User:ZappaOMatic/List of Sword Art Online video games

Sword Art Online is a light novel series written by Reki Kawahara. In addition to an anime, Sword Art Online has spawned a number of video games, seven of which are officially-licensed. There are four games released on consoles and three for mobile devices. The console games feature a separate storyline from the canonical Sword Art Online series.

Infinity Moment
At Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2011, a stage event announced Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online and Accel World series would be receiving video game adaptations. The first SAO game, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment (ソードアート・オンライン -インフィニティ・モーメント-) for the PlayStation Portable, was released on March 14, 2013 for Japanese players.

Infinity Moment follows an alternate timeline from the canon: instead of escaping Sword Art Online on floor 75 like in canon, the players were forced to progress through the game's remaining 25 floors.

Hollow Fragment
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (ソードアート・オンライン －ホロウ・フラグメント－) was the first SAO game to see a release outside of Japan; while Japan saw a release on April 24, 2014, it was also released in North America on August 19, 2014 and Europe and Australia on August 20, 2014. Hollow Fragment is a remastered version of Infinity Moment, following the same plotline, but with a new Hollow Area.

Lost Song
The third Sword Art Online game, known as Sword Art Online: Lost Song (ソードアート・オンライン －ロスト・ソング－), was developed by Artdink and released in Japan on March 26, 2015 for the PlayStation 3 and Vita. The game also saw a Traditional Chinese translation being released on April 28, an English-subtitled version in Asia on May 12, the PAL regions on November 13, and North America on November 17.

Taking place in ALfheim Online, the game occurs at the same chronological point as the Gun Gale Online arc in Sword Art Online II.

Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight
A crossover game between Sword Art Online and Accel World, Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight takes place in ALfheim Online. The game's story begins when ALO undergoes maintenance, causing the worlds of ALO and AW Brain Burst to merge. The ALO players and Burst Linkers are forced to join together to fight the Seven Kings of Pure Color. In the game, players utilize the Ground-Sky Active Change Battle to create a three-person party for combat in the air and on the ground.

End World
A social network game called Sword Art Online: End World was released in 2013. The game was initially scheduled to be released in September 2012, but technical problems involving developer GREE forced it to be postponed. Taking place in Aincrad, players can create their own characters in addition to playing as those from the series. Each character is represented in the form of cards. With multiplayer support, players can also form 20-member parties in boss fights.

Progress Link
The game's service ended on July 29, 2016.