Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Beta Arrives in July, Nier Joining Cast

At its Anime Expo 2023 panel, Cygames announced details about the Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising betas and revealed Nier will be a playable character. Nier will be accompanied by Death in the game. As for the betas, there will be a pre-access beta and open beta for the PS4 and PS5 in July 2023.

The Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising beta will include 25 characters. PS4 and PS5 owners can register for the pre-access one starting on July 6, 2023. That will then take place on July 27, 2023 for those who can participate. We’ll see the open beta on July 29-30, 2023. There will also be an Evo open beta tournament. People can register for that until August 3, 2023, and the matches will take place August 4-5, 2023.

There’s an initial character teaser trailer showing how both Nier and Death will look in Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising. However, at the moment Arc System Works and Cygames only shared it via Twitter. It is brief and shows Nier being held by Death. She says, “You don’t understand me either? Then… goodbye.”

Presenting Nier, the third new playable character coming to GBVS Rising's roster!#GBVS #GBVSR #AX2023 pic.twitter.com/0VG0KvNZVl

— グランブルーファンタジー ヴァーサス (@gbvs_official) July 3, 2023

Cygames also offered some details about how Nier works in Granblue Fantasy Versus. It also confirmed her voice actresses are Noriko Shitaya and Jenny Yokobori.

Image via Cygames

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising will come to the PS4, PS5, and PC in 2023. The pre-access beta will be held on July 27, 2023, while the open beta will appear on July 29-30, 2023. Only PS4 and PS5 owners can take part in those betas.