A Cygames and the Arc System Works announced that the game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising which is under development for Playstation 4, PlayStation 5It is PRAÇA (Steam) was postponed from November 30, 2023 to December 14, 2023, due to new implementations in the mechanics introduced in the beta testing sessions.
Tetsuya Fukuharathe creative director of the project communicated the following:
After our first online beta was held in July, the development team made every effort to rework the game mechanics and battle design for the game to receive launch on the initially scheduled day. Despite our best efforts, it became apparent to me that more time would be needed to put the finishing touches on the game.
As we complete our tweaks to the game’s battle mechanics, we revealed the changes during our Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising – Balance and System stream on October 20th and in the first public test in “Granblue Fantasy Versus Official Tournament, Vol. 7″ on last weekend which received an extremely positive reception.
However, due to the number of modes that were affected by these changes, we found that the overall impact was much greater than anticipated and decided that, to meet player expectations, we would need another two weeks of polishing and debugging to put into the players hands a truly high quality product. We’re sorry to announce this as the second beta testing session is about to take place, but I’m sure the beta schedule itself hasn’t changed.
For everyone looking forward to Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, I want to sincerely apologize for announcing this delay so close to the original release date and ask that you bear with us a little longer as we put the finishing touches on the game. We are working hard to deliver this new entry in the Granblue Fantasy series and make it the best fighting game possible. We’re sparing no effort to make it a game worth waiting for, so we hope you stay excited. See you on December 14th.”
