ARC Sytem Works Reveal Further Details For AWT 2025

The ARC World Tour returns for the 2025/2026 season, and ARC System Works has released further details on how the tournaments will go. 

On their official website, they posted a pyramid featuring the ranking of various tournaments and a table showing the value in points for tournament placements. There are a fews things of note, including the fact that they have expanded the tournament and there will now be 18 participants for both Guilty Gear -STRIVE- and Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. Meanwhile, UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes will remain at 8 players. 

The breakdown shows that there will be 8 players who qualify from Platinum events and the other 8 will come from the highest placing players while there will be a final two slots for the LCQ. 

As with last year, UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes will have no points system and will only feature Platinum events. Also, it has been revealed that while players who win the Platinum events automatically qualify for the finals, they still get points as there will be seeding this year. 

The tour will kick off with Evo Japan which starts on the 9th of May, 2025.