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Sword Art Online Variant Showdown Smartphone Game Returns in Re-Release

Bandai Namco Entertainment announced on Wednesday that the Sword Art Online Variant Showdown smartphone game's re-release is now available. Bandai Namco Entertainment unveiled a new trailer for the re-release.

The re-release features new mechanics and interface improvements, three-player cooperative battles, and a fully voiced main story.

Bandai Namco Entertainment describes the game's story:

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.

The game celebrates the 10th anniversary of the anime franchise.

Source: Press release