Back in September, Arc System Works USA announced that Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus would be patched to R specifications in North America before the end of 2013. While they made good on Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 version has remained the same all the way up to today, leaving many fans cautiously hopeful the title would see updating before the new year.

Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case. After a long silence on the subject, ArcSys has come forward with an apology, citing a devotion of resources to the upcoming Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- as the reason why the patch continues to be missing. North American PlayStation 3 users will have to wait until next year to get their hands on +R.

Their full message has been included below.

Guilty Gear fans, we have an apology to make. Back in September, we announced that the GGXXAC+R patch would be out by the end of the year. That was based on the best information we had at the time, given the status of the XBLA patch. Unfortunately, the PS3 patch is still in development and WILL NOT be out this week. We delayed announcing this because we were holding out as much hope as you were. We are very sorry for the delay! If it’s any comfort, the lack of resources on the +R patch is due to the ongoing production of Guilty Gear Xrd. Again, our biggest apologies and thanks for the continued patience and sticking with us. We owe you!

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is currently available worldwide for PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360 as well as through PlayStation Network in Japan. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as more information on a release becomes available.

Source: Arc System Works USA