The game servers are up and running… I was able to start a new game but it’s currently stuck at 1%… Perhaps the servers are going down again…

【メンテナンス延長のご報告】
今朝より一時プレイ可能な状態に切り替えていましたが、高アクセスにより動作が重くなる現象が確認されたため、再度メンテナンスに突入しております。本メンテナンスにて更なるサーバー増強を実施致します。大変ご迷惑をおかけいたしますが、対応完了までお待ち下さい。

— SINoALICE ーシノアリスー (@sinoalice_jp) June 7, 2017

The initial release of the game was delayed a couple extra weeks due to further work on the servers to get them ready for the necessary traffic, and everything should have been set for the June 6 release… but shortly after the release, the massive strain to the servers proved to be too much. Thus the game’s been down since sometime yesterday afternoon.

That being said, some people were able to play for a little bit before the servers went down. Here’s an example:

I will get more info up when I can! In the meantime, here’s one of the early images that I translated: