in this year's sale. For a list containing most of the titles, head over to Steam.

Guilty Gear -Revelator- Tenkaichi Budokai entrants finalized

After a recent qualifier, the eight participants in the upcoming Tenkaichi Budokai league at Mikado arcade in Japan are set.

Nage (Faust), Samitto (Chipp) and Haaken (Sol) will join 2016 league winner Karinchu (Johnny) as well as voted in players FAB (Potemkin), Zadi (Raven), Kazuki (Dizzy) and Roi (Sol).

Specific dates and scheduling for Tenkaichi Budokai are still to be announced, but players can follow MajinObama on Twitter for more updates. Videos of the TB qualifier tournament can be found after the jump.

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Upcoming Mikado tournament to decide Tenkaichi Budokai entrants

A tournament on Dec. 11 at Japan's Mikado arcade will add three more participants to the upcoming Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- league.

As previously reported, Tenkaichi Budokai is an arcade-based, offline league featuring eight of the strongest players in Japan. The Dec. 11 event will add the first, second and third place finishers to the list of Tenkaichi Budokai 2017 participants. They will join 2016 league winner Karinchu as well as voted in players FAB (Potemkin), Zadi (Raven), Kazuki (Dizzy) and Roi (Sol).

The tournament will be run in a best two out of three matches, double elmination format and begins at 2 p.m. JST (Dec. 10 at 9 p.m. PST, Dec. 11 at midnight EST). A live stream will be available on Jonio's Twitch channel with live commentary provided by Jonio.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- coming to Steam on Dec. 14, 2016

The newest version of Guilty Gear Xrd is headed to PC before the end of the year.

According to listings in the Steam store, -Revelator- will launch on Dec. 14, roughly six months after the game's initial home release.

There are no details as to how the Steam release will handle DLC characters Raven, Kum Haehyun and Dizzy, but each -Sign- character was sold individually for $1.99 or as part of a bigger bundle.

Mikado's Tenkaichi Budokai returns, help vote for competitors

Mikado arcade in Japan will once again be holding its Guilty Gear league, Tenkaichi Budokai, and is asking for aid in determining the event's competitors.

Tenkaichi Budokai is an arcade-based, offline league where eight players are split into two groups in a round-robin format. The player with the most points in each group is then moved into the final round. Those two players will be joined by a third player who wins a "last chance qualifier" comprised of the next-highest-placing competitors.

Tenkaichi Budokai will be streamed on Jonio's Twitch channel with live commentary in English and Japanese provided by MajinObama and Jonio, respectively.

For the upcoming 2017 league, this year's winner, Karinchu, will be joined by three players who win qualifier events. The other four participants, however, will be decided by a public vote. From Nov. 18 through Dec. 2, 2016, players and spectators are given four votes a day to support the candidates of their choice for the league. Voters can mark their ballots at ftg-reversal.net, but for those who do not understand Japanese, MajinObama and Eiji have put together an explanation of the voting process and a guide to the potential players.

For more information on Tenkaichi Budokai, including league dates as they become available, follow MajinObama, Eiji and Jonio on Twitter.

Samitto faces TopGaren in next -Revelator- Slash Series event

Japan's Mikado arcade and MajinObama present the next Slash Series event as Samitto's Chipp takes on TopGaren's Zato in a first-to-seven series.

The exhibition will take place on Oct. 14 in Japan and will offer commentary in both Japanese (courtesy of Jonio) and English (provided by MajinObama), with each feed coming from one channel.

An "Evo 2016 grudge match," the set will take place at 8 p.m. Japan Standard Time (4 a.m PDT, 7 a.m EDT), with streaming on Jonio's Twitch channel.

-Revelator- version 1.04 coming on Sept. 30, patch notes translated

Arc System Works has released the changes that will accompany version 1.04 of Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-, which will be released on Sept. 30, 2016.

More than half the game's cast will be updated by the patch, while the remaining members (Sol, Ky, May, Zato, Chipp, Faust, I-No, Jack-O, Haehyun) remain unaffected. While most characters will receive only a few changes that center around small tweaks to damage or hitboxes/hurtboxes, newcomer Dizzy is getting a lengthy list of upgrades to help make her more competitive.

Greatfernman has translated the changes in an Evernote. Interested players can check it out here.

Guilty Gear -Revelator- Slash Series: Kazunoko vs Kazuki

Mikado arcade and MajinObama presented the newest Slash Series event as Kazunoko's Raven took on Kazuki's Dizzy in a first-to-seven series.

This battle of new additions to -Revelator- is also a competition of former teammates, as Kazunoko and Kazuki combined with Akira's Potemkin to take third place in Guilty Gear XX Accent Core at Super Battle Opera in 2009.

The video features commentary in both Japanese (courtesy of Jonio) and English (provided by MajinObama), with each feed coming from one channel. Check out the video below, and for other videos from one of Japan's top Guilty Gear arcades head to Jonio's YouTube.

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Upcoming Slash Series event pits I-No against Haehyun

The next Slash Series event—a collaboration between Japan's Mikado arcade and MajinObama—will feature Tourio's I-No facing Maroshi's Haehyun in a first-to-seven series.

The event will take place on September 10 in Japan and will offer commentary in both Japanese (courtesy of Jonio) and English (provided by MajinObama), with each feed coming from one channel.

The time of the exhibition has not yet been set, so be sure to follow MajinObama on Twitter for updates as the date gets closer. For other matches from one of Japan's top Guilty Gear arcades, head to Jonio's YouTube.

Guilty Gear -Revelator- exhibition: Teresa vs Kakkou

The latest output in the collaboration between Japan's Mikado arcade and MajinObama, called the "Slash Series," features Teresa's Jam squaring off against Kakkou's Ramlethal in a first-to-seven series.

According to MajinObama, "Teresa is a strong Jam from GGXX who recently started running the character in xrd with great success," and "Kakkou is a dedicated Ram player who has stood by the character, even through her nerfs, and has established himself as the premiere player of the character in the Kantou region."

The video features commentary in both Japanese (courtesy of Jonio) and English (provided by MajinObama), with each feed coming from one channel. Check out the video below, and for other videos from one of Japan's top Guilty Gear arcades head to Jonio's YouTube.

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-Revelator- Dizzy glitch leaves fish frozen in place

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-'s newest downloadable character, Dizzy, has only been available since July 18 but players have already discovered an odd glitch surrounding her ice fish move (quarter-circle back+punch or kick).

Using either variant, if players grab within a small window before the fish's lunge animation hits the opponent, the fish will become stuck in place. The fish then becomes nothing more than frozen graphics—it has no hurtbox or hitbox—unless a new fish is summoned and hits in the same area. The old fish will then take on the properties of whichever strength the player chose for the new fish, meaning two or three hits depending on whether punch or kick was pressed.

Check out the glitch in action after the jump, followed by an extreme example of how far it can be taken.

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PS3 & PS4 frame-rate analysis of Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- by Digital Foundry

Digital Foundry, the premier graphical analysis team, took some time off from their usual videos to see how the newest iteration of Guilty Gear Xrd runs.

DF member Thomas Morgan details the differences of the unique character animations compared to other aspects of Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- including environment, camera movement and more.

Similar to their other frame-rate tests, Digital Foundry sees how the game runs using graphs for frame-rate as well as frame-time. The game on PlayStation 4 displays a full consistent 60fps with no alterations to the 16ms frame-time all in native 1080p. When it comes to the PlayStation 3 version, the game pairs back to 720p with lowered graphical features. Even if the PS3 version has to deal with minor frame drops and screen tearing, 60fps is still maintained most of the time.

The analysis video, as well as the graphical panel from GDC 2015 can be found below.

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German -Revelator- netplay lobby hosted by Biscuits

Attempting to get more exposure for different Guilty Gear scenes around the world, Biscuits recently streamed a Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- netplay lobby featuring German players.

The event was streamed on Biscuits' Twitch channel and featured his commentary. Players involved in the event were Mik (Ramlethal), Jonas (Venom), Sumpfauge (Elphelt), AtTheGates (Chipp) and KenDeep (Haehyun).

The event was played in a round robin format and each set was be first to three matches. Viewers can check out the video after the jump, and find more information on the German scene at HardEdge.

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The Beginner and Intermediate Guide to Venom by DaiAndOh

New York's DaiAndOh has written a new guide to help players learn or improve with Venom in Guilty Gear Xrd.

As Venom is a character with many different moving parts, Dai's guide is broken up into eight chapters with information ranging from a general approach to the character all the way to zoning with different ball formations. There is even a combo breakdown with explanations for certain routes and choices.

Players can check out the guide here.

Relive the Guilty Gear Team Battle Summit from Combo Breaker 2016

BGCallisto has uploaded all his footage of Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-'s Team Battle Summit that happened on Friday night at Combo Breaker 2016.

Eight five-player teams—including one that was established in a last chance qualifier earlier in the evening—competed in a double elimination tournament with many of the U.S.'s strongest players taking part. Matches were done Pokémon style with best of one game deciding which player moved forward.

Many of the teams also represented a certain region or state in the U.S. Check out the full list of teams and the archives after the jump.

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Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- menu translations by Kurushii

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- is now available for purchase in Japan and on Japanese PlayStation Network, which has lead many across the world to purchase the game before their respective region has the title.

However, unlike Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign-, this new version of the game has menus entirely in Japanese. For those who cannot speak the language and who do not wish to try and figure out Xrd's menu system through trial and error, Twitter user Kurushii has put together a Google document that translates every single option in the game.

This is a great resource for players who had to have the game before its release in North America on June 7 or European release on June 10.

-Revelator- release brings early tech for Raven, Haehyun

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- has released in Japan, and players are already working dilligently to break down the two new characters, Kum Haehyun and Raven.

Within the short time the game has been available, a mass of short videos showing mixups and combos has flooded Twitter, giving players a greater idea of how these characters may develop over the coming days, weeks and months.

While these videos only represent the work of a few hours at a game's release, they already show that both characters have the potential to perform big damage with the right resources. Check out the videos after the jump.

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