Two Sword Art Online games are making their way to the Americas
Bandai Namco has announced that two Sword Art Online games are making their way to the Americas in the coming months: Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Sword Art Online: Lost Song. Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will be a PSN exclusive on the PS4 which is already available in the US for the PS Vita (which you can check out Cyril's review here), and if you already have save data from the PS Vita version you'll be happy to know that some items will be transferrable to the PS4 version. The DLC from the Vita version will also be unlockable on the PS4 version at a later date.
In Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment, you'll take on the role of Kirito as you fight through the levels of Aincrad to break free from being locked within the virtual game world, while in Sword Art Online: Lost Song you'll play through a completely original storyline within the succeeding VRMMORPG (Virtual Reailty MMORPG) called ALfheim Online. Hollow Fragment is set to release on the PSN for the PS4 this summer while Lost Song is slated for a retail release on the PS4 and PS Vita this fall. If you've never heard of Sword Art Online and want to see what it's all about, the first season is currently on Netflix and if you're into MMOs, I'd say it's worth a watch.
BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. ANNOUNCES SWORD ART ONLINE RE: HOLLOW FRAGMENT AND SWORD ART ONLINE: LOST SONG TO ARRIVE IN THE AMERICAS
Relive The Adventures in Aincrad on the PlayStation®4 and then Journey Into the World of ALfheim Online For the Very First Time!
SAN JOSE, Calif., (May 27, 2015) ?? BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today announces that Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will be coming to the Americas exclusively through PSN for the PlayStation®4 in summer 2015. The company is also pleased to announce that Sword Art Online: Lost Song is scheduled to launch at retail stores in the Americas for the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®Vita in fall 2015.
??Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Sword Art Online: Lost Song are both poised to bring the action and rich story of the highly popular Sword Art Online anime to life on the PlayStation family of consoles,?? said Chris Gilbert, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. ??The popularity of the light novel and anime have been growing at an astonishing rate and we??re excited to add the Sword Art Online franchise to our company??s illustrious roster of popular anime games.??
Both Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Sword Art Online: Lost Song featureoriginal stories based on the light novel and anime Sword Art Online. Both games follow the simulated Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (VRMMORPG) gameplay from the Sword Art Online storyline. In Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment, players will play as the main character, Kirito, and fight through all the levels of Aincrad to break free from being locked within the virtual game world. Players with save data from the PlayStation®Vita version of the game on will be pleased to learn thatsome items from that game will be transferrable to the PlayStation®4; additionally DLC from the PlayStation®Vita title will be unlockable on the PlayStation®4 at a later date. Sword Art Online: Lost Song is the third Sword Art Online console game adaption featuring a completely original storyline within the succeeding VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online.
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is scheduled to release digitally in the Americas for the PlayStation®4 in summer 2015. Sword Art Online: Lost Song is slated for a retail release on the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®Vita in fall 2015.
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