- Developer : Bandai Namco Games
- Publisher : Bandai Namco Games
- Platforms : PlayStation Vita
- Genre : Role-playing game
Bandai Namco revealed to the press at their Global Gamer’s Days event that Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is coming to North America as a downloadable title on PlayStation Vita. Now, we’re allowed to let everyone else know.
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment features Kirito as your default avatar, you actually have the ability to customize both his looks and his name. You’ll begin your adventure in a town on the 76th floor of Aincrad and begin working your way to the top, fighting bosses and clearing dungeons.
The game has over 100 recruitable characters which can be chosen to accompany the player in the game's dungeons.Hollow Fragment also has a multiplayer mode, where you can have a party of four players with one AI partner each, making for a team of eight. Gameplay combines elements of a MMORPG, albeit in a simulated fashion, as it is not an online game, with elements of a dating sim.
The game was released on April 23, 2014 in Japan and May 29,2014 in Taiwan and Hong Kong with Chinese and English subtitles. It had also been announced that the game would be localized into English and released in Q3 2014 in North America and July in Europe and Australia. The American/European/Australian release will be digital download only. It was also announced that the game would receive an update to add content that would extend the game's play time by 30 hours, including new areas, gameplay, and costumes, although the announcement had not stated if it would also apply to non-Japanese release of the game.
Check out screenshots of the game and trailer.
