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Update: Added in confirmation of western release plans.
November 6, 2022 marked the in-universe date that the Sword Art Online game first went online, eventually trapping 10,000 players inside its servers for the ultimate survive or die scenario. Of course, that served up the perfect opportunity for announcements, including a new original film and another action-RPG take on the series.
The latest game revealed is Sword Art Online: Last Memorya single and online co-op entry that is currently in the works for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC for launch in 2023. Shortly after the initial announcement, Bandai Namco confirmed plans to bring the game west in 2023 .
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In addition to original new characters, Last Remembrance will feature voice actors from the main series reprising their respective roles, including Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, Miyuki Sawashiro as Shinon, Ayana Taketatsu as Leafa, Ai Kayano as Alice and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Eugeo, among others. Watch the announcement trailer below.
Kirito VA Yoshitsugu Matsuoka also shared a comment on the announcement, but no subtitles are available yet.
Bandai Namco’s description of Sword Art Online: Last Memory:
SWORD ART ONLINE LAST RECOLLECTION follows beloved series protagonist Kirito and his friends as they embark on a new adventure that is separate from the War of Underworld story arc of the original novel and anime series. The game features new battles with evolved high-speed combat and co-op play for up to four players. As the adventure begins, our heroes travel to the Underworld, where tensions between the Human Realm and Dark Territory are rising, threatening to plunge the virtual world of humans and AI into war. Unknown to our heroes, these developments are the final stages of the “Alicization Project”, a secret experiment conducted by humans in the real world to incite war in the virtual world to force the development of AI through brutal warfare. We join Kirito and his allies as they fight to resist the imminent tragedy of war.
Crunchyroll is currently streaming the full Sword Art Online TV anime adaptation and describes it like this:
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called: Nerve Gear. One day, players discover that they can’t log out because the game creator is holding them captive if they don’t reach the 100th floor of the game’s tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival begins now…
Sources: SAO Game YouTube Channel, SAO FULL DIVE stream
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku American Magazine. You can read his comics at subhomoids. Follow him on Twitter @Modilox.
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