Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment
Japanese cover art for PlayStation Vita
Developer(s)Aquria[3]
Publisher(s)Bandai Namco Games
Producer(s)Yosuke Futami[4]
SeriesSword Art Online
Platform(s)PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation Vita
  • JP: April 24, 2014
  • NA: August 19, 2014
  • EU: August 20, 2014
PlayStation 4
  • NA: July 28, 2015
  • EU: August 4, 2015[1]
  • JP: November 19, 2015
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: August 21, 2018[2]
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

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-, Sōdo Āto Onrain -Horō Furagumento-) is a video game for the PlayStation Vita based on the Sword Art Online light novel series. It is the second video game in the series, the first being Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, the content of which is included in Hollow Fragment. The game was released in Japan on April 24, 2014, North America on August 19, 2014 and Europe and Australia on August 20, 2014.[5]

A "Director's Cut" edition of the game titled Sword Art Online RE: Hollow Fragment was released on PlayStation 4 within North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East in July and August 2015,[6] and was released in Japan in November 2015.[7] This version comes with new features, including an online play mode, additional bosses and the ability to play as a female character, among others.[7][8]

Hollow Fragment was succeeded by Sword Art Online: Lost Song, which was released in 2015 for the PlayStation 4 and Vita.[6]

  1. ^ "Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment delayed one week". Gematsu. July 24, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment for PC launches August 21". Gematsu. August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment". Bandai Namco Games. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Bandai Namco announces Anime Expo 2014 plans". Gematsu. June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  5. ^ "New details on Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment!". Bandai Namco Games. July 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Lost Song announced for PS4, coming west". Gematsu. May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "『SAO Re:－ホロウ・フラグメント－』＆『－ロスト・ソング－』最新情報が到着！ 前よりパワーアップした点は？" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  8. ^ "Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment Will Let You Make A Female Protagonist". Siliconera. June 9, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2022.