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Square Enix has announced Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ will be released in Japan via the Apple App Store & Google Play Store for iOS & Android devices respectively on September 3, 2015 at 12PM JST. That's September 2 at 8PM PST and 11PM EST. It will be available for download from 12AM JST for iOS & Android devices on the same day but the service will not commence until 12PM JST, 12 hours later. Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ is a port of the Japan exclusive web browser game, Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] for iOS & Android devices. It is a free-to-play app with optional in-app-purchases. It has been confirmed for a release in North America.

Square Enix has announced their line-up for Tokyo Game Show 2015, and among them is the upcoming iOS & Android title, Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ. The title will have some form of video available, most likely a launch trailer. It is currently unknown if it will be playable but it would be likely with the game scheduled to be released this month. Kingdom Hearts III is not among the line-up however.

Square Enix has posted a new video on their official Twitter page for Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ which shows Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ running smoothly on an iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S is a pretty old phone, having been originally released in October 2011 which is a very good sign for those with old iOS & Android smartphones and tablets hoping to play the game. You can view the video below.

Square Enix has announced the new Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Flood plush toy that was revealed earlier this year will be released in Japan on September 26, 2015. The Flood plush toy will cost 4,940 Yen. They also announced the Kingdom Hearts Shadow plush toy will be released on October 30, 2015. The Shadow plush toy will cost 3,300 Yen. The Shadow plush toy was released in December 2012, but we are unsure why it's being re-released now. Note: The Japanese Square Enix online store will not ship outside of Japan. You can view pictures of these two plush toys below. Thanks go to @aibo_ac7 for the tip.

In a tweet on the official English Twitter page for the Kingdom Hearts series, Square Enix has teased the name for the Tangled world in Kingdom Hearts III, referring to the world as the "Kingdom of Corona". You can check out the tweet below which also features the E3 2015 trailer. We're expecting much more Kingdom Hearts III news in the coming days so stay tuned to KH13.com.

The final volume of the Kingdom Hearts II manga will finally be released next week (August 22) in Japan. After starting back in 2006, it's great to finally see this manga series coming to an end. You can view the cover below. Thanks go to @ArikaMiz for the tip. Additionally, we also have chapter 63, the final chapter of volume 9 scanned and translated thanks to taime, catmaster0116 & corfidbizna. Update: Tetsuya Nomura, the director of the Kingdom Hearts series posted a tweet regarding the final volume of the Kingdom Hearts II manga via the official Kingdom Hearts Japanese Twitter page. In the tweet he shows his appreciation on how well Shiro Amano, the artist for the Kingdom Hearts manga series has done with the manga. You can view a translation of the tweet below thanks to goldpanner. Update 2: For the Japanese release, each copy of the last volume of Kingdom Hearts II manga includes a special message from the Kingdom Hearts series director, Tetsuya Nomura. You can find the message below in both Japanese and English. Translation provided by KH13 News Team member soraspromise.