Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Release Date for the West

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in North America and Europe on November 8, Bandai Namco announced.

Along with this announcement, physical pre-order are opening today for both Standard and Collector Editions. Players can now pro-order the game at their favorite retailers’ and will be offered in-game and physical items:

• 3 exclusive costumes: a nightwear costume for female characters, as well as two costumes from God Eater, Soma’s costume for male characters and Livie’s costume for female characters.

• An exclusive lithography signed by the creator of Sword Art Online himself: Reki Kawahara.


In addition, new features have been unveiled. During their trip in the virtual world of Sword Art Origin, players will be able to improve their fight skills thanks to the Skill Tree System. Numerous skills’ families will be available such as the Sword Skill or the Battle Skill. In each skills’ families, players will be able to learn different abilities to improve their way of fighting. Extra Skills, related to players ways of fighting (attack, heal, tank, etc.), will also be available and will permit players to be even more powerful. Players have to choose wisely because each skill can affect each battle.

Here’s Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization image gallery. Click on any of these image thumbnails to see the full-size screens:


In addition, players will be able to improve their relationships thanks to the Cosleeping Event and enjoy conversations with their partner lying down with her/him.