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Guinness World Records will be releasing the "Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2020" this summer and will be recognizing Sora as the character with the most appearances as the hero in Square Enix roleplaying games with a total of 6 games. Sora is also featured on the back cover of the book. You can view it below. Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2020 will be available in stores on August 28th in the UK and September 3rd for North America as well as September 5th for Australia. You can pre-order the book on Amazon by click here (North America), here (UK), or here (Australia). View full article

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Square Enix have announced their lineup for Gamescom 2019, and the Olympus and Toy Box demo for Kingdom Hearts III demo is included! Amongst the other video game demos that will be playable at the event are Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy XIV Online, and Trials of Mana. For the first time ever, fans will also be able to play a demo for Marvel's Avengers, which is due to release on May 15, 2020, and watch the new trailer for Life is Strange™ 2: Episode 4 ‘Faith’. The Square Enix booth will also showcase merchandise prototypes and offer an open demo space for board games. You can read the press release below. Gamescom, known as the world's largest gaming event, will take place from August 20th to 24th at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. Attendees can find Square Enix booths in Hall 9 of the venue. “gamescom: Opening Night Live” will be hosted by “The Game Awards” host and creator Geoff Keighley and livestreamed on August 19th at 8:00 PM CEST (2:00 PM EDT and 11:00 a.m. PDT). It will give gamers around a world an overview of what to expect from the event this year, including announcements from major video game publishers and independent developers and world premiers with new footage and guest appearances. View full article

The second part of Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience is now available as an update from the PlayStation Store, and we will be all over it today! KH13 Reporter @KHWaterBlock will be livestreaming the Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience update at 4:30 PM EST on our Youtube channel. Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience (Part II) Livestream Part Two of Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience brings you Olympus Coliseum and battles that require a motion controller. You can also walk down memory lane in Twilight Town and The World That Never Was! Watch below for a little sneak peek... You can watch @KHWaterBlock's livestream of the first part of Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience in the video below! View full article

D23 have announced the D23 Expo offerings that come with the D23 Gold Membership. These include exclusive single-day ticket discounts, a Gold Member lounge, and more when a Gold Member attends the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California on August 23-25 this year. Amongst the offerings is an exclusive collectible print from Disney artist Eric Tan celebrating the 10th anniversary of the official Disney fan club. The print features Mickey Mouse and various memorable characters from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, The Muppets, and the Disney parks. Fans will be delighted to know that Kingdom Hearts is also being representing Disney in this print! The silhouette of Sora holding his Keyblade can be found between those of Figment the Dragon and Thor. Check it out below! Thanks to @Knuxpyro56 for the tip! For those of you who are Gold Members and attending D23 Expo next month, all you have to do to grab this wonderful keepsake is go to the D23 Gold Member Gift Pick-Up in North Hall, and show your Gold Member card. Here is the full announcement video: View full article

Thanks @Knuxpyro56! We'll write an article about this and credit you for the lead. This is awesome.

The official Disney Store (Japan) have updated their listings with 7 new Kingdom Hearts products! The Kingdom Hearts Clear File 1 is a set of 4 plastic folders featuring different illustrations from Kingdom Hearts. It costs 540 yen. The Kingdom Hearts Clear File 2 is similar, except the illustrations derive from Kingdom Hearts II. It also costs 540 yen. The "Kingdom Hearts Sticker Set Hologram Envelope File with Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded" features a sparkling file cover with 7 hologram stickers of Kingdom Hearts II and Re:Coded characters. This collection is priced at 1080 yen. There is another Kingdom Hearts Sticker Set, this time featuring cover art and glittery character stickers from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix. It is also priced at 1080 yen. The third Kingdom Hearts Hologram Sticker Set, also costing 1080 yen, features cover art and stickers from Timeless River. The Kingdom Hearts Postcard Set 1 with Envelope File is another sparkly hologram plastic file inclusive of 7 postcards featuring art from the first game. You can buy it for 756 yen. Lastly, you can also buy the Kingdom Hearts Postcard Set 2 for 756 yen. This one will include 7 postcards with art from Kingdom Hearts II. Thanks to @aibo_ac7 for the tip! View full article

A new Kingdom Hearts Scratch Art book is available ro pre-order at the Square Enix Japan e-Store! UPDATE [Jun 28, 2019]: The Kingdom Hearts Scratch Art book is also available to pre-order on Amazon (Japan) and bookstores all over Japan! The Kingdom Hearts Scratch Art is a book that features "scratch art", holographic glitter illustrations that can be uncovered by tracing ("scratching") on the sheets with a pen. The book costs ¥1,900 and will release on September 12, 2019. It will include six illustration on A4 size sheets. The included illustrations are: KINGDOM HEARTS　『予感』 ("Premonition") KINGDOM HEARTS II　『ハート』("Heart") KINGDOM HEARTS III　『王冠』("Crown") KINGDOM HEARTS CHAIN OF MEMORIES　『デッキ』("Deck") KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 days　『追憶』("Remembrance") KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep　『翔る』("Soar"/"Fly") You can see the cover of the Scratch Art book and the illustrations in our gallery linked below. View full article

The second volume of the Kingdom Hearts III novel, authored by Tomoco Kanemaki and illustrated by Shiro Amano, is now available for pre-order at the Square Enix e-Store (Japan)! It is priced at 800 yen and will release on July 25, 2019. A cover is yet to be released. You can read the description of the novel below. (Thanks to KH13 team member @Mio-chan for the translations!) The first volume of the novel, which released in Japan last March, can be purchased here. UPDATE [Jun 25, 2019]: Square Enix have revealed the cover for the Game Novels Kingdom Hearts III Vol. 2 New Seven Hearts! If purchased from the Square Enix e-Store (Japan), the book will also come with a postcard showcasing the same cover art! You can see the cover art below. View full article

A new Kingdom Hearts III themed umbrella is now available for pre-order at the Square Enix e-Store (Japan)! The umbrella features a crown made of Kingdom Hearts emblems on the outer side, and a monogram pattern on the inside surface. Its handle and the cover it comes with also feature the Kingdom Hearts coat of arms. The product can be used as an umbrella on rainy days and as a parasol on a sunny day to protect one from the sun's UV rays. The umbrella costs 3,240 yen and will release on July 6, 2019. For more information, click here. Below are some pictures of the product. AitaiKuji is also offering a pre-order of this product for customers outside of Japan. View full article

New story quests, quests 881-885, have been added to the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]. You can now enjoy the translations thanks to Everglow, who has produced the video below, and Catherine Mueller, who has provided the translations! You can support Everglow's Patreon here. View full article

A new costume for the character Squall Leonhart will be available in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on June 5, 2019; the outfit is the same as the one he wears in Kingdom Hearts, and his weapon, the gunblade, seems to resemble the Sleeping Lion Keyblade first introduced in Kingdom Hearts II. This new outfit will be available on June 5th and 6th for Steam and PlayStation 4 respectively. View full article