Kingdom Hearts 4

You typically play as Sora, a teenager who wields a mystical Keyblade, and pal around with Goofy and Donald Duck on various adventures. They're charming games, ...

Another strong indicator is the fact that starting in 2023, Electronic Arts will no longer have the exclusive rights to make Star Wars games. But the thing that’s got people talking the most is a very brief glimpse of a suspiciously familiar metal object in a forest. He’s hanging out in an urban cityscape reminiscent of the real world, which is a pretty interesting direction for the series to go in — though you can bet those Disney worlds will be in there too.

As both a big fan of Disney and Kingdom Hearts, I have a better shot than most at guessing which Disney properties will inspire KH4.

Much of Kingdom Hearts IV is likely to have a more realistic vibe with all of its potential live action-inspired levels, but I bet we’ll get one world that goes full bonkers. We want to tell you how the news matters to you -- not just as a decision-maker at a game studio, but also as a fan of games. And I can’t imagine Disney would say no, given the success of Kingdom Hearts III and its willingness to throw Star Wars and Marvel at any multimedia project imaginable. Kingdom Hearts IV is almost certainly going to have a Marvel world. Plus, Square Enix created that whole ship sailing mechanic for Kingdom Hearts III’s Pirates of the Caribbean level. Kingdom Hearts II, for example, had Lion King stage that turned Sora into a little lion. And with a new Kingdom Hearts on the horizon, it’s time to speculate! Even during the buildup to Kingdom Hearts III, many wondered and hoped that Star Wars and Marvel would make appearances. Moana is also likely due for some Kingdom Hearts representation. After Kingdom Hearts III introduced Pixar levels for the first time, I’m sure we’ll see more worlds from that studio’s works in the sequels. Kingdom Hearts III already changed Sora’s look depending on which world he visited, including giving him a more realistic appearance in the Pirates of the Caribbean level. As both a big fan of Disney and Kingdom Hearts, I have a better shot than most at guessing which Disney properties will inspire this new entry’s worlds.

Square Enix recently released a special 20th anniversary trailer for upcoming Kingdom Hearts games. At the halfway mark, the video unveiled the news almost ...

Disney might own the rights to Star Wars and Marvel, but permission to potentially include one in a Kingdom Hearts game isn’t the same as permission to include the other. If the trailer does indeed include an AT-ST tease, then Square Enix has finally come to an agreement with Lucasfilm and Disney. Needless to say, this would be a big win for Kingdom Hearts and Star Wars fans who also play games. After all, Kingdom Hearts is a collaborative effort between Square Enix and Disney, and Disney has owned the keys to the Star Wars galaxy for a decade. At its core, Kingdom Hearts was always a glorified commercial for Disney properties, and including Disney-owned properties such as Star Wars and Marvel won’t change that. However, while Disney’s library of properties has grown significantly since Kingdom Hearts’ humble beginnings, the House of Mouse has yet to introduce its Marvel or Star Wars franchises to the series. The Kingdom Hearts franchise has entertained gamers for two decades by combining the disparate worlds of Final Fantasy and all of the characters Disney has to offer.

Spoiler warning: The rest of this story will delve into the events of the Dark Seeker Saga in the Kingdom Hearts series, meaning if you haven't played all of ...

so it’s possible that she and Sora are currently residing in some kind of afterlife following the events of Kingdom Hearts 3. Which is why it’s such a surprise that she’s popped up in the Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer, considering she and Sora haven’t crossed paths much before and she is supposedly dead. It is however unclear if this means she is actually dead or has perhaps gone on to more sinister things following a brief scene in Kingdom Hearts Union X where she wears a white cloak that covers her face before she disappears.

The trailer for 'Kingdom Hearts 4' features a new look for protagonist Sora that some think looks out of place. But there's a perfectly good explanation.

Sora was bound to have a new look in Kingdom Hearts IV- seeing him evolve into an anime protagonist is just part of the game’s appeal. In Kingdom Hearts 3, the wizard Yen Sid gave him fancier clothes that can shift into different designs, allowing Sora to maintain some form of continuity throughout his adventure and essentially blend in to any world he might visit. On Twitter, some argued the semi-realistic style was a perfect fit for the franchise’s aesthetic, while other users expressed a mocking concern over how the look would mesh with the usual Kingdom Hearts aesthetic — can we expect a more realistic take on Donald and Goofy?

Square Enix announced Kingdom Hearts 4 at the series 20th anniversary event. A new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 shows Sora, Donald, and Goofy returning for ...

Square Enix also announced a separate game, Kingdom Hearts Missing Link, in development for Android and iOS devices. The next mainline Kingdom Hearts game, Kingdom Hearts 4, is now in development, Square Enix announced Sunday during a 20th anniversary livestream for the franchise. Kingdom Hearts Missing Link does not have a release date, but a closed beta test for the game is scheduled for 2022.

Square Enix has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the beloved Kingdom Hearts franchise and as expected we were treated to a look at the next entry…

Fans were treated to a three minute hyperrealistic and visually stunning trailer featuring Sora. Platforms for Kingdom Hearts 4 haven’t been announced by Square Enix but it’s likely to be on PlayStation 5, PC and perhaps Xbox Series X Square Enix has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the beloved Kingdom Hearts franchise and as expected we were treated to a look at the next entry, Kingdom Hearts 4. Fans were treated to a three minute hyperrealistic and visually stunning trailer featuring Sora. Platforms for Kingdom Hearts 4 haven’t been announced by Square Enix but it’s likely to be on PlayStation 5, PC and perhaps Xbox Series X

And this all-new trailer shows off what's in store. Vikki Blake avatar. News by Vikki Blake Contributor. Published on ...

Become a supporter of Eurogamer and you can view the site completely ad-free, as well as gaining exclusive access to articles, podcasts and conversations that will bring you closer to the team, the stories, and the games we all love. "Sora makes a triumphant return with an updated look at the beginning of an epic new storyline titled the 'Lost Master Arc'," Square Enix explains. Fans will be excited to see the return of Sora’s well-known companions, in addition to the first appearance of Strelitzia, a mysterious new character who appears before Sora in this strange new setting."

The fashion king of Square Enix, Tetsuya Nomura seems to be at it again: Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced at a special event celebrating the series' 20th ...

The trailer did not include a release date, and it's hard to gauge how far along in development Kingdom Hearts 4 is. The trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 shows series protagonist Sora waking up in a minimalist apartment in a modern city. For those not in the know, Kingdom Hearts is a long-running JRPG series which (in)famously crosses over the worlds of Disney and Final Fantasy, while also building out its own setting and lore.

In the seven minute long video, fans outside of the event can see what was shown during the presentation including news on Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road, a new ...

Unfortunately, we don’t have a release date for Kingdom Hearts 4 just yet. Not only this but we also got our first glimpse at a brand new mobile game called Kingdom Hearts – Missing Link which will apparently receive a closed beta test later this year. The trailer has a darker and more serious tone than previous instalments in the series.

Square Enix has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 4 is on the way, with a reveal trailer shown off as part of the series' 20th anniversary.

The Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer itself features a modern city setting called Quadratum, where it’s revealed that Sora has been for seven days. The trailer then ends with a short clip of Donald and Goofy – who accompanied Sora through most of the Kingdom Hearts games – searching for Sora before an unseen figure ambushes them. Even before these games were released, reports were suggesting that they wouldn’t be worth the price, as they require a constant internet connection to the cloud to play.

Kingdom Hearts IV and Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link games were revealed in a new trailer released for the 20th anniversary.

Kingdom Hearts IV is currently in development with Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link arriving on mobile devices in the future with a beta set to be available in August 2022. The last game released in the series was the mobile rhythm game Kingdom Heart Melody of Memory in 2020. The announcement was made at the Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary event in Tokyo, Japan, which was part of a trailer that gave a look at the future of the series.

There are many Disney IPs that fans hope will show up in Kingdom Hearts 4, and there may be a few reasons why they haven't been included yet.

Thankfully, there is hope for Kingdom Hearts 4 to include many faces that haven't popped up in the series yet, finally giving them their due. However, they may not have been included due to the immense scale and coordination taken to develop a project of this magnitude. With the original plot of Kingdom Hearts finished, it's a clean slate for the developers to take Sora, Donald, and Goofy on new adventures to wondrous lands. Over the past few decades, not only has the company created vibrant animated epics like Encanto and Zootopia, it has also acquired some of the biggest names in entertainment. The Kingdom Hearts series is no different, with 2019's Kingdom Hearts 3 being used to wrap up loose ends and tie together dangling plot threads that began in the original release. While nothing is certain yet, there are a few reason these IPs may not have been used in the series but could appear now.

Square Enix revealed Kingdom Hearts 4 during the series' 20th Anniversary Event, with a trailer appearing by surprise at the end of four minutes of ...

Now, I'm not saying Kingdom Hearts 4 will definitely feature Spider-Man and Lando Calrissian teaming up with the cast of Final Fantasy 7 Remake to punch Hades in the face, but I'm saying it's a possibility. These are games that began as crossovers between the various worlds of Final Fantasy games and Disney movies, and with Kingdom Hearts 3 stretched into Disney's Pixar properties, including excursions into Toy Story and Monstropolis from Monsters Inc. A trip to the forest moon of Endor would certainly be strange, but strange is what Kingdom Hearts is all about. Square Enix revealed Kingdom Hearts 4 during the series' 20th Anniversary Event, with a trailer appearing by surprise at the end of four minutes of advertizing for an upcoming mobile game.

Sora returns - https://youtu.be/-b07ikpA8gk?t=244 During the 20th anniversary event of Kingdom Hearts, Square Enix announc...

Square Enix most recently released the first three games via Cloud on the Nintendo Switch. Kingdom Hearts protagonist Sora was also added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the final DLC fighter. It's a combination of cinematics and gameplay. You can see the official announcement trailer at the four-minute mark in the video above.

“The full game will be made with Unreal Engine 5, and the quality of lighting and detail will be several levels higher,” according to Famitsu. Kingdom Hearts 4 ...

However, the game’s development team is currently testing Unreal Engine 5 in parallel, it’s claimed. “We’d like to thank the fans for all of their support over the years, and we can’t wait for them to experience all that’s to come for Sora.” “The full game will be made with Unreal Engine 5, and the quality of lighting and detail will be several levels higher,” according to Famitsu.

The latest trailer for 'Kingdom Hearts 4' has some fans convinced that it will take players to the planet of Endor, from 'Star Wars'.

Beyond the trailer’s potential Star Wars teaser, there’s plenty more information that fans can glean from the video. Much of the trailer is set in Quadratum, a modern-looking city where Sora has been living for a week before being attacked by a towering Heartless enemy. Within that trailer, fans believe that they have spotted proof that the Star Wars universe will appear in the fourth game.

Eagle eyed fans have noticed what could be the foot of an AT-ST walker during a brief scene in the trailer, indicating that Star Wars could be one of the Disney ...

Towards the start of the Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer (ignoring the first two mobile game trailers shared in the 7 minute video) we see what looks like a lush ...

As shared by multiple people on Twitter though, we may have gotten our first glimpse of one as early as the first trailer. Kingdom Hearts 4 is still in "early development" meaning that the worlds we saw in the trailer may look completely different or be cut completely by the time the game is officially released. Another theory is that Sora and co’s drastic new look in the Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer could be due to Square Enix wanting to incorporate more live-action films into the game rather than sticking solely to animated films, which is what Sora’s previous design matched up to.

Square Enix announced Kingdom Hearts 4 over the weekend, and some eagle-eyed fans think they've seen hints of a Star Wars crossover in the announcement ...

Fans will be excited to see the return of Sora's well-known companions Donald and Goofy, in addition to the first appearance of Strelitzia, a mysterious new character who appears before Sora in this strange new setting." Kingdom Hearts is a collision of everything Disney, over the years busting into worlds and characters from Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Monsters Inc, The Lion King, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Wreck-It Ralpha, Big Hero 6, and oh so many more. I am mildly distressed to see KH4 lean towards a 'realistic' art style in parts, though I would be curious to see a Kingdom Hearts Mickey Mouse that's just a wee mouse wrapped in leather, plaid, buckles, and zips.

Kingdom Hearts 4 may finally visit Disney's Star Wars franchise, thanks to a clue in the game's first trailer.

While much of the announcement trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 is set in the Tokyo-like Quadratum, there’s a brief dreamlike sequence set in a forest. We know that Sora will battle the Heartless in the Quadratum, and at least one semi-new character, Strelizia, will play a role. We know that a more grown-up Sora, along with Donald and Goofy, will be back for an all-new adventure that will launch a new story arc.

(Pocket-lint) - As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations for the Kingdom Hearts franchise, Square Enix announced a fourth main chapter: Kingdom Hearts 4 ...

Kingdom Hearts 4 screens "Sora is an original Disney videogame hero like no other, beloved by our team, and fans across the world. There will also be the debut of new character, Strelitzia.

Sora is looking older in Kingdom Hearts 4. Square Enix. Kingdom Hearts 4 is in development, Square Enix revealed Sunday during a 20th anniversary livestream ...

"We're thrilled to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary with the announcement of two new Kingdom Hearts titles," series brand manager Ichiro Hazama said in a release. Also revealed was mobile spinoff game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, which will be available for iOS and Android devices. S and PC.

The long running Disney and Square Enix project made a surprise announcement after two decades. Here's what we've seen from the trailer.

No official release date was announced during the trailer but a disclaimer saying “a recap video of this event will be available at a later date.” Want to know more, see what’s got fans buzzing and watch the new trailer in full? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

As mentioned above, Strelitzia was introduced in Kingdom Hearts: Union X and unfortunately - spoiler warning - also meets her end during the mobile game too. Which is why it's such a surprise that she's popped up in the Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer, ...

so it’s possible that she and Sora are currently residing in some kind of afterlife following the events of Kingdom Hearts 3. Which is why it’s such a surprise that she’s popped up in the Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer, considering she and Sora haven’t crossed paths much before and she is supposedly dead. It is however unclear if this means she is actually dead or has perhaps gone on to more sinister things following a brief scene in Kingdom Hearts Union X where she wears a white cloak that covers her face before she disappears.

This will mark the fourth mainline Kingdom Hearts game, with Sora returning as the main protagonist. Even though we didn't get much in the way of a release date ...

Star Wars is a logical choice for a new world, though it remains to be seen whether it will feature in Kingdom Hearts 4. Finally, the only other tidbit in the trailer was the mention of ‘The Lost Master Arc.’ This suggests a brand new story, and a new era after the events of Kingdom Hearts 3. The trailer was running in Unreal Engine 4, but with the new version now out in the wild, it makes sense that we may see KH4 launch with improved lighting and textures. This setting featured in the secret ending of Kingdom Hearts 3, and in the Re:Mind DLC. In the trailer, which can be viewed below, we see Sora using a Keyblade, grappling towards a giant heartless, and whipping between cars that float in the air. To help you stay up to date with everything related to Kingdom Hearts 4, we’ve put together this everything we know guide.

In a surprise reveal during Kingdom Hearts' 20th anniversary event, Square Enix announced a new mainline entry to the franchise, titled Kingdom Hearts 4.

Players have already seen how good the engine is for showcasing action scenes in a modern city through The Matrix Awakens demo, and hopefully it will translate as well in Kingdom Hearts 4. The report came from Famitsu, which explained that while the debut trailer video of Kingdom Hearts 4 is actually a real-time rendering in Unreal Engine 4, the full game is currently being developed in parallel using Unreal Engine 5. Seeing that the team is already familiar with Unreal Engine 4 during the development of Kingdom Hearts 3, making the transition to Epic's newest game engine should be easy enough for them.

The announcement that Kingdom Hearts 4 is in production represents a chance for the Square Enix franchise, composed of 16 games across three decades and ...

Even Square Enix seemed to understand things have gotten Out Of Hand when it released a collection of Kingdom Hearts games titled The Story So Far. As time went on, spinoffs accrued like compounding late fees to the point that they got so intimidating that the library morphed from a font of joy to a source of shame. The result of all this twisty-turny, timey-wimey storytelling is a lack of coherence that manifests in the games. Multiple reviews of the game pointed to the game’s overwrought story as a contributing factor to its poor reception. The game needs a clean slate, and Kingdom Hearts 4 could be the jumping-on point me and other lapsed keyblade wielders desperately need. Kingdom Hearts 4 then represents a chance for me and my beloved franchise to reconcile.

'Kingdom Hearts 4' has finally been revealed, and the first trailer packs in a ton of hints for both lore and potential new locations.

It’s incredibly weird but creates a real reason that Lightning might be able to run into Sora in the world of Quadratum. Realistically, both characters are somewhere in Japan. With Neo: The World Ends With You releasing in 2021, it would make the perfect crossover for Kingdom Hearts 4, and all signs quite literally point to that happening. The secret scene of Kingdom Hearts 3 showed Quadratum for the first time, with Sora thrown smack dab into the middle of Shibuya Crossing, with the prominent “104” building in the background. Kingdom Hearts 3 was first announced in 2013, two years before the release of The Force Awakens. With Disney still nailing down the property, there’s simply no way Star Wars could have appeared before, but it’s a different story now. The biggest and easily most exciting possibility is a potential Star Wars world that may be featured in Kingdom Hearts 4. With a new chapter of the series starting the possibilities are practically limitless, but here are a few hints from the Kingdom Hearts 4 reveal trailer.