He soon realizes that the option to log out has disappeared, and a message from the game's developer, Akihiko Kayaba, confirms his suspicions: Sword Art Online has become a death game, and the ...

but was ultimately revealed to be tech created by Sword Art Online creator Akihiko Kayaba. To use it, Kirito would be in continuous Full-Dive over weekends, and have his memories blocked for ...

Sword Art Online: The Beginning is a 20 minute VR ... The above has been corrected to make this clear. This is Dr. Akihiko Kayaba. Notice that he is not a real human. We can see more evidence ...

Mito invites Asuna to join her for the launch of SAO, a “Full-Dive” Virtual Reality Online game. The two become trapped inside the game together when its creator Akihiko Kayaba turns SAO into ...

The show takes place in 2022, where Sword Art Online is the hottest thing in Japan. Game developer Akihiko Kayaba , creator of the NerveGear and Atmosphere rig, allows players to dive in ...

Players find that the final official release version of the game is a trap set up by Nerve Gear and SAO creator Akihiko Kayaba. The 10,000 players are informed by Akihiko that they cannot log out ...

something the creator of SAO and the NerveGear itself (Akihiko Kayaba) was able to hide from his employees, regulators, and contract manufacturing partners.I am a pretty smart guy, but I couldn ...

The teaser shows off scenes from Asuna’s first day playing the VR MMORPG Sword Art Online, as well as displaying ... and the announcement by game creator Akihiko Kayaba that everyone logged ...

Anyone who’s ever played an MMORPG-like World of Warcraft or EverQuest knows how life-consuming the experience can be, but the anime Sword Art Online ups the ante by fusing the experience with ...