More news from IBM of Japan have surfaced in regards of it’s collaboration with Namco Bandai on a Virtual MMORPG based on the Sword Art Online Universe. This time they finally unveiled a gameplay video, showing a total of 208 lucky players entering the world of Sword Art Online, choosing their items and battling bosses in a dungeon.
Check out the gameplay videos down below:
While the footage just released clearly shows gameplay in alpha state, it is really shaping up nicely and it could be the start of something amazing in the genre itself, I can’t wait to see what the final result of this game will be.
“Starting today, a real-life Sword Art Online: The Beginning, is being played by 208 lucky gamers
The VRMMO sponsored by IBM, replaced the NerveGear helmets with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets. The event showcases IBM’s SoftLayer cloud technology with the high performing, cognitive computing big data power of Watson to take the video gaming industry into completely new worlds of game play. After a 3D body scan, gamers are transformed into avatars of themselves that live inside the game. No controllers are required as players use their body to make moves.”
Source – developer.ibm.com
The crucial keywords here are AAA Open World Shooter. Blizzard has explicitly confirmed that they…
A detailed gameplay video.
Shows a mission in the game.
Several updates and new announcements.
