Bandai Namco Entertainment 's smartphone RPG 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 be shutting down its services starting 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 simultaneously debuted in the West as Sword Art Online: Alicization Rising Steel. The game was renamed Sword Art Online Unleash Blading in October 2021. It is free-to-play with in-app purchases.
It's worth remembering that the smartphone game Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag ended its service in August 2021.
Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed the new smartphone game Sword Art Online Variant Showdown in March, with plans to release the game worldwide later this year.
Source: ANN
