Bandai Namco has released new Accel World VS. Sword Art Online information and screenshots detailing a new Desert area, the base town facilities, multiplayer, and more characters.

Get the information below.

■ New Stages

Desert

The light of the bewitching moon shines down onto the desert of the night. The places where the moonlight has encroached have become crystallized. And further into the magical scenery, mysterious structures lie in wait.

■ Base City: The Floating City of Ryne

The accelerated world of Brain Burst has encroached on the virtual world of ALfheim Online. In The Floating City of Ryne, which acts as your base, the effects of the accelerated and virtual worlds crossing can be seen.

Facilities Useful to Your Adventure

The accelerated world has encroached on the virtual world. In order to set forth into this dangerous world, preparations are a must. In The Floating City of Ryne, you’ll find facilities to provide you with all the weapons and tools necessary for your adventure.

Blacksmith Space

You can upgrade your weapons at the Blacksmith Space. Is it open for anyone to use? There doesn’t seem to be a blacksmith inside…

Materials Shop

The Materials Shop deals in items that can be used to upgrade your weapons. You may want to stop by every so often as you aim to make the strongest weapon.

Inscription Stone Shop

Similar to how the Sword Art Online team fights while switching weapons and armor, the Accel World team equips Inscription Stones and Enhanced Armaments to increase their stats. The Inscription Stone shop deals in Inscription Stones and Enhanced Armaments, which can be equipped to the Accel World team.

Armor Shop

While Sword Art Online characters can’t equip Inscription Stones, they can equip weapons and armor. Come here to find your favorite equipment.

Tools Shop

Here you’ll find a collection of useful recovery items to take along each time you set out on an adventure. Stop by before heading into battle.

Stories Also Begin Here

By talking to your friends in the city, new stories will begin.

—If you talk to Klein, who’s hanging around town, a sub-event will begin. You can discover unexpected sides to your friends through these events.

—Depending on the content of the event, you might also set out on an adventure together.

■ Multiplayer

Multiplayer offers various modes.

Duel

A one-on-one battle against another player. Win the battle by dominating in strategy.

Extra Quest

Take on a quest with a full party of players. Cooperate to overcome powerful, large-scale monsters.

Team Battle

A four-versus-four team battle. Divvy up your roles and work together using concentrated attacks to attain victory.

■ Characters

Blood Leopard

Sub-master of the Red Legion “Prominence.” Her real name is Mihaya Kakei. While she is of the Red color family, she excels in close-range combat. She possesses the ability to shape shift into a leopard. She is friends with her Legion’s master Yuniko (Scarlet Rain) in real life.

Yellow Radio

One of the Kings of Pure Color. The Yellow King. The master of “Crypt Cosmic Circus,” one of the great Legions in the world of Brain Burst. An hallucination attack specialist, which is the ultimate ability of the Yellow family.

Blue Knight

One of the Kings of Pure Color. The Blue King. The master of Leonids, one of the seven great Legions. Within his Big Dipper Armament, “Alpha,” he possesses the great sword “The Impulse.” He possesses “Pain Killer” and “Unlimited Driving Force” as abilities.

Green Grandee

One of the Kings of Pure Color. The Green King. The master of Great Wall, one of the seven great Legions. One of the Big Dipper Armaments, “Gamma,” who possesses the great shield “The Strife.” His nickname is “Invulnerable.”

Purple Thorn

One of the Kings of Pure Color. The Purple King. The master of Auroral Oval, one of the seven great legions. One of the Big Dipper Armaments who possesses the staff “The Tempest.” Her nickname is “Empress Voltage.”

Klein

One of the survivors of the Sword Art Online incident. He meets and befriends Kirito for the first time in Sword Art Online. He easily gets carried away, but during the Sword Art Online incident he pulled along his friends as leader of the Fuurinkazan guild, and is in fact a man of principle. He is a reliable friend who fights using his katana. His ALfheim Online race is Salamander.

Agil

One of the survivors of the Sword Art Online incident. During the Sword Art Online incident, he supported players as a shopkeeper. He is an old friend of Kirito and Klein. A giant with a shaved head, he fights using a two-handed axe. His ALfheim Online race is Gnome.

Sachi (First-Print Bonus Character)

In Sword Art Online, which became a death game, she was the lone female member of the Moonlit Black Cats guild, which Kirito joined for a short time. She fights using a two-handed spear.