Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in Japan this fall, Bandai Namco announced at the Dengeki Game Festival today.
The company also debuted the game’s second trailer, confirmed the appearance of Leafa and Sinon, and announced that voice actress Yuiko Tatsumi will voice new character Premia.
In North America and Europe, the game is due out in 2016
Evolving in a brand-new world, Sword Art: Origins, fans will meet emblematic characters from Sword Art Online such as Kirito, Asuna and Sinon and discover a new mysterious NPC Premiere.
Among the new features announced, players will be able to fully customize their characters and Kirito’s avatar: name, gender, weapons and physical appearance from the eyes’ color to the sound of the voice!
With this newly customized avatar, players will evolve in an exclusive online mode with 3 others players and 4 AI characters. This MMORPG-like system will provide a never-before-seen experience in the Sword Art Online’s universe!
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization will be available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vit on Autumn 2016!
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization English Story Trailer
Bandai Namco has released the English story trailer for Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. It is the same trailer that premiered in Japan earlier this week.
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is set in the vast world of “Sword Art: Origin,” where characters like Strea, Philia, and the mysterious NPC Premiere stand alongside Kirito and Asuna. The story kicks off in the “Town of Beginnings.” Bandai Namco promises “loads of different landscapes,” such as the “Valley Map” and its aquatic environment. But players will need to be careful as monsters roam these maps, including “Jelly Floaters, Shadow Demons, Verminous, and the Shaman of Gigas, a strong boss using a strange magic.”
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is due out for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on October 27 in Japan, and this fall in North America and Europe.