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Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Limited Singapore Branch (SIES) have announced that the English version of Kingdom Hearts III will release in The Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia on January 29, 2019! This includes the Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition for The Philippines, while the other countries will also be getting the Standard Digital Edition and the All-In-One Package. This follows the announcement of Kingdom Hearts III and the PlayStation 4 Pro KH3 Limited Edition coming to China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong). Here the game will be available in both English, Japanese, and Chinese versions. For full product specification and prices in The Philippines, see here; in Singapore, see here; in Malaysia, see here; in Indonesia, click here. With this announcement, they have also officially revealed the Kingdom Hearts III disk art and artbook cover, which was posted on social media earlier today. You can see it in high definition below.

New screenshots from the worlds of Kingdom of Corona, Hundred Acre Wood, and Twilight Town have been released, along with new information on the plot of Kingdom Hearts III in the form of cutscene subtitles and world blurbs from the official Japanese Kingdom Hearts III website! From this information, we can confirm that: A new form of magic, "Water", is present in the game; this screenshot shows "Watara" in green. Marluxia is helping Gothel get Rapunzel back. Rapunzel is one of the new Princesses of Heart. Pascal and Maximus are present in the story. Sora is told by Merlin that the cover of the Winnie the Pooh book has changed, and dives into the world of the book to investigate it. Pete and Maleficent have found many "black boxes", but they have turned out to be not the one they were looking for. Elsa is being chased by the Heartless. Luxord declares parlay to Jack Sparrow in order to talk about how he is also looking for a black box. KH13 News Team staff Mio-chan, xionskeyblade, and NihonScribe have kindly translated them for us. They are as follow. Kingdom of Corona (from Tangled) The setting of this world is from the movie Tangled. Rapunzel lived in a tower since she was young. She always hoped to leave and go see by herself the lights that appear every year at her birthday. She finally gather her courage, and along the way she encounters Flynn. But her mother, Gothel, goes after her. And it seems that Marluxia from Organization XIII is willing to help her. Just what is his goal…? “Agreed!” (or "We got this!" in context) “Just give up.” “They are finally having their parent and child reunion, so be quiet and watch.” “Her daughter, Rapunzel, is an important light to this world.” “I’ll do anything to find it.” “I worry so much about you.” (The following screenshot seems to take place in Kingdom of Corona, but it could easily be somewhere else.) "But where? We have no other choice than to follow them." Hundred Acre Wood (from the Winnie the Pooh series) The setting of the world is from the series Winnie The Pooh. Sora, who was told by Merlin that Pooh’s book cover changed, decided to visit the 100 Acre Wood to investigate its cause. A troubled Rabbit awaited him there… “You sure love fruits, Lumpy!” “Rabbit has grown flowers just for Pooh’s sake, right?” “Wait! It’s not over yet. Next up, we have to harvest fruits from the garden.” “Sora, next up is the flower garden, but..” “… Instead of greeting me, can you tell me if you had troubles or noticed anything unusual?” Twilight Town The town in an eternal dusk, Twilight Town. Sora went back to this town in search of Roxas, whom he considers to be his alter ego. Teaming up with friends from his previous adventures, Hayner, Pence and Olette, they are looking for clues about “the other Twilight Town”. "There’s a lot of black boxes, and all end up being the wrong one!" Toy Box (from Toy Story) The setting of this world is from the movie Toy Story. An unexplainable incident arises in Andy’s room involving Woody and Andy’s toys. Andy and the other toys disappearance seems to add up with the Heartless arrival. Monstropolis (from Monsters, Inc.) The setting of this world is from the movie Monsters Inc., is. Sora steps into this world and becomes a monster. Sulley and Mike explain to Sora that Monsters Inc. is ‘turning the screams of human children into energy’. But Randall, who doesn’t like Sully, involves Sora and causes problems. Arendelle (from Frozen) The world of the movie Frozen opens with a snowy mountain, where Sora & co. are greeted by a chagrined Elsa. Sora is amazed by Elsa’s powers, but she is chased by the Heartless. As Sora tries to help her, he encounters a member of Organization XIII, Larxene. The Caribbean (from Pirates of the Caribbean) The setting of The Caribbean is from the adventure movie, Pirates of the Caribbean. Sora, Donald, and Goofy rowing towards World’s End, meet up once again with Jack Sparrow. Jack explains that he has a chance to defeat Davy Jones and that he is in search of a box. Organization XIII member Luxord appears declaring Parley, stating that he was also looking for a box. Olympus (from Hercules) The setting of this world is from the movie Hercules. Sora, who lost his powers and searches a way to recover them, came to this world to ask help from Hercules. Maleficent and Pete also came to this world looking for something: a box. There, they encounter Hades who wants to take revenge on Hercules… San Fransokyo (from Big Hero 6) Set after the movie Big Hero 6. Sora and his friends are excited to be in a big city, the likes of which Sora has never seen. There, they meet “Big Hero 6,” a group who stated that they are “protecting the city.” As they work together as a group with Sora to take down the Heartless, they encounter a strange enemy. Also, the one who stands in front of Sora is a figure donning the black coat who appears to be Riku…?

Japanese organization CERO (Computer Entertainment Rating Organization) has given Kingdom Hearts III a rating of A for content that is suitable for all ages. According to this rating, the game should contain no content that should offend children. The rating is displayed on the Japanese website for the game. Thanks @orange_desuyo_n for the tip! Kingdom Hearts III has also been rated E10+ by ESRB and PG by ACB. In Europe, it has been rated PEGI 12, according to which it shows "violence of a slightly more graphic nature towards fantasy characters or non-realistic violence towards human-like characters would fall in this age category." Furthermore, this rating allows: "sexual innuendo or sexual posturing can be present, while any bad language must be mild"; "gambling as it is normally carried out in real life in casinos or gambling halls can also be present (e.g. card games that in real life would be played for money)." German organization USK (Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle) has rated the game 12 (suitable for those above 12 years of age). A general description of video game featured under this rating can be found below: UPDATE [Nov 27, 2018]: You can check out a higher definition packshot of the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts III for PlayStation 4 with the CERO A rating below.

SuperGroupies will be releasing exclusive Kingdom Hearts III apparel themed after Sora, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, and Axel! For a limited time between December 1-5, these character-themed clothing and accessories, including jackets, bags, watches, and jewelry, will be sold at a pop-up store at the Seibu Ikebukuro Main store. Preorders for limited items, item displays, and photo spots will be available for fans between December 1-5, with an estimated arrival date of late April. Fans will also be able to pose with a Twilight Town clock tower backdrop at the store! For customers preordering at the Seibu Ikebukuro Main store or SuperGroupies online store, 2 posters will come with each item purchased! Newly drawn posters of characters wearing the limited time items and real life model posters will come in a set for the bonus! In the gallery below, you can find the drawing of Sora wearing his SuperGroupies themed apparel; more drawings of the other characters will be revealed soon. You can find more information about the campaign here. You can find more information about the products, including their product purchase pages, here. You can find general promotional pictures below, along with a gallery for each character! You can also find a photo album of the designer, Keyblade designer, make-up artist, and photographer and pictures of the work behind this Kingdom Hearts III line! The artists behind the line were interviewed; we will publish a translation of the interview as soon as we can! A video was also released showing footage of the make-up, dress-up, and photoshoot sessions for the models as they cosplay Sora, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, and Axel, and put on their character-themed SuperGroupies apparel! You can watch it below. UPDATE (Nov 30th): Pre-orders are now available! You can pre-order until 11:59:59 PM JST on December 16th. You can pre-order by clicking here .

In a now unavailable tweet, Twitter user @kh_amaru posted a scan of a Kingdom Hearts III feature on what seemed to be the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. You can see the scan below. It seems that amongst the screenshots featured, one of the Tangled ones shows a never before published seen. We will soon provide translations of any new information covered in this feature. UPDATE [Nov 13, 2018]: While there is no new information on the game besides the new screenshot, Shonen Jump is giving away a copy of Kingdom Hearts III to 500 lucky readers! Translations are available thanks to KH13's Solis!

The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony that honors video game and content creators across console, mobile and PC gaming and esports. The program is both an awards show and a first look at the future of the video game industry. This year’s awards will take place on Thursday, December 6 at 9 PM ET/6 PM PST from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The award ceremony will be live-streamed across 40 global video networks and will include awards presentations, exclusive game world premieres and announcements, and musical performances. Nominees for The Game Awards 2018 will be announced on Tuesday, November 13, at noon EST/9 AM PST with a video announcement at TheGameAwards.com, after which fans can start voting for their favorites. News on world premieres, presenters, honorees, and musical performances will be announced in the coming weeks leading into the live show on December 6. Geoff Keighley, creator and main host of the show, has stated that this year's Awards will have the "biggest lineup yet in terms of new game announcements"; according to Keighley, "it's going to be a very exciting night filled with surprises and celebration." In an interview with VentureBeat, Keighley has also stated, "Most of the major publishers will be sharing news on what they’re doing in the future.” We're very excited to see what games will be nominated this year and what thrilling video game announcements await us; we are also hoping that Kingdom Hearts III will make the nominations for Most Anticipated Game! Recently, Kingdom Hearts III won a Future Division award from Japanese Game Awards 2018 as one of the 11 games with the best future prospect. Kingdom Hearts III was also nominated for and won several awards for being the best game/RPG/show in E3 by critics including Game Critics Awards, Unreal Engine, IGN, GameSpot, Momocon, and more. UPDATE [Nov 13, 2018]: The nominees for The Game Awards 2018 have been revealed! Unfortunately, there is no "Most Anticipated Game" category this year, it seems, but we are still excited to watch TGA on December 6! You can vote for your favorites here.

A new world for Kingdom Hearts III has been revealed at X018! Hundred Acre Wood will be returning as a minigame world once more! The new X018 trailer showcases cutscenes and gameplay from this new world. You can watch it below! UPDATE [November 10, 2018]: Following the release of the Kingdom Hearts III: Winnie The Pooh trailer at X018, Jeff Rubenstein had a brief interview with Shinji Hashimoto on stage at X018. You can read its transcription below, as well as watch the video from the live show here. Follow our social media for Kingdom Hearts III news and coverage! Twitter Discord Facebook Tumblr Youtube

The voice actors for some of the Big Hero 6 characters in Kingdom Hearts III have been revealed, including the original voice actors Ryan Potter (as Hiro Hamada), Scott Adsit (as Baymax), Jamie Chung (as Go Go Tomago), and Genesis Rodriguez (as Honey Lemon)! Khary Payton, who voiced Wasabi No-Ginger in Big Hero 6: The Series, will also voice him in Kingdom Hearts III. The announcement alludes to further information coming soon of more Big Hero 6 voice cast in Kingdom Hearts III to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the movie today. UPDATE [Nov 7, 2018]: As a response to our staff's tweet, T. J. Miller, Fred's original voice actor in Big Hero 6, suggested that he is reprising his role in Kingdom Hearts III! He said, "I am in the video game. Never underestimate my voice... it is everywhere...(ghost noises)"

The Australian Classification Board, a government body responsible for the classification and censorship of films, video games and publications in Australia, has given Kingdom Hearts III a PG rating for mild themes and fantasy violence. You can find the full report here. Last month, Kingdom Hearts III was given an ESRB rating of E10+, which stands for everyone of (and above) the age of 10, with alcohol reference and fantasy violence. ESRB have not published further rating information on this title yet. Kingdom Hearts III will release in Australia and the West on January 29, 2019.

In a private The World Ends With You -Final Remix- campaign event at the Square Enix Café ARTNIA on October 30, Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura, who is also the producer of the original TWEWY title, made a surprise appearance. Here he had the opportunity to answer a few questions. One of these were concerning the possibility of a reappearance of the TWEWY characters in Kingdom Hearts III, to which he replied with a no. You can read the translated excerpt from Famitsu below (thanks to KH13 Staff NihonScribe).

The official website for the Kingdom Hearts & Tokyo Skytree Tower of Light and Darkness event has been launched! This event, also dubbed in the website as - Tower of Radiance and Shadow - was announced back in September, and will celebrate the upcoming release of Kingdom Hearts III. It will take place from Tuesday January 8, 2019 through Sunday March 3, 2019 at the Tembo Galleria in the Tokyo Skytree tower, 450 meters above ground. The website shows off renders of Sora, Riku, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in their "attack" poses. (These renders are also featured in the PlayStation 4 pre-order bonus theme for Kingdom Hearts III). You can see the graphics from the website in the album below, including the promotional poster for the event. The tower will be decorated with Disney worlds and characters from the Kingdom Hearts series, and there will be original content displayed in the Skytree Round Theater inside the tower, using 255° out of 360° of the huge screen composed of window glasses of about 110 meters wide and 2 meters high. The event plans to sell exclusive cafe menu and original goods collaborating with this event. UPDATE [Dec 18, 2018]: It seems that the Kingdom Hearts & Tokyo Skytree Tower of Radiance and Shadow event has been extended for two more days until March 5! Also, the website does not mention the exclusive cafe menu anymore; it is unknown whether they have cancelled this particular collaboration or not.

Kingdom Hearts III is making an appearance at Lucca Comics & Games, the biggest comics festival in Europe! To promote the upcoming game, Shinji Hashimoto will be present at the event at the Share the Magic panel on Saturday November 3, at 5.30 PM CET (12.30 PM EST) at the auditorium in Chiesa di San Francesco. The doors will open at 5.00 PM CET. The panel will last 1 hour 30 minutes, with a signing session will follow. Entry will only be allowed to those holding special tickets, which, in limited quantity, will be distributed at the ticket office at the Teatro del Giglio from Saturday morning. It will only be available to those who have already purchased tickets and collected their wristbands for the event. KH13 News Team Associate Editor Yoshirai will be reporting for us at this Kingdom Hearts III panel! Contrary to earlier reports, this panel will NOT be streamed live. Keep an eye on this article to follow our coverage of the panel, and follow our Twitter for live updates! For those interested in cosplay, there will also be a Kingdom Comes: Final Fantasy e Kingdom Hearts Cosplay Contest on Saturday November 3 at the Chiesa di San Franceso at 12.30 PM CET! Follow all our channels for Kingdom Hearts III news and discussions: Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr | Discord | Youtube Kingdom Hearts III Lucca Comics and Games 2018 Tangled Trailer [ENG] Kingdom Hearts III Lucca Comics and Games 2018 Tangled Trailer [JPN] Updates Pre-event August 20, 2018 [12:27 PM CET]: Kingdom Hearts III demo announced to be playable at Lucca Comics & Games 2018! Oct 12, 2018 [10:01 AM CET]: Shinji Hashimoto to be present at a special Kingdom Hearts III panel at Lucca Comics & Games 2018 on November 3! Oct 30, 2018 [9:43 AM CET]: Giant Kingdom Key statue has been erected at Piazza San Michele! Oct 30, 2018 [1:24 PM CET]: See gallery below for even more pictures of the giant Kingdom Key! Day 1: Wednesday October 31, 2018 [11:36 AM CET] Free seasalt ice cream, since 2005! Perfect for your summer vacations. Collect yours from the #KingdomHeartsIII cart! [While stocks last] [12:00 PM CET] Attendees can enter the Kingdom with a special Kingdom Hearts III passport and visit gorgeous worlds [backdrops] such as The Caribbean and San Fransokyo! There's even a Baymax cutout! The KH3 decor looks lovely at Villa Bottini. [1:26 PM CET] Visitors enter the Kingdom Hearts III "building"! Seasalt icecream has also been spotted! There are different areas for the worlds of The Caribbean, Toy Box & San Fransokyo. Demo playtime seems to be restricted to 10-15 minutes per person. [2:13 PM CET] While waiting in line to play the demo, fans are given sea salt ice cream! (Tastes of vanilla...) [8:26 PM CET] Lucca CG 2018 has by far the best photo ops for Kingdom Hearts III! What do you guys think? [9:28 PM CET] The Kingdom Hearts III worlds' decorations inside Villa Bottini are absolutely stunning! There is a sled with 'snow' and 'ice' in Arendelle, and chests, wooden floorboards and 'shrouds' at The Caribbean! Day 2: Thursday, November 1, 2018 [12:13 PM CET] Tubbo Nubbo have published a video showing and discussing the Kingdom Hearts III getup at Lucca CG 2018! They showed off what's inside their passport (which includes world pages that were stamped as they visited each world-themed room in Villa Bottini). Visitors also received a pin. You can watch their field footage below! (At around 12:41, you can even see Sora hurling Goofy down the cliff...) [12:22 PM CET] "You're about to start an exciting journey through some of the fantastic worlds of Kingdom Hearts III. Enter to discover all the available activities, including the opportunities to take pictures, try the demo, and collect stamps to fill your passport!" [12:46 PM] A close-up picture of The Caribbean room decorations! Day 3: Friday, November 2, 2018 [1:34 PM CET] Pictures of all the pages of the Kingdom Hearts III passport can now be seen in our gallery (and in this thread)! [1:43 PM CET] Some lovely angles of the Villa Bottini entrance and The Caribbean room! [1:45 PM CET] Each room of the Villa Bottini features the battle theme of a specific Kingdom Hearts III world! [3:38 PM CET] Our Associate Editor Yoshirai has now appeared at Lucca CG 2018! Spotted some sweet Kingdom Hearts III promo at the station! Day 4: Saturday November 3, 2018 [5:30 PM CET] Kingdom Hearts III Share the Magic panel with series producer Shinji Hashimoto will begin! [5:50PM CET] Kingdom Hearts III Share the Magic panel has begun! [5:51PM CET] Photos are allowed, but no video recording. [5:52PM CET] Sunil Godhania has taken the stage! He thanks all the fans who are gathered for the occasion. [5:53PM CET] The panel will be in English, and will discuss new gameplay aspects! [5:55PM CET] Square Enix is currently summarising the series' lore whilst showing slides! One of the key themes for Kingdom Hearts III is 'resolution'. [5:57PM CET] They are currently showing a video about Keyblade transformations! [6:02PM CET] The panel showed about 10 seconds of new Baymax gameplay, and are now discussing the Link system! [6:04PM CET] New Gummi Ship gameplay has been shown, with both freeroam and on-rails sections! [6:05PM CET] Various mini-games are being showcased, including Ratatouille cooking and Goofy snowboarding! [6:05PM CET] Hashimoto is on stage! [6:07PM CET] Hashimoto says he is very grateful for his years with the KH series! He is also giving details about the elevator meeting that started it all! [6:10PM CET] Apparently, Miss Yamamoto from Disney pitched the idea of a collaboration to Hashimoto first, asking if he was from Square Enix! Disney was very interested in Square Enix as a company back then! [6:12PM CET] Q&A is starting! The staff on the panel have apparently selected several community questions! [6:14PM CET] "To be honest, I can't say too much about this before the release, but we are considering DLCs, and those will eventually be revealed." [6:15PM CET] Hashimoto says that Big Hero 6 is his favorite world! Developing new worlds was difficult, considering new assets and elements. [6:17PM CET] "16 years ago, the game was released. I wasn't expecting such a success!" [6:18PM CET] "This is hard to answer. Everyone is different, but there is a lot of drama. You guys will be very fulfilled!" [6:22PM CET] "Making a new game is a lot of work. When it's the first game of the series, you're not really sure if it is going to be a success. I was really happy it sold out!" [6:25PM CET] Hashimoto has one last message, thanking fans for coming to the panel. It's not long until the game's release, so be sure not to miss out! [6:27PM CET] A special video is being shown for the first time! [6:29PM CET] The trailer is showing more Kingdom of Corona footage, with English voice acting! [6:30PM CET] The panel has officially ended. A full report from us will be coming soon! On the field footage of Lucca CG 2018 Gallery

Xbox Mexico has announced that attendees of the Xbox FanFest: Mexico City, taking place between November 9 and 11, 2018, will be able to play Kingdom Hearts III at the event! More information about the event can be found in its official announcement. Here, the Head of Xbox Phil Spencer will also host X018, "a global celebration of all things Xbox filled with news, first looks, and surprises." This will take place on Saturday, November 10, and will be live-streamed as an Inside Xbox episode from 3PM to 5PM CST, making it the longest episode to date. You can watch the X018 livestream on: Mixer Twitch Youtube Facebook Twitter Shinji Hashimoto, Kingdom Hearts III's executive producer and brand manager, has made suggestions that he will be in attendance at the event. Thanks to fan @JoniiMdG for the tip!

Kingdom Hearts III will be playable at the Square Enix Games booth (#S1710, in Hall S5) at the October event of MCM London Comic Con 2018! Fans will be able to try Kingdom Hearts III on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with a total of 24 pods set up in the booth; and it is expected that they will have a go at the Olympus and Toy Box demos. A sneak peak of the Kingdom Hearts III demo setup for Xbox One can also be seen in the preview video of the event, which you can view at the end of this article. A video posted by the MCM Comic Con Twitter also reveals the possibility for fans to take photos in Andy's Room with the original Kingdom Key, as well as receive a free seasalt ice cream after playing Kingdom Hearts III! MCM London Comic Con will take place in London, UK, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre from Friday, October 25 to Sunday, October 27. KH13 News Team's Aquaberry will be representing KH13 at the event and hosting a #KH13MeetUp! This will be part of the Kingdom Hearts Cosplay Meet taking place on Saturday, October 27 at 2pm in the grass area in front of Novotel. You can find out more about this biannual meet on its Facebook group, where updates will be posted during the day. If you'll be attending MCM London Comic Con on Saturday, don't forget to say hi!

Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura has just announced that on Thursday October 25, at 3pm JST, patches for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX and HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue collections will be released that will allow the sharing of blocked scenes on PlayStation 4. The announcement, made on the official Japanese Kingdom Hearts Twitter, has been translated below by Goldpanner. UPDATE [Oct 25, 2018]: The patches are live in the Playstation Store. Version 1.05 for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX and Version 1.03 for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue can be downloaded. Both patches removes the share restrictions for certain cutscenes and the cinematic movies on both collections.

Welcome Kingdom Hearts fans, old and new, to the new version of KH13 on the occasion of our 10th anniversary! We are delighted to celebrate a decade of being a hub for the Kingdom Hearts community! Just in time for KH13’s 10th anniversary, we have rolled out the newest update of the website. Version 4 is now more functional and responsive to reflect the needs of our users. The previous version was first released in 2011, and although we had grown to love it, the site had to be rebuilt from the ground up to modernise it and allow us to easily iterate and add new content and features. Look forward to more updates in the future! In the meanwhile, please enjoy the new responsive streamlined design, fully functional mobile site, improved post editor and media submission tools, refreshed video archive and gallery, as well as many other new features scattered around the site. In the past, KH13.com has gone through 4 major redesigns. You can see snapshots of the older versions below and compare it to the current one. Feel old yet? A brief history of KH13 In October 9, 2008, the domain for KH13 was registered; at the time, KH1.com through KH12.com were taken, resulting in the befitting and auspicious claim on the domain “KH13.com”. In October 17, 2008 (October 18 in the webmasters' home country, Australia), the first article was published and KH13 was shared with the world for the very first time, and officially launched! While it all started as a fun project between webmaster DChiuch and Co-Webmaster Aaron, it soon became the full-fledged website for Kingdom Hearts news, media, and discussion that it is today. At the time it was conceived, high quality videos and media were hard to come by, so KH13 initially established itself by providing high quality trailer and cutscene downloads. Now, KH13 is one of the best and well-known Kingdom Hearts fansites for news and media. Within 3 years, KH13 became more well known, paving its future in becoming one of the best and most popular Kingdom Hearts fansites for news and media. In 2011, we started sending representatives to E3 as part of the press. Our first rep was SQEX☆GAL, followed by many others such as Oishii, the Kingdom Hearts community veteran Churro, KH13 PR rep (and former News Team Leader) Toominator and Kingdom Hearts χ Team and News Team member Raxaimus. In the past years, we have established our press presence in many gaming events around the world. Most recently, Toominator and Raxaimus have represented us at the exclusive Kingdom Hearts III Premiere invitational event that took place last May in Santa Monica, California. One important feature that has been prominent throughout KH13 is our gallery and video archives. Former KH13 Archives Team Leader and News Team member Sora96 has brought the video archives and gallery to what it is today, featuring over 29,000 images and hundreds of videos from the Kingdom Hearts series. Thanks also goes to Everglow, our former partner, for recording thousands of cutscenes and playthrough videos for KH13's archives. Our wide selection of videos and images has brought in many visitors for KH13. KH13 today At the present time, KH13 is one of the most essential news outlets on all things Kingdom Hearts, part and parcel of the Kingdom Hearts community. Our news, archives, KHχ and social media team are recognized for their effortful work in delivering the latest information and media to Kingdom Hearts fans and bringing them together to share ideas and resources that embellish the fandom and bring “hype” to the community. The KH13.com community has also been growing on social media. Our Twitter (@KH13.com) has almost 34k followers. Our Facebook page (KH13.com, for Kingdom Hearts) has hit the 25k likes mark. We have a PlayStation community page, and a brand new Discord server! You can follow us on Youtube and Twitch as well. We held many mini #KH13MeetUp’s at various events around North America and UK. Check out the hashtag on Twitter and don’t forget to meet us on the next one! We also released a very entertaining 2017 Re:Cap trailer for Kingdom Hearts news in 2017! A 2018 version is in the works… Reporting Kingdom Hearts news in the past year KH13’s 10th anniversary year has brought forth many exciting developments in Kingdom Hearts! But undoubtedly, the biggest piece of news is that of Kingdom Hearts III’s release date reveal at the Los Angeles Kingdom Hearts Orchestra (Encore) concert. Kingdom Hearts III is coming January 25, 2019 in Japan, and January 29, 2019 to the rest of the world. Recently, Kingdom Hearts III’s box art has also been revealed and has already been branded (anecdotally speaking) as one of the best video games cover! Take a look at it below. Monsters, Inc., Frozen, and Pirates of the Carribean - At World’s End were revealed to have worlds in Kingdom Hearts III! Wreck-It Ralph and Ratatouille will also appear as summon and mini-game respectively. A whopping 9 trailers were revealed in the past year, and along with extra gameplay footage, fans had a lot of information to be excited about, gameplay elements to look forward to, theories to make, and returning characters to welcome back (and at times cry about)! Monsters, Inc. trailer Making of Kingdom Hearts (not released to public) Classic Kingdom trailer Kingdom Hearts Orchetra trailer (not released to public) Frozen trailer Square Enix E3 Showcase 2018 trailer Pirates of the Caribbean trailer “Don’t Think Twice” trailer Extended Aqua cutscene + gameplay (TGS 2018) Toy Box, The Carribean, Arendelle, Olympus, San Fransokyo, Monstropolis, Gummi Ship and Ratatouille (Twilight Town) gameplay (TGS 2018) Toy Box Premiere Exclusive Boss Fight (TGS 2018) Arendelle Trinity Sled Full Sequence (TGS 2018) Big Hero 6 trailer (short) Big Hero 6 Extended trailer A never before seen character appearance is expected to show up in the next trailer... Utada Hikaru’s “Chikai” and “Don’t Think Twice” were revealed as the Japanese and English theme songs for Kingdom Hearts III. (The full version of “Chikai” was released within Utada Hikaru’s new album, Hatsukoi.) “Face My Fears”, a collaboration between Utada and Skrillex, was later revealed to be the opening theme to Kingdom Hearts III. Kingdom Hearts III Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Edition + Bring Arts went on pre-order this year, and a Limited Edition Kingdom Hearts III PlayStation 4 Pro was announced at E3 2018. A Limited Edition Kingdom Hearts III PlayStation 4 Slim was also shown off at TGS 2018. While no new games will be joining the main story before Kingdom Hearts III (Square, please), a free Kingdom Hearts VR Experience was announced for PlayStation VR! Kingdom Hearts’ 15th anniversary was celebrated towards the end of last year. Square Enix Cafe even held an anniversary campaign, where Sora’s birthday was revealed to be March 28, 2002. The Dandelion Meeting for Kingdom Hearts Union x[Cross] then took place in April in Anaheim, California! That was our first experience of trying out Kingdom Hearts III’s LCD-style mini-games, which can now be playing in the mobile game itself! (And while we’re on the topic of firsts…) KH13 staff were amongst the first to get a taste of playing Kingdom Hearts III at its Premiere in Santa Monica, California! Extended demos of Toy Box and Olympus were available at the event; shorter versions of the demo made rounds around the world in various events. (At one of these events, a new area of Olympus within the demo was also accidentally leaked!) Kingdom Hearts fans also contributed greatly to reveals this year. Interesting assets from Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage- were discovered. Deleted Monsters, Inc. assets were also found, after all this time, in Kingdom Hearts II! Off-camera secrets of KH2 were also revealed in the Boundary Break series. Furthermore, Everglow started his Kingdom Hearts Timeline series to piece the whole story together in chronological order to prep all fans for the final chapter of the Xehanort saga! This was definitely the year for Kingdom Hearts merch. Square Enix came forth with many wonderful Bring Arts, including Kingdom Hearts III Sora, Riku, and Kairi. Disney even released Kingdom Hearts Tsum Tsums in Japan! Numerous companies like Hot Topic, Spencer’s, Funko, Bandai, Good Smile Company, and FiGPiN licensed a variety of interesting products, including a Keyblade Proplica, Sora and Riku Nendoroids, and KH3 Funko Pops. Kingdom Hearts II: The Novel, Vol. 2, was released in the West, with the 358/2 Days novel releasing next month. Still no word of Kingdom Hearts at Disney Parks (although Shinji Hashimoto is trying to work it out), but Donald Duck and Goofy in their Kingdom Hearts costumes reappeared, at Disneyland, after a long time! In regards to the past and future of Kingdom Hearts: The old storyboards from Kingdom Hearts’s cancelled animated series by Seth Kearsley were also revealed and later auctioned to fans; Walt Disney made a historic deal to acquire 21st Century Fox, meaning even more IPs could possibly join the series; Nomura stated that Kingdom Hearts Union x[Cross]’s story would continue even after Kingdom Hearts III. In conclusion... As we enter our 11th year, we would like to thank our current leaders of our various teams, which includes Aquaberry, WakelessDream, faemarch, Wan_Pisu, and HaakonHawk; our vice leaders Leamax, Yoshirai, Ventus_, AndrewHankinson, and Justin; staff manager HarLea Quinn, and, of course, webmaster DChiuch. We would also like to thank all the current and past members of our various teams for their contributions to the website in the past year. We'd like to also give the most important thanks of all to you, our readers, and the Kingdom Hearts community. Thanks to everyone here on KH13 for sticking with us for these 10 years. We hope to be around for many more, and to continue to provide the latest Kingdom Hearts news and media!