BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment has announced the new mobile game Sword Art Online Variant Showdown which is slated for release in 2022. Sword Art Online Variant Showdown will release worldwide simultaneously, and its launch coincides with the 10th Anniversary of the anime series Sword Art Online. The game will surely delight both players and viewers of the anime alike.
Sword Art Online Variant Showdown will feature the familiar face of Kirito and how his story continues with the new mobile game. The title revolves around the in-game ‘game’ Cross Edge which was supposedly designed by a middle school genius however there is something shady going on with the game. The official press release describes the plot as:
Cross Edge. A game supposedly designed by a middle school genius. It’s a title Kirito has heard before. One day, two rumors about the game come to his attention. The first: There’s a mysterious player who attacks out of nowhere. Losing to them means losing a portion of your own memories. The second: This player goes around wearing a hood pulled low to hide their eyes… Kirito can’t help but recall Laughing Coffin, the player-killer guild he faced in SAO. In part to investigate these rumors, Kirito and his friends begin playing Cross Edge, and are soon targeted in a surprise attack.
Pre-registrations for Sword Art Online Variant Showdown are now available, and you can head over to the official game page to pre-register for the game. It will be a free-to-play title when it comes out however some of the items in the game will require payment before you get access to them. The official Facebook of the game is running a special campaign as well and if you take part in the campaign, you can secure two social media icons from that as well.
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