In a nutshell

• Venom is now a playable character in Guilty Gear Strive, available starting today (24 March 2025) for all players, including Season Pass 4 owners.
• A master of billiard-ball combat, Venom combines clever setups with elegant strikes, and balances his life as a baker by day and the mysterious punisher “Phantom” by night.
• Season Pass 4 also includes Queen Dizzy, additional characters and stages releasing later in 2025, and exclusive color packs.

Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced that Venom is now available on Guilty Gear Strive as a playable character.

Venom battles with free reign using billiard balls as he dominates the battlefield with clever set-ups and elegant strikes. Venom will be available starting today, 24 March 2025, and will also be available for anyone who owns Season Pass 4.

Guilty Gear Strive – Venom Character Profile

• Name: Venom (VA: Howard Wang)
• Height: 5’11” (179 cm)
• Weight: 146 lbs (66 kg) 
• Blood Type: A
• Bakery opening: May 16
• Origin: England
• Hobbies: Reading, chess
• Values: Zato, compassion, Millia when she’s with Zato, the townspeople 
• Dislikes: Blood, anyone who would wrong Zato, Millia, unsorted trash 
• Affiliation: Underside Bakehouse 
• Weapon: Pool cue 

He is a gentle and honest man who can barely bring himself to lie. There is a rigidity to his speech that suggests he favors reason above all else, but in fact, he places high importance on emotion, empathy, and humility.

During the battle with Bedman, the leader of the Assassin’s Guild, Venom, dies to the outside world, at least.

After Robo-Ky saves his life, he attempts to fund his repairs by taking any work he can get until Zato gifts him ownership of the store where he opens his bakery. 

Through his new life as a baker, Venom learns of a new and unfamiliar “battle”.

He grows fond of the townspeople who fight not to take the lives of others but for their own pride, and swears to protect their “battlefield”. 

And so begins his new battle: baker by day, mysterious punisher “Phantom” by night.

Guilty Gear Strive Season Pass 4 contains the following:

• 4 Additional characters
  • Queen Dizzy (available now)
  • Venom (available now)
  • Unika (releasing Spring 2025)
  • Lucy (releasing Summer 2025)
     
• 2 Additional Battle Stages
  • DLC Additional Stage #7 (releasing Spring 2025)
  • DLC Additional Stage #8 (releasing Summer 2025)
     
• Season 4 Character Color Pack
  • Colors #7 to 12 for Queen Dizzy, Venom, and Unika, total of 18 colors (6 colors per character) 
     
• Season Pass 4 Exclusive Bonus: Season Pass 4 Premium Color Pack
  • Character color for all characters up until Additional Character Unika, total of 31 colors (1 color per character)

Venom is now available on Guilty Gear Strive as a playable character.