Guilty Gear Strive passes half a million copies sold Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Guilty Gear Strive passes half a million copies sold First DLC character announced next week. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 16 Jul 2021 2 comments Guilty Gear Strive has passed half a million copies sold, developer Arc System Works has announced on Twitter. The superb fighting game (check out my Guilty Gear Strive review for more) launched on 11th June. Watch on YouTube A full online match, including lobby. Guilty Gear Strive appears to be a breakout hit for the series, which has traditionally occupied a smaller portion of the fighting game space. Strive got off to a great start on PC, and hit peak Steam concurrents of just over 31,000 players, according to SteamDB. That peak concurrents on Steam number is higher than that achieved by big fighting game hitters Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7, although Arc System Works' own Dragon Ball FighterZ still holds the peak concurrents Steam record for a fighting game with 44,303. But Guilty Gear Strive has had its controversies. Arc System Works was criticised for stealth patching out mention of Uyghur, Tibet and Taiwan in a China-related lore entry - a change neither the developer nor publisher Bandai Namco have commented on nearly a month after it was spotted by players. It didn't take long for a "decensor" mod to turn up. Arc System Works said it will announce Strive's first DLC character on its YouTube channel at 2am UK time on 21st July. Last month, we reported on a dataminer who unearthed what may be Strive's Season Pass 1 DLC characters list. THERE MAY BE SPOILERS AHEAD. The suggested five DLC characters are Happy Chaos, Asuka (That Man), Goldlewis Dickinson, Jack-O' Valentine and Jam Kuradoberi. The question is, who will be released first? Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store