Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Coming To The West Next Year

<p>Bandai Namco Entertainment have announced that the fourth console installment for <em>Sword Art Online&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;em>s game series is heading to PS4 and Vita systems next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the press release&comma; &&num;8220&semi;players enter a new VRMMORPG world called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sword Art&colon; Origin”&comma; which was created on the game’s original servers&comma; setting the stage for new heart-pounding quests through a dangerous virtual world&period;&&num;8221&semi; The game will also have players take the role of Kirito&comma; the series protagonist in this new story written by <em>Sword Art Online<&sol;em> writer Reki Kawahara&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Sword Art Online Re&colon; Hollow Fragment<&sol;em> and<em> Sword Art Online Lost Song<&sol;em> previously released this year on PS4&period; <em>Lost Song<&sol;em> came to Vita as well&period; The Vice President of Marketing for Bandai Namco Entertainment America states that&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The <em>Sword Art Online<&sol;em> franchise has experienced incredible growth in popularity on a global level with light-novel and anime fans&period; We are excited to bring  <em>Sword Art Online&colon; Hollow Realization<&sol;em>&comma; the next <em>Sword Art Online<&sol;em> game&comma; to fans in the Americas&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Sword Art Online Hollow Realization<&sol;em> is releasing in North American and European territories in 2016 for PS4 and Vita&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;