Arc System Works Comments On Rollback Netcode In Guilty Gear Strive

Arc System Works shared some new comments on the Rollback Netcode inGuilty Gear Strive. At the 2nd Annual Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable. Which revealedI-noas the game’s 15th character. They didn’t say much, but it was interesting enough to write about.First off, it’s important to note that right after the introductions on stream ended, with Harada joking abound like usual, Arc Sys apologized for the state of theGuilty Gear Strive Beta Test. And re announced the fact that it’s getting extended till February 23.

In the segment “Increasing expectations for online play”, at the 51:10 timeframe, Arika’s Nishitani asked Arc Sys' Akira Katano about the netplay inGuilt Gear Striveand why it’s so awesome.Answering that,Guilty Gear Strivedirector Katano shared some comments words on the Rollback Netcode installed onGuilt Gear Strive.

2nd Annual Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable - Arc System Works Comments on Rollback Netcode

First, Katano explained it’s thanks to the programmers, who worked a whole lot. Katano mentioned that not using GGPO as a middle tool, but developing their own method from scratch, that fits the game, took a great amount of time. He apologized for making the players wait so long. Insinuating that the previousGuilty Gear Strivebeta did not use rollback netcode because it wasn’t ready yet.

Secondly, Akira Katano reiterated it works so well because they spent an incredible amount of time working on it. And how Arc System Works did all of the rollback netcode by themselves. However, he avoided going too much into details. He couldn’t as its company secrets.

Players in theGuilty Gear Strive Beta have been praising the rollback netcode. The beta had its share of problems, but when the servers were up the game was incredibly lag free. Personally speaking, I’m particularly happy for those who usually can’t play with anyone else but other players in their regions. I’ve most notably heard of South African players happy they can finally join the worldwide scene onGG Strive. The game’s netcode is definitely a huge asset. Especially during a pandemic. Hopefully more developers will learn from it.

The 2nd Annual Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable also had a teaser for a Poland based character inTekken 7. SNK also revealed a new team inKOF XV. Lastly,Samurai Shodownalso had an announcement.

Guilty Gear Strive(PS4,PS5,PCvia Steam) will be launching on June 10, 2025.

Capcom artist Tamio drew the feature image above for the event.