Kadokawa Game Linkage released the Game Sword Art Online 10th Anniversary Official Design Works book. It marks the tenth anniversary of the video game series based on Reki Kawahara’s light novel, which started with the Japan-exclusive PSP entry Infinity Moment in March 2013.
Despite the title, this book only covers games that were released between 2018 and 2023. This is because Kadokawa had already published the 5th Anniversary Official Design Works book in March 2018, which covered titles released in the first five years.
The 10th-anniversary book contains key visuals of the games and artwork of game-original characters. It features titles from all kinds of platforms ranging from consoles and mobile to arcades. The console games featured here are Fatal Bullet, Alicization Lycoris, and Last Recollection. It also includes the arcade game Deep Explorer, which ran from 2019 to 2023. Kadokawa completes the list with mobile games like Memory Defrag, Integral Factor, Unleash Blading, and Variant Showdown.
The 456-page book also includes special interviews in Japanese. Other than a single interview with the series author Reki Kawahara, there is also a three-way discussion between Bandai Namco’s game producer Yousuke Futami, Aniplex’s anime producer Masami Niwa, and the editor Kazuma Miki. Each interview is six pages long.
This book is available for purchase physically and digitally. But while the digital version is available via BookWalker, only people who are physically residing in Japan are able to purchase it. People living outside Japan can instead buy the physical book via Amazon Japan at ¥4,950 (~$34) while its stocks last.
The Game Sword Art Online 10th Anniversary Official Design Works book is now available for purchase.
