Sword Art Online: Lost Song

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PlayStation 3, PS Vita
Lux and Seven playable in Sword Art Online: Lost Song via upcoming update
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Major update due out towards the end of May.

Lux and Seven will join Sword Art Online: Lost Song for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita as playable characters via a major update on the way, this week’s Dengeki PlayStation reveals.
Lux, voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki, wields dual swords. She first appears in the Sword Art Online spin-off manga Sword Art Online: Girls Ops Volume 01.
Seven is one of the new characters already in the game, although currently not playable. It appears his weapon will be a bow.
Also coming in the update:

• Player-versus-player matches and duel events. Two types of duel events are being prepared for multiplayer and single-player.
• New sub-scenarios. There’s new CG events in a new episode focused on Seven and Rain.
• A gigantic new boss over ten times the size of the player character.
• Others: New Game+, Gallery Mode, change equipment in the field, balance and UI adjustments.

The update is due out at the end of May.
Thanks, Hachima Kikou.

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Sword Art Online: Lost Song Update Adds Lux And Seven As Playable Characters. April 21, 2015 . 8:57am


The update will also add PvP fights and duel events, which will come in multiplayer and single player modes

Bandai Namco previously announced a few details on their upcoming major update for Sword Art Online: Lost Song that is scheduled for next month. This week’s issue of Dengeki PlayStation shares additional info on the update. [Thanks, Hachima]

The update will add two new playable characters. One is Lux from the Sword Art Online: Girls Ops manga, and the other is Seven who was previously a key character in the story but not playable. The report indicates that he uses a bow as his weapon.

The update will also add PvP fights and duel events, which will come in multiplayer and single player modes. There will also be new sub-scenarios, including one that’s about Seven and Rain, along with new CG for events.

There will also be new giant bosses that are said to be more than ten times larger than regular characters. Additionally, the update will also add a “New Game” mode, Gallery Mode, the possibility to change gear in the field, UI adjustments, and more.

Read more stories about PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera.

source: Gematsu& Siliconera

 

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PlayStation 3, PS Vita
Sword Art Online: Lost Song detailed by producer in English featurette
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English version out next week in Asian territories.

Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has released a new eight-minute English video featurette of Sword Art Online: Lost Song featuring producer Yosuke Futami.
In it, Futami details the features of the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita Sword Art game, including its new and returning characters, the floating city of Ryne (what we’ve previously referred to as Line), flight mode, three-character parties, and boss battles.
The English version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song will launch in Asia next Tuesday, May 12. A western release has not been announced, though given last year’s Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment localization, it is expected.
Watch the featurette below.


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Sword Art Online: Lost Song English Version Arrives In Asia Next Week. May 5, 2015 . 1:45am

While Bandai Namco Entertainment have not announced Sword Art Online: Lost Song for the West, an English version has been in the works. It’s scheduled to come out debut in Asia next week with Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong as the publisher.

While Bandai Namco Entertainment have not announced Sword Art Online: Lost Song for the West, an English version has been in the works. It’s scheduled to come out debut in Asia next week with Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong as the publisher. The English version will have Japanese voice acting.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song takes place in ALfheim Online where you can control Kirito and other characters from the anime series. Bandai Namco is still updating the game in Japan and a recent update added two more playable characters plus more big boss battles.

The English version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be available in Hong Kong on May 15 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. Play-Asia is selling the game for $54.99.


Read more stories about PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera.

source: Gematsu& Siliconera

 

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PlayStation 3, PS Vita
Sword Art Online: Lost Song update adds PvP, Lux and Seven, more on May 28
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New boss, sub-scenarios, and other additions, too.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be updated with new playable characters, a player-versus-player mode, and more next Thursday, May 28, Bandai Namco announced.
The update will add:

• Player-versus-Player matches and duel events. Two types of duel events are being prepared for multiplayer and single-player.
• Playable Lux (voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki) and Seven (voiced by Hisako Kanemoto).
• A quest featuring a gigantic new boss.
• New sub-scenarios focused on Rain and Seven (featuring new CG).
• Others additions: New Game+, Gallery Mode, change equipment in the field, new extra-difficult quests, new bosses, new Sword Skills, and balance and UI adjustments.

Bandai Namco will showcase the update a day prior to its release via a Niconico stream on May 27 at 20:00 Japan time. You’ll be able to watch that live here.
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Sword Art Online: Lost Song Shares A Glimpse At Its New Characters And PvP. May 20, 2015 . 11:45pm

There will be PvP fights and duel events, which come in multiplayer and single player modes.

Bandai Namco are releasing a major update for Sword Art Online: Lost Song later this month for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. While one waits, Gamer have shared a look at some screenshots showing some of the update’s major features.





The PvP mode will be one of the biggest features if the update, titled “Player of Arms”. There will be PvP fights and duel events, which come in multiplayer and single player modes.





The above is a look at Lux, the main character from the spinoff manga, Sword Art Online: Girls Ops. She’ll be added as a playable character in the update.

 

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Seven was originally one of the key characters in the story of Sword Art Online: Lost Song. She’s a genius scientist from Russia in real life, and is metaphorically considered the light of virtual reality research. She’ll also be a newly playable character in the update.



Finally, here’s a look at one of the new bosses to be added to the game. While you might not be able to get a full view from the screenshot, they say that these new bosses are going to be huge, and you’ll need to be able to fly your way around them while fighting.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song’s Player of Arms update will go live on May 28, 2015.

Read more stories about PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera.

source: Gematsu& Siliconera

 

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Sword Art Online: Lost Song Demonstrates Its New PvP Mode. May 27, 2015 . 2:50am

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is getting a major update that adds PvP, new playable characters and giant bosses to fight.
Eir Aoi recently got together with Dengeki to demonstrate what’s new in the update.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is getting a major update that adds PvP, new playable characters and giant bosses to fight. Eir Aoi recently got together with Dengeki to demonstrate what’s new in the update.

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The footage starts out with the new PvP feature that fans have been looking forward to, at the 2:10 mark of the video. They say that it’s really fun to be able to fight against other players and the characters they’ve raised, not to mention its multiplayer mode.

It doesn’t make a difference in 1v1 fights, but characters have their own roles in player versus player. For example, Asuna is a good healer in the multiplayer PvP, where you have two teams of four go up against each other.

Asuna can also hold her own using speedy sword skill moves in close-ranged combat. Flying around plays a big role in combat, as you can use it to distance yourself when needed; however, there are some stages where you won’t be able to fly, as they have a little less space.

At 5:39, we get to see an arena-style fight, where Kirito goes up against a bunch of opponents with the help of some AI-controlled allies.It can be a bit hectic for the 4v4 matches, so knowing what skills to use will be the key.

Next, at the 9:30 mark, we get a first look at one of the new giant bosses in motion. This boss will be fought through a new quest in the update. The boss hits hard and you won’t be able to fly here, so you’ll need to put your best dodging skills to use while chipping away at its health.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song’s Player of Arms update will go live on May 28, 2015.

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PS Vita, PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Lost Song announced for PS4, coming west
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Re: Hollow Fragment due out this summer, Lost Song this fall.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song and Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment Director’s Cut are coming to PlayStation 4, Bandai Namco announced.
Both titles are coming to North America and Europe, with the PS Vita version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song also en route.
Get details below.

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment (PS4)
Due out exclusively via PlayStation Network in summer 2015.
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 that some items from that game will be transferable 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 (PS4, PS Vita)
Due out via retail and digital in fall 2015 with subtitles in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
With an original story based on the Alfheim Online realm including new and returning characters and exclusive environments, fans will be more than happy to spend more than 50 hours questing in the ultimate Virtual Reality universe! To make it even more exiting, Lost Song will feature all new Aerial Battles and plenty of customization features.
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View new screenshots and the box art for Lost Song here and the first screenshots of Re: Hollow Fragment here.
We’ll have this post updated with a trailer shortly.

Watch the announcement trailer below.
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Sword Art Online: Lost Song Coming West; Hollow Fragment Coming To PS4. May 27, 2015 . 5:31am

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is coming to the West, along with Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is coming to the West, along with Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment, Bandai Namco Europe announced this morning.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. It will be available at retail and digitally, with subtitles in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. It is slated for release this Fall.

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is a PlayStation 4 port of Hollow Fragment, and will be released as a download title this Summer. If you already own the game on Vita, you’ll be able to transfer some items from that game using your save data, and will also be able to unlock DLC from the Vita “at a later date”.

Read more stories about PlayStation 4 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment & Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera.

source: Siliconera & Gematsu

 

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A First Look At Sword Art Online: Lost Song And Hollow Fragment On PS4. May 27, 2015 . 6:43am

For now, it seems like the PlayStation 4 version of Lost Song is mainly a version with upgraded graphics.

Earlier this morning, Bandai Namco Europe announced that Sword Art Online: Lost Song and Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is headed West for the PlayStation 4 and Vita. Japan will also get the enhanced versions of the game, and we have a trailer that shows it off.
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The PlayStation 4 version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song for PlayStation 4 was announced for the West, and shortly after in Japan. For now, it seems like the PlayStation 4 version of Lost Song is mainly a version with upgraded graphics.

On the other hand, Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment on PS4 has enhanced graphics, and will have some extra new content that will be revealed on a later date.
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As previously reported, the Western version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be available at retail and digitally, with English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish subtitles when it releases this Fall for PlayStation 4 and Vita (at least in Europe).

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will be available as a download title this Summer for PS4, and those who already own the PlayStation Vita version will get to transfer some items with their save data and unlock DLC at a later date.


Additionally, Bandai Namco shared a look at a new trailer for Sword Art Online: Lost Song’s upcoming major update that adds Seven and Lux as playable characters. The trailer also reveals a glimpse at some new episodes featuring Seven and Rain.

There will be new quests that involve giant enemy bosses, and also a new PvP event. You can check out our previous report to see Eir Aoi and the folks at Dengeki demonstrate some of its new features.

Read more stories about PlayStation 3 & PlayStation 4 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment & Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera.

source: Siliconera

 

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PlayStation 3, PS Vita
Accel World’s Kuroyukihime joins Sword Art Online: Lost Song
Published 33 mins ago. 11 comments.

Available through today's "Weapons Instrumentalist" update.

Today’s update for the Japanese version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song, titled “Weapons Instrumentalist,” comes with a surprise guest character: Accel World‘s Kuroyukihime.
What’s Accel World’s greatest doing in Svart ALfheim? And how will she encounter Kirito? We’re not sure, but those are the teasers offered by Dengeki.
Watch a trailer for the new update below. Or, if you have a copy of Sword Art Online: Lost Song, download the update now and play it for yourself.

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Accel World’s Kuroyukihime Joins Sword Art Online: Lost Song. May 27, 2015 . 10:29pm

While we still don’t have any in-game images of Kuroyukihime, she’ll take on her appearance from the OVA.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is getting a major update today that adds giant boss fights, PvP, and other new features. Additionally, the game will get Accel World’s Kuroyukihime as a character from the update. [Thanks, Game Jouhou]

While we still don’t have any in-game images of Kuroyukihime, she’ll take on her appearance from the OVA, #EX01: Reverberation;Zankyou, which was bundled with Accel World: Ginyoku no Kakusei for PlayStation 3 and PSP.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will release in the West this Fall for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. You can check out our earlier report for a trailer on the new PS4 version of the game, along with another look at the new update’s content.

Read more stories about PlayStation 3 & PlayStation 4 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera.

source: Gematsu& Siliconera

 

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glad this is coming to the PS4!!

now, if only that Fighting Climax game would come to the PS4 as well........

 

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this was also put up to day , hope fully the translation is better this time around too as said below


PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will have a new English translation
Published 2 hours ago. 22 comments.

Bandai Namco penetrating the bad translation.

The English release of the newly announced Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will have a new English translation, Bandai Namco confirmed.
The game is an updated port of PS Vita’s Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, which launched last year. The western release used the Asian release’s English translation of the game, which, well, was bad.
“We’ve heard your feedback!” Bandai Namco said in a Facebook post. “Sword Art Online: Lost Song will come out physically with Japanese voices and English, German, Italian, Spanish & French subtitles! And the digital version of Re: Hollow Fragment on PS4 will have its English translation redone!”
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is due out for PlayStation 4 via PlayStation Network this summer.
Thanks, NeoGAF.

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Zero Mod • 40 minutes ago Let's not turn this into a ... "Please do this then Namco! Listen to my feedback and do this discussion. " It gets incredibly off topic and is open forum material. Let's stay on topic, this article is about the new English translation. If you want to go off topic, please take it to our open forum. I'd also suggest taking the requests and such to Namco's social media pages, since they seem to be listening to feedback. Especially on Facebook. Thank you.

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PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment lets you edit female characters, too
Published 5 hours ago. 15 comments.

Online mode replaces PS Vita's ad-hoc mode.

Famitsu this week has a new interview with Sword Art Online game series producer Yosuke Futami, who discusses the upcoming Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment for PlayStation 4.
Get the quotes below.

What’s changed in Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment?
Futami: “We added an online mode rather than ad-hoc. And now not only can you edit Kirito, but you can also edit the female characters.”
Are there new Sword Art Online series games planned?
“I’d like you to guess based on the fact that we’re putting these [Re: Hollow Fragment and Sword Art Online: Lost Song] out on PS4. (Laughs.)
“Before, I’d said that if Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment reached over 200,000 sales, I wanted to put out a sequel. But I’ve yet to talk about the details. We’re going to make the sequel, so please wait in anticipation.”
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Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is due out for PlayStation 4 as a digital download title this summer.
Thanks, Hachima Kikou.

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Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment Will Let You Make A Female Protagonist. June 9, 2015 . 4:29am

Bandai Namco producer Yosuke Futami talks about the future of Sword Art Online videogames.

Bandai Namco producer Yosuke Futami recently spoke with Dengeki PlayStation in an interview about what we can expect in the future of the series’ video games. [Thanks, Hachima]

When asked about some of the changes we’ll see in Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment, Futami said that instead of Ad-hoc, there will be a new online mode. Additionally, previously, the character edit that only had Kirito will now be changed so that a female character can be edited.

Dengeki also asked about what we can expect from the next title in the Sword Art Online series. Futami hinted that the next title will be on PlayStation 4.

Additionally, he previously talked about if Hollow Fragment sells more than 200,000 copies, they would make a sequel, but Futami said that there are still no details on that front to share. However, he did confirm that they will make a sequel to Hollow Fragment, and asked for fans to wait just a little longer for more details.

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will be available as a download title this Summer for PS4, and those who already own the PlayStation Vita version will get to transfer some items with their save data and unlock DLC at a later date.

Read more stories about PlayStation 4 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment on Siliconera.

source: Gematsu& Siliconera

 

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PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment save data import elements detailed
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Import your level, money, avatar data, and more.
Dengeki Online has detailed what players can import from the PS Vita version of Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment into the summer-due PlayStation 4 version, Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment.


The following elements can be imported:

• Your level (up to 199)
• Your money (up to 99,999,999 Col)
• Your equipment, possessions, items, etc.
• Avatar data
• Heroine level and other player levels

Clear flags, downloadable content items, event items, and such cannot be imported. You’ll also have to start the game from the beginning. As previously announced, downloadable content from the PS Vita version will be unlockable in the PlayStation 4 version at a later date.
The Dengeki article also has a look at some of the changes in the PlayStation 4 version. This includes online multiplayer support (versus the PS Vita version’s ad-hoc multuplayer; pictured above), which was confirmed yesterday, as well as partial changes to the bosses. There are more changes besides the two Dengeki lists, such as the ability to edit female characters (rather than just Kirito), but they’re not mentioned in the article.


Dengeki also has a look at the PlayStation 4 version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song, highlighting the PlayStation 4 version’s nicer graphics (look, grass!), livelier Sky City Line, and more on-screen enemies.




Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is due out for PlayStation 4 via PlayStation Network in North America and Europe this summer. Sword Art Online: Lost Song is due out for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita via retail and digital this fall.

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PS Vita, PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Lost Song E3 2015 trailers [Update: gameplay]
Published 10 hours ago. 18 comments.

Re: Hollow Fragment out this summer, Lost Song this fall.

Bandai Namco released new trailers for Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Sword Art Online: Lost Song at E3.
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is coming to PlayStation 4 this summer via digital download. It is an updated version of the original PS Vita game with better visuals and a new English translation.
Sword Art Online: Lost Song is coming to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita via retail and digital this fall.
Watch the trailers below. View two new Re: Hollow Fragment screenshots at the gallery.
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Sword Art Online: Lost Song
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Update: Here’s 3.5 minutes of Re: Hollow Fragment gameplay.


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Sword Art Online: Lost Song And Re:Hollow Fragment Get A Two-In-One Trailer. July 2, 2015 . 2:38am

Both Sword Art Online games shown off in one trailer.

[YT]jDKNehrjylo[/YT]Sword Art Online Re:Hollow Fragment will have a new translation on PlayStation 4, but you’ll have to wait a little longer until you can see whether or not it’s up to scratch. In the meantime, Bandai Namco have released a new trailer for the game and for Sword Art Online: Lost Song.


Sword Art Online Re:Hollow Fragment will be released on July 28th in Europe. Meanwhile, Lost Song will be released for PlayStation 4 and Vita this Fall. Release dates for North America should follow soon.

Read more stories about PlayStation 4 & PlayStation Vita & Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment & Sword Art Online: Lost Song & Videos on Siliconera.

source: Siliconera

 

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See How Sword Art Online Re:Hollow Fragment Looks On PlayStation 4 With These Screenshots.July 2, 2015 . 11:12am

Screenshots from the PlayStation 4 port of Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment.

Sword Art Online Re:Hollow Fragment is coming to PlayStation 4, and a batch of new screenshots shows off what the game looks like on the platform. Check them out below. The game will be released on July 28th in Europe and at some unspecified time this Summer in North America.




Read more stories about PlayStation 4 & Screenshots & Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment on Siliconera.

source: Siliconera

 

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PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online: Game Director’s Edition will include Lost Song PS4 and Re: Hollow Fragment in Japan
Published 15 hours ago. 35 comments.

Both games in a single package.

Bandai Namco will ship Sword Art Online: Lost Song and Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment in a Sword Art Online: Game Director’s Edition for PlayStation 4 in Japan on November 19 for 8,000 yen, the publisher announced.

The package will include Sword Art Online: Lost Song on disc and a download code for Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment.
Watch the trailer below.

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PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment delayed one week
Published 7 hours ago. 15 comments.

You'll have to hold off just a bit longer.

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will launch for PlayStation 4 via PlayStation Network on August 4, a week after its originally planned release date of July 28, Bandai Namco announced.
The PlayStation 4 version of the game offers high-definition visuals and a completely reworked set of English subtitles compared to last year’s PS Vita release.


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Sword Art Online RE: Hollow Fragment Is A Sword Art: Lost Song Pre-Order Bonus. July 28, 2015 . 12:20pm

Sword Art Online RE: Hollow Fragment will be available today as a downloadable game for PlayStation 4. Originally released for PlayStation Vita, Bandai Namco upgraded the graphics, included online play, and added a playable female protagonist.

Sword Art Online RE: Hollow Fragment will be available today as a downloadable game for PlayStation 4. Originally released for PlayStation Vita, Bandai Namco upgraded the graphics, included online play, and added a playable female protagonist.

Sword Art Online RE: Hollow Fragment costs $19.99 on PlayStation Network. If you pre-order Sword Art Online: Lost Song for PS4 on the PlayStation Store you’ll get a digital copy of Sword Art Online RE: Hollow Fragment as a bonus. Sword Art Online: Lost Song costs $59.99 as of now. RE: Hollow Fragment can be played as soon as a pre-order is made, which should keep fans busy until Sword Art Online: Lost Song which comes out this fall for PS4 and Vita.

Read more stories about PlayStation 4 & Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment & Sword Art Online: Lost Song on Siliconera.

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Aincrad Adventurer Shares Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment Tips. July 28, 2015 . 1:30pm

Listen to a seasoned adventurer’s advice before heading into Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment tonight.

Show of hands, who’s ready to head back into Aincrad? Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is out today, so here’s hoping the answer is yes. This is an action RPG that lets people fight their way through Aincrad and a Hollow Area as Kirito and tons of other major and minor characters from the series. It’s also a chance for PS4 owners to see why people with Vitas were excited about the game.

I was one of those "early" players. I don’t want to brag, but I reached Aincrad’s 100th floor. Which means I’m ready to help you with a few tips to make your first encounters with Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment a little more pleasant.

Pay attention to every tutorial.
They go by quickly. You’ll regret it if you don’t read each one, because you can miss out on combat bonuses or falter when it comes to completing missions otherwise. Sure, the digital instruction manual is there to back you up, but it’s easiest to learn by doing. Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment won’t hold your hand, so savor the teaching moments.

Use your Sword Skills.
Want to be a better sword fighter? Use your sword. It’s the only way you’ll learn more skills to use in the game. Trust me, you’ll need those extra abilities later on. Some provide bonuses like area attacks and improved accuracy, in addition to increased damage output. You especially want to use weapon skills enough to get special attacks that will do something like offer a temporary boost to attack or cause the enemy to bleed, because that will help you stand strong against mobs. The one-handed sword’s Horizontal skill is great, since it’s incredible accurate and hits multiple enemies, and the scimitar’s Legion Destroyer is a great Ultimate Skill that makes whatever foe it hits bleed.

Dodging is important.
There are three different kinds of dodges. It’s fine to rely on the regular dash triggered by pressing X. It’ll help you avoid attacks and explore areas faster. But don’t forget to learn how to do sidesteps and backsteps by pressing X and one of the directional buttons at the same time. No sense running wildly around the battlefield. Step up your game. The bonuses are worth it. Backsteps will completely lower your risk, while increasing the Burst Gauge by one and boosting attack. Sidesteps will recover the Burst Gauge, while also lowering risk and raising your chances of landing a critical hit. Get into random battles against minor mooks in the field, so these moves will become second nature when facing scarier foes.

Perfect parrying.
Running isn’t always the answer. Learn how to take an attack too. Time a parry right, and you’ll be rewarded three times over. SP will be recovered, you’ll block the attack and you’ll reflect damage back at your opponent. If you see the opponent about to attack, press triangle. I’d honestly recommend taking one hit first, so you can see what the attack pattern looks like for a particular foe. As with dodging, the best advice is to keep practicing against lesser foes.

Don’t forget Teleport Crystals.
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is huge. It’s easy to get caught up exploring Aincrad or the Hollow Area. There’s nothing worse than being nearly wiped out and far from home. Stock up on Teleport Crystals so you can always instantly warp back to safety. The item shop carries them. If you pair up with Asuna, she’ll always have one and “refill” each time you work together.

Take your time.
You can miss some character-related CGs if you don’t explore, look for events, and spend time with characters. (Highlight for Spoiler.)
You can miss events with Strea.
Getting to enjoy extra moments with familiar faces is one of the reasons why you’re probably playing Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and not Ragnarok Odyssey Ace or Toukiden: Kiwami. If things aren’t happening, send Kirito off to do things by himself. Some events won’t trigger if others are around.

Try for a Drop Rate+ Sword
This one is… okay. Listen. Most of you aren’t going to get this far in Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment. Getting a sword with an increased drop rate is tedious and difficult work. But, if you’re planning on 100% mastering the game, you’re going to need one. You want to go to the Corridor of the Oppressed in the Void Area. There’s a crystal behind a door near the entrance. If you give it 50 ores of any kind, you can fight a Phi Dragon that’s in the 180-level range. (You’ll probably want to be over level 150 before facing him, to be safe.) Win, and you might get a drop rate+ sword. You won’t definitely get the weapon from the fight, though, and if you do it might not even have a rate of over 25. I only recommend undertaking this personal challenge if you have a lot of free time, really plan on doing a lot of crafting, and don’t mind resetting and rebattling the same foe repeatedly.

I think you’re all ready to do this. Odds are, you’ll come up with your own little tips and tricks as you play. Please, come back and share them once you do!

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Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment Has A Vastly Improved Translation. August 3, 2015 . 1:30pm

You can immediately see how much better Sword Art Online Re: Fragment’s script is compared to Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment’s.

When Bandai Namco announced the localization and release of Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment, the company said that the PS4 release would feature a new translation. Then, the company neglected to share any trailers or screenshots with any text. It wasn’t exactly encouraging. Fortunately for us, the promise was kept!

I performed a side-by-side comparison of the first hour of both Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment and Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment. The results were absolutely shocking. I went in playing the PS4 version and taking random screenshots, hoping that there would at least be changes in a handful of them.


Instead, I found the entire script has received massive edits. Some scenes were unrecognizable. I passed up a scene where Philia described her stealth and lock-picking skills in the Vita version because it didn’t exist there. An aside had been expounded on for the PS4 release.

With that, I’m here to share some comparison shots. On the left are the screenshots from Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment. The right has ones taken from the original Vita release. There’s quite a difference, from dialogue to tutorial explanation, with a focus on making conversations flow more naturally.




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PS Vita, PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online: Lost Song release date set
Published 4 hours ago. 22 comments.

Fly throughout the world of ALfheim in mid-November.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita at both retail and digital in North America on November 17 and in Europe on November 13, Bandai Namco announced.
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he game will be available with Japanese voice acting and English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish subtitles.


A followup to last year’s Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment for PS Vita, which saw a digital-only PlayStation 4 update last month in the form of Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment, Sword Art Online: Lost Song is set in the world of ALfheim and follows an original story with new environments, aerial battles, and a number of playable characters and quests.
Find a brief rundown below.

About
Journey into the world of ALfheim Online for the very first time! Join Kirito as he ventures online to explore Start Alfheim, a brand-new area of ALfheim Online, the floating is comprised of continents led by The Floating City of Ryne. This original storyline includes new and returning characters and exclusive environments in the ultimate Virtual Reality universe! Sword Art Online: Lost Song features all-new Aerial Battles and plenty of customization features. Link Start into the Sword Art Online world and join your favorite dual-wielding player, Kirito, on the greatest adventure yet!
Key Features

• Explore land and air – Walk or fly throughout the world of ALfheim Online and soar through the skies around the floating!
• Create your hero – Play as Kirito or other key characters from Sword Art Online including Leafa and Asuna or create your own customizable avatar.
• New Adventures – Experience a completely new adventure and story in ALfheim Online in a new area of the world, Start Alfheim.
• Online Battles – Explore the world with up to 3 other friends in co-op play or take to online battle with multiple PvP modes.

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Sword Art Online: Lost Song To Release This November In The West. August 13, 2015 . 6:15am
Bandai Namco announced that Sword Art Online: Lost Song is headed to the West with the announcement of a European release date of November 13, 2015.

Bandai Namco announced that Sword Art Online: Lost Song is headed to the West with the announcement of a European release date of November 13, 2015.

According to Bandai Namco Europe, the upcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita title will release on November 13th in Europe, Africa, Middle-East, and Australasia. While we haven’t had an official announcement for the North American release, the official website has the game listed for a release date of November 17, 2015.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will feature Japanese voiceover with English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish subtitles. Here are some extra details provided by Bandai Namco:

Journey into the world of ALfheim Online for the very first time! Join Kirito as he ventures online to explore Svart Alfheim, a brand-new area of ALfheim Online, the floating is comprised of continents led by The Floating City of Ryne.

This original storyline includes new and returning characters and exclusive environments in the ultimate Virtual Reality universe! Sword Art Online: Lost Song features all-new Aerial Battles and plenty of customization features. Link Start into the Sword Art Online world and join your favorite dual-wielding player, Kirito, on the greatest adventure yet!

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• Explore land and air – Walk or fly throughout the world of ALfheim Online and soar through the skies around the floating!!

• Create your hero – Play as Kirito or other key characters from Sword Art Online including Leafa and Asuna or create your own customizable avatar

• New Adventures – Experience a completely new adventure and story in ALfheim Online in a new area of the world, Svart Alfheim

• Online Battles – Explore the world with up to 3 other friends in co-op play or take to online battle with multiple PvP modes

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Industry
Fourth Sword Art Online game announced
Published 5 hours ago. 18 comments.

More details coming at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival.

Bandai Namco announced the development of a new Sword Art Online game during its Sword Art Online panel at the Tokyo Game Show.





Tentatively titled Sword Art Online IV, the game follows previously released titles Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, Hollow Fragment, and Lost Song.
Further details will be announced during the Sword Art Online stage at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival on October 4.




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PS Vita, PlayStation 4
Sword Art Online: Lost Song multiplayer trailer, screenshots
Published 5 hours ago. 33 comments.

Four-player co-op and four-on-four battles.

Bandai Namco has released a new trailer and screenshots for Sword Art Online: Lost Song highlighting the game’s multiplayer mode.



Sword Art Online: Lost Song features four-player cooperative play, a four-on-four Battle Arena multiplayer mode, and character customization features. The customization features enable players to change their in-game avatar’s appearance and gender to create their own character in the world of ALfheim Online.


The game will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in North America on November 17 and in Europe on November 13.
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See Shamrock’s Stars In The Sword Art Online: Lost Song The Mysterious Guild Trailer. October 19, 2015 . 11:00am

The newest trailer for Sword Art Online: Lost Song shows Kirito’s interactions with members of the Shamrock guild.

[YT]qK2BYsKMNO0[/YT] Bandai Namco has released a new trailer for Sword Art Online: Lost Song, an original adventure set in the Sword Art Online universe. This latest entry for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita is set in an alternate reality, but still features all of the same characters and history.

The Sword Art Online: Lost Song The Mysterious Guild trailer highlights the purpose of the game. Kirito and his friends run into a new guild called Shamrock when playing through ALfheim Online’s expansion, which introduces the Svart Alfheim series of islands in the sky. They want to be the first to beat it, but so do the members of Shamrock. We get to see quite a bit of Sumeragi, Rain, and Seven in the video, three members of Shamrock.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on November 17. It will be available physically and digitally, with the handheld version costing $39.99 and the console version being $59.99.

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Sword Art Online: Lost Song Is Less MMO, More Action RPG. October 30, 2015 . 6:00pm

Siliconera recently had the opportunity to play through the opening hours of Sword Art Online: Lost Song on PS4.
After the events of the first game, the original world of Aincrad has been left behind and players have begun flocking to a new game called ALfheim Online.

Siliconera recently had the opportunity to play through the opening hours of Sword Art Online: Lost Song on PS4. After the events of the first game, the original world of Aincrad has been left behind and players have begun flocking to a new game called ALfheim Online. While Sword Art Online had a medieval theme, this new game is fairy themed and lets players fly around its world.

Flying is one of the first things you do once you start playing, as Yui and Leafa walk Kirito through the flying and battle controls while introducing him to the world of ALfheim Online. The flying doesn’t quite feel intuitive but certainly doesn’t take long to get used to the controls either. There’s two different modes for flying and you select these from the D-Pad. Pressing up on the D-Pad will send you up into the air and you’ll start flying automatically, making it easy to get around Lost Song’s open fields. Pressing either left or right on the D-Pad will make you hover in the air. You travel slower than you do flying but you have a greater degree of control and it also enables you to fight enemies in midair. Pressing down the on the D-Pad will retract your wings and you’ll stop flying. I had a good time just flying around different areas, exploring all the small islands that are floating around.




One big improvement from Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is that Sword Art Online: Lost Song feels much more friendly for new players. I felt Hollow Fragment overwhelmed you at the start of the game, with all the things you could do though you’ve only learnt the basics of battle. Lost Song takes things a little more slowly and sets you on a path through some early missions before giving you free rein of what you want to do. It has also dialed back the MMORPG feel slightly, especially in battle where it feels more like an action RPG than an MMORPG.

There’s no casting time or waiting to attack now, you’re free to hack and slash to your heart’s content. In battle, the only signs of the MMORPG feel is when you cast your skills. Pressing R1 will ready your weapon and pressing it again will put it away. Holding R1 will ready you to cast a skill and you use the symbol buttons to select and perform that action. If your weapon is unsheathed then you’re given physical skills. If you don’t have your weapon out, then you’re able to cast magic skills such as buffs or healing abilities. Outside of people though, there’s a number of things to see that still feel it enough of an MMORPG feel. Within towns, where there’s dozens of colourful NPCs running around chatting with each other. The menus as well, with their many options for equipment and skills feel like something you would see in an MMORPG and the characters still send you messages in-game like they did in Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment.






From my early impressions, I’d also say that if you only have a passing interesting in Sword Art Online but was interested in playing Lost Song it makes for a decent starting point. While Hollow Fragment expected the player to be very familiar with the series already, Lost Song again, takes it’s time to introduces the characters, who they are and the setting without spoiling much of what has come before. It also helps that Hollow Fragment and Lost Song are now part of a separate continuity so you don’t need to know too much about the overall series.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be arriving on PS4 and PS Vita in Europe on 13th November and in the US on 17th November.

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Play As Established Or Original Characters In Sword Art Online: Lost Song. November 17, 2015 . 10:00am

People can explore ALfheim Online as one of 18 existing Sword Art Online characters or create their own custom avatar.

With Sword Art Online: Lost Song coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, people may be wondering who they’ll play as when challenging Shamrock guild and attempting to be the first to beat ALfheim Online. The answer is, almost anyone they want.

Sword Art Online: Lost Song gives players the freedom to be who they want. There are 18 established character options. Kirito, Asuna, Leafa, Klein, Silica, and Sinon are among the options, as are characters from Sword Art Online” Hollow Fragment like Philia.

In addition, people can create a custom avatar. This allows them to determine a character’s name, race, gender, hair style and color, skin color, and voice. This character can be used in both air and ground battles. It can also be used in the four player online cooperative or 4v4 competitive multiplayer modes.


Sword Art Online: Lost Song is immediately available for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.

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A Look At Sword art Online Re: Hollow Fragment’s Female Character Create. November 18, 2015 . 4:30am

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment released in the West earlier this summer,

but Japan is getting their version tomorrow on PS4. Here’s a look at some of its gameplay footage.

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment released in the West earlier this summer, but Japan is getting their version tomorrow on PS4. For those of you who’ve yet to get the game, here’s a look at how you can make a female protagonist.


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For the first half of the video, they show us a look at the game’s upgraded graphics in a familiar setting of Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, where we get to see Kirito team up with Asuna to take on some monsters.

At the 7:25 mark of the video, they show how there’s an added “Gender” option for the character create part. After changing around the hairstyle, face types, skin tone, and voices, they proceed to give it another look by making a plus-sized girl in its maximum height and physique setting, followed by a tiny-sized girl.

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment will release in Japan on November 19, 2015 for PlayStation 4. The game is currently available in North America and Europe.

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