Paris, August 4th, 2025 – At EVO 2025, held in Las Vegas from August 1 to 3, Arc System Works Co., Ltd. announced the highly acclaimed 2.5D fighting game Guilty Gear -Strive-, available now for PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Steam®, Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One and Windows, has surpassed 3.5 million players worldwide and will release the new playable character, Lucy, on August 21, 2025.
During the event, Arc System Works also unveiled the teaser trailer of HUNTERxHUNTER NENxIMPACT's Neferpitou and showed the shadowed silhouettes of the next 3 DLC characters and their release periods. Neferpitou is scheduled to release in Fall 2025. Players are invited to stay tuned for more updates.
Izumi, the latest DLC character for UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes, is set to release on Tuesday, August 19th 2025 for Steam, PlayStation®4 & PlayStation®5 and August 21st on Nintendo Switch™. A technical character who controls a fish entity called Elefee, she manipulates water powers to perform a variety of combos. The UNI2 Season Pass, which includes this character as well as the previous two characters Ogre and Uzuki, is also on sale now.
About Arc System Works
Video game developer and publisher known for the GUILTY GEAR series and BLAZBLUE series. Founded in 1988, Arc System Works constantly seeks to innovate and bring new experiences to its fans. On July 1 2024, Arc System Works opened its European branch in Paris, France, in order to continue expanding its global presence.