The official website for Bandai Namco Entertainment 's smartphone Sword Art Online Unleash Blading (formerly known as Sword Art Online: Alicization Blading in Japan or Sword Art Online: Alicization Rising Steel in the West) has announced that it will cease service as of on January 16, 2023.
Sword Art Online Unleash Blading debuted for smartphones in Japan in November 2019 under the title Sword Art Online: Alicization Blading, and debuted at the same time under the title Sword Art Online: Alicization Rising Steel in the West. The game renamed its title to Sword Art Online Unleash Blading in October 2021. It is free to play with in-app purchases.
It is worth remembering that the smartphone game Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag ended service in August 2021.
Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed the new Sword Art Online Variant Showdown smartphone game in March, with a plan to release the game worldwide later this year.
Source: ANN
