Square Enix As part of the 20th anniversary event for Kingdom Hearts, which makes me feel great, we had announcements for some new games. The main one is that of Kingdom Hearts IV. In addition to Kingdom Hearts IV, we also have two new smartphone games on the road, namely Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link and Kingdom Hearts Dark Road. The first will have a closed beta test at the end of this year and the second will be the last installment of the story. As for Kingdom Hearts IV, this will be part of the Lost Master Arc and includes Strelitzia introducing Sora to the world of Quadtratum, which is actually Shibuya, in Tokyo. Specifically, the game trailer (shown below) has a giant monster appearing between two of the largest buildings in Shibuya, that of Shibuya Scramble Square and Shibuya Hikarie (shown above). Part of the trailer even has Sora slipping under the connecting bridge between the two buildings. As I live not far from Shibuya, to see Sora take on giant monsters in the place I visit regularly is a bit strange and rather amazing. As for the engine running the Kingdom Hearts IV, I guess it is Unreal Engine (probably Unreal Engine 5). If so, the good news is that many of the delays suffered by Kingdom Hearts III should be less of a problem, as this game used Unreal Engine 4 and the team will be used to the set of tools by now. In any case, we have a new key Kingdom Hearts game to look forward to and this is totally fantastic, mainly because Sora seems to be doing his thing in Shibuya from all sides. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. I also run Mecha Damashii and do game reviews on hobbylink.tv. Read my Forbes blog here.
