Today Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment & Sword Art Online: Lost Song video games based on the popular anime and light novel Sword Art Online will be coming to the West as announced by Bandai Namco.
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will be coming exclusively to the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita and will be available to download in summer 2015 for Europe, Middle East and Australia. Sword Art Online: Lost Song is also coming to the retail stores on the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 in autumn 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. The popularity of the anime and novel has 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.”
– Herve Hoerdt, Vice President of Marketing & Digital at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe.
If you have not read or watched Sword Art Online it is based of a virtual reality MMORPG and in Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment players will see themselves as Kirito as he fights through the levels of Aincrad to break free from being locked in the virtual world. If you have played the game on the Vita you will be able to transfer some items from the Vita to PlayStation 4. DLC will also be unlockable on the PS4 at a later date.
Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish subtitles allowing more people the access to the game in their own language. The game will be based on the Alfheim Online universe which features magic and flight. You will see familiar faces with returning characters and can enjoy over 50 hours of questing with the ability to battle in the air.
