On October 20, Sega revealed on the latestPSO2 Station＋streamthatPhantasy Star Online 2is getting a crossover event withSword Art Online. Only the Japanese version of the game though. Maybe it’ll come over one day in the global version, but nearly all of the collab events that happened since its launch didn’t make it. So I wouldn’t get my hopes up if I were you.TheSword Art Onlinecrossover inPSO2will be happening in December 2020, it’ll add avatars for Asuna and Kirito, weapon camos, and Lobby Actions. Asuna and Kirito will also appear in the game. The crossover was teased with a short trailer, featuring a key visual with Asuna and Kirito, and Matoi and Ash fromPSO2:

Note that it looks likeSAOillustratorAbec / Bunbundrew the key visual, but there’s no official confirmation yet.

PSO2has been out for eight years now, andSAOhas been one of the most popular Japanese franchises since the early 2010s. It’s actually surprising this didn’t happen yet. Especially seeing pretty much every other popular anime thing has been inPSO2already, fromEvangeliontoKonoSuba.

Another trailer has been shared as well with upcoming updates to JPPSO2. The Halloween 2020 event, new costumes etc. If you’re actually playing JPPSO2, I’m sure you’ve already checked everything anyway or read translations on a certain bumped blog, so I’ll just leave you with the trailer:

As a side note, new collab events withHatsune MikuandSenran Kagurawere announced too:

Additional details on thePSO2xSAOcollab event will be coming on the next PSO2 Station stream.

In 2021,Phantasy Star Online 2will get a huge update calledNew Genesis.It’s pretty much a new game within the game.The latest information onPSO2 New Genesiswas revealed at TGS 2020, with new gameplay.

The Japanese version ofPSO2is available on PC, PS4, and Switch via Cloud. In the west it’s on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Windows 10, and  Steam.ÂPSO2 NGSis coming to the same platforms on each respective territory, seeing it’s accessible ingame and not a separate entity.PSO2graphics will be enhanced to matchPSO2 NGStoo.

The latestSAOgame isSword Art Online Alicization Lycoris, available on PS4, PC and Xbox One. An anime adaptation of the spinoffSword Art Online Progressivewas announced in September as well.