The usual maintenance for Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] has finished and updates have been made. Key Art #25 and #26 have been added to the game as this week's new cards and both feature artwork from Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. A new story has been added in Daybreak Town that goes with the story told so far. As usual, new items are lined up in the shop and new events are in place.
Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] Team member SkyKeybladeHero has translated this week's updates, which can be read below.
Square Enix has revealed a new Kingdom Hearts album will be released on March 25, 2015 in Japan. This album titled Kingdom Hearts Tribute album will include new arrangements of 10 songs from the Kingdom Hearts series. It will cost 2,160 Yen (approx. U.S $18.26). You can see what songs have been included below.
Amazon.com have revealed that Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel will be released in English for the first time ever on September 22, 2015. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel will include all three volumes from the original Japanese release translated into English by Yen Press. It will cost U.S $15.48. When the cover artwork is released we'll let you know. You can pre-order it here.
Amazon.co.jp have revealed that the ninth volume of the Kingdom Hearts II manga will be released in Japan on February 21, 2015. It will be available for ¥ 453 (approx U.S $3.85). In this volume Sora will finally face Organization XIII in The World That Never Was as the manga finally approaches it's conclusion. Once the cover artwork has been released we'll let you know. You can read the first 62 chapters of the Kingdom Hearts II manga in English over in our gallery.
Hidemi Matsuzuka, Square Enix's merchandise manager has revealed that Kingdom Hearts face towels are now available at Artnia. The design Hidemi Matsuzuka showed was of a Dusk, however thanks to @ArikaMiz we know that there also Shadow and Flood designs available. You can view photos of these below.
In an interview with Kotaku at last month's European launch event for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX, Tai Yasue the co-director of the Kingdom Hearts series spoke about Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX & HD 2.5 ReMIX being good training for new staff members in preparation for Kingdom Hearts III. He also discusses respecting source material and sharing ideas with the Final Fantasy XV team for the new hardware. You can read the interview below.
After the usual Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] maintenance, more additions have been added to the game. This week's new cards feature characters from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, as well as Monstro from Pinocchio. Lots of new events of different types are in place with many nice rewards to be gained. New items have been lined up in the Shop.
Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] Team member SkyKeybladeHero has translated the Dev Team Report #09 and this week's updates which can be read below.
Square Enix has posted a list of available job positions in their Third Business Division.
Square Enix's Third Business Division handled Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX. They have also recently worked on a couple of other small Square Enix titles but the Division's focus is the Kingdom Hearts series with Shinji Hashimoto, the Kingdom Hearts series' executive producer serving as the Division's executive.
Square Enix has listed 13 jobs relating to Kingdom Hearts III and we have listed them below. There are also seven other job positions available but four are for the SaGa game coming to PlayStation Vita in 2015 and three jobs in Tokyo that could be for anything be it announced or unannounced.
Update: goldpanner has translated the job summaries and these can be read below.
The NPD sales results for North America during December 2014 have been leaked. This has revealed that Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX sold 275,000 copies in North America during December 2014. Thanks go to NeoGAF user Nirolak for the leak.
For reference, Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX sold 270,000 copies in it's first month on the market in North America in one week less. The numbers aren't bad but they did not exceed Square Enix's expectations as revealed in Square Enix's 2014 Annual Report in which Square Enix mentions all releases which exceeded their sales expectations.
The usual maintenance for Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] has finished, and along with it the usual additions have been added to the game. This week's new cards include 2 new Key Scene cards. Key Scene #10 featuring Axel and Key Scene #11 featuring Xion. Other new cards feature Master Eraqus, Huey, Dewey, Louie and Sora. New avatars and new abilities are now available. New Events are now in place and new items have been lined up in the Shop.
Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] Team member SkyKeybladeHero has translated this week's updates, which can be read below.
After the usual Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] maintenance, new additions have been added to the game. This week's new cards feature Roxas, King Mickey, Captain Justice and Captain Dark. The banner saying "Happy New Year" has been removed from the login screen, but the login screen still appears with snow. Some rather strong Heartless are now appearing in the game, along with with strong new abilities for your character. There are new events in place and new items are lined up in the Shop.
Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] Team member SkyKeybladeHero has translated this week's updates, which can be read below.
Yen Press have revealed the cover artwork of Kingdom Hearts: The Novel on their website and on their Facebook page. The novel will take place during the events of the first Kingdom Hearts game and will release in March 2015 officially translated in English. Below is the description and cover artwork of the new novel.