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Square Enix officially announces Kingdom Hearts III

Today at 6PM PST, Sony held its E3 2013 press conference. Here, Sony showed off the PlayStation 4. Kingdom Hearts III was officially announced. Series director Tetsuya Nomura appeared via a video and showed a short, beta trailer for Kingdom Hearts III which is "now in development" for the PlayStation 4 (Update: and Xbox One). Details about release date are currently unknown.

This trailer can be seen below, on YouTube. Enjoy! Kingdom Hearts III is finally on the way!

The trailer starts by showing all of the previous Kingdom Hearts titles to date. Next, Sora is shown on Destiny Islands finding Master Eraqus' Keyblade. The Kingdom Hearts III game logo is shown. Lastly, Sora is shown in Twilight Town fighting a wave/storm of Shadow Heartless. Donald and Goofy are party members.

Here is the Kingdom Hearts III game logo:

Make sure to discuss the Kingdom Hearts III announcement in the comments or on our forum-- or, if you want to start a specific discussion about the game, use our new KH3 forum.

Update 1: IGN have uploaded a summary video for the Kingdom Hearts III announcement. In this, they reveal that "according to Tetsuya Nomura, the game began development in 2010, after the release of Birth by Sleep". This is interesting news, as it means development was started up to 3 years ago!

Update 2: mbdamiani and Nova_Crystallis from Twitter have shared photos of a Kingdom Hearts III poster at E3 2013. This poster is from Square Enix's private conference, "Square Enix: The Future", which is about to go underway. It is likely that this event could reveal more details about Kingdom Hearts III, so stay tuned. The poster can be seen below. We will update you on details from this conference live, here.

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AJTREY

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I certainly hope that this game is worth the wait

darkaeroga

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Wait, WHAT ABOUT 2.5 HD REMIX?

We still have some years

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We all kind of imagined how crazy we would all go when Kingdom Hearts III was announced, but this is just so bizzare. There's obviously still a MASSIVE amount of speculation to be had about a release date (it wouldn't be Nomura if he didn't leave SOME to the imagination :P ) but honestly, I'm ecstatic with excitement right now. 

 

As far as the trailer, I loved it. I think it definitely revamped the basic story line of what the game's direction/plot will ESSENTIALLY be about. I definitely like the fact that Master Eraqus will have at least some part in the big finale (even if it is just the idea of him and not actually him) as pointed out by the Keyblade being found in the trailer. The graphics look like something from a dream. I am curious to know what part Twilight Town will have to play in Kingdom Hearts III. Overall, I'm stoked. I definitely knew that it was going to be exclusively for Play Station 4 and that's totally fine. I feel like Kingdom Hearts III deserves the best possible development it can get. What are your guys' thoughts? This is it! :D

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X blade

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OMG KH3! I literally had an eyegasm watching this it looks so good! The only sad part is I was hoping for it to be on PS3 but now ill have too save an extra 100$ for the PS4.

OH MY GOD! I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT! I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW IT!!!! :D

Kaneki Ken

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aww man! It's a good thing I'm getting grad money. I better open a savings account to deposit money towards KH3, FFXV and PS4.

MDSVeritas

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When I saw the trailer start I was thinking "Oh, Kingdom Hearts HD Remix" Then it went to KH II and I was like "Wait, this isn't in the remix." Then the logo happened.

 

 

And I died.

HarLea Quinn

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Beta trailers are fun to see but it's important to note that until the finished product is done it will go through many changes and so we can only speculate for shits and giggles xD

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oRoxas

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I feel like it might still be a ways off. I know they had said that he wanted to re release all the games in HD. So I think we still will have a 2.5 with the rest of the games before we can finally get 3.

Daniel Black

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We all kind of imagined how crazy we would all go when Kingdom Hearts III was announced, but this is just so bizzare. There's obviously still a MASSIVE amount of speculation to be had about a release date (it wouldn't be Nomura if he didn't leave SOME to the imagination :P ) but honestly, I'm ecstatic with excitement right now. 

 

As far as the trailer, I loved it. I think it definitely revamped the basic story line of what the game's direction/plot will ESSENTIALLY be about. I definitely like the fact that Master Eraqus will have at least some part in the big finale (even if it is just the idea of him and not actually him) as pointed out by the Keyblade being found in the trailer. The graphics look like something from a dream. I am curious to know what part Traverse Town will have to play in Kingdom Hearts III. Overall, I'm stoked. I definitely knew that it was going to be exclusively for Play Station 4 and that's totally fine. I feel like Kingdom Hearts III deserves the best possible development it can get. What are your guys' thoughts? This is it! :D

I think it was Twilight town... but yes... what´s going to happen with that heartless rampage? O.o geez... hate the suspense!!

lux

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They started showing KH1 and CoM and I thought "a trailer of KH 1.5" than this epic moment happened! Everybody in my house was asleep and I couldn't scream! But yeah probably in the fall of 2015 KH3 will be coming for the Occident so we have 2 years  to save money! 

AndreX88

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If everyone was wondering, that is Master Eraqus's keyblade that he gave to Aqua, before he died, so now we know for sure Sora will meet Aqua, because if you look up a pic of Eraqus's blade "Master Keeper" it's the same as in the trailer. Kaybai

Mikenna Fuit

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OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY FREAKING GOSH!!!! WHY MUST THEY TORTURE US?!?!?!

darkaeroga

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man I am gonna need to get a PS4 to get the two Square enix games that WILL give sony an even bigger win in the "console wars".

Keegan Quimby

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I was surprise that it is coming soon for ps4 instead of ps3.

jjennway

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Nerdgasim all over the floor

AaySquare

Member

Please anyone tell me how should I celebrate this moment..? I need help. I am so happy that my heart is pounding very hard. Sony basically just killed Microsoft!

I think it was Twilight town... but yes... what´s going to happen with that heartless rampage? O.o geez... hate the suspense!!

 

LMAO! I know I was so excited I couldn't even think straight while typing! But yes it was Twilight Town- sorry about the typo there! 

Britipinojeff

Member

Im so happy and so sad about this at the same time.

 

Im so glad that Versus is coming out(It may not be part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series anymore BUT I DONT CARE) and KH3 IS BEING WORKED ON!!! But im sad because THEY'RE PS4 EXCLUSIVE. Now i have to buy a PS4, GOD DAMN YOU NOMURA WHY DID YOU firetruckING DO THIS. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

Fabula Nova Crystallis refers to the games that are similar to the final fantasy 13 universe right? well cant XV still be a part of it?

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