Development on the next mainline entry after Kingdom Hearts III had begun by January 2020, with KingdomHeartsIV formally announced in April 2022. By Cristina AlexanderUpdated: 10:32 pmPosted: 2:02 pmIt’s been a year and a half since Square Enix and Disney announced Kingdom Hearts 4 at the Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary event in Japan, and the well of updates for the game has been empty ever since. Meanwhile, Kingdom Hearts 3 is riding on the title of best-selling game in the series with 6.7 million units sold as of September 2021 — surpassing the sales of even the very first game.Anticipation for Kingdom Hearts 4 is running high, so we’ve compiled a comprehensive overview of everything we know about the game so far. This page will be updated as we get more information.Jump to:See full list on ign.comA release window for Kingdom Hearts 4 has not been announced. The game is still in early development, so it’s too soon to tell when it will be released. If the development cycle for Kingdom Hearts 3 is anything to go by, Kingdom Hearts 4 would be released in five years, if not sooner.To justify the timeline of the game’s development, Goofy voice actor Bill Farmer said he had yet to record his lines soon after the trailer dropped. He even said that he didn’t realize that Kingdom Hearts 4 had been announced, let alone entered the development stages. I can't believe I just announced Kingdom hearts 4 to Goofy directly. He was like "you know they never told me these things, I only find out from fans at conventions. At least I know I've got work coming." pic.twitter.com/hHHISy3l5W— Gandheezy (@Gandheezy) May 27, 2022See full list on ign.comKingdom Hearts 4 will likely launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with the possibility that it will launch on PC via Steam or Epic Games Store and the successor to the Nintendo Switch, whatever it will be called. Although, it might end up releasing towards the end of the first two consoles’ lifespan. For reference, Kingdom Hearts 3 was released on th...See full list on ign.comOn , Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced at the Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary showcase, along with the mobile title Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, which is also in development. The trailer marked the game as the beginning of the Lost Master Arc and showed Sora with a more realistic design than he appeared in the previous games, as he finds himself in a world designed to look like the real world.Meanwhile, Donald and Goofy set out to find Sora once more, only to be encountered by a mysterious figure.See full list on ign.comKingdom Hearts 4 takes place after the events of Kingdom Hearts 3 and Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, as people have been looking for Sora for a year since he disappeared. Going by the trailer, the game is set in the world of Quadratum, a realistic city inspired by Tokyo, featuring a fictionalized Shibuya (which isn’t connected to The World Ends With You despite the game’s cast appearing in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance) and Minami-Aoyama. According to Tetsuya Nomura, Quadratum is an afterworld for Sora and Strelitzia but is the real world to its inhabitants.Nomura also said Quadratum will serve as the hub world that players return to after visiting other worlds, while the luxury apartment Sora wakes up in will act as a home base in the earlier parts of the game. There will be Disney worlds in the game, but Nomura didn’t say which ones will make the cut.See full list on ign.comAs convoluted as the plot for the entire Kingdom Hearts series has been, there’s no telling what the story for Kingdom Hearts 4 will be about. However, the game marks the beginning of the Lost Master Arc, with Kingdom Hearts 3 serving as the end of the Dark Seeker Arc. A swarm of ShadowHeartless turning into a giant terrorizing Quadratum and the tw...See full list on ign.comSora will retain parkour elements and Keyblade transformations from Kingdom Hearts 3 with a new addition: his Keyblade will turn into a grappling hook that will take him long distances and higher elevations much like air step. Kingdom Hearts 4 will also bring back Reaction Commands, which fans have been demanding Square Enix do since Kingdom Hearts 2.There will also be a new battle mechanic called Scrap and Build. What Scrap and Build involves is currently unknown, but there will be more details about it at a later date.See full list on ign.comApr 28, 2025 · After years of radio silence and a slow drip of cryptic teasers, Kingdom Hearts IV is officially still on schedule for a 2026 release — and fans have plenty to be excited about. · Kingdom Hearts 4 isn't expected to launch until April 2026 at the earliest. This estimate is based on Square Enix's current business plan, KH3's development time, and what we can glean from the... · A timeline report from Square Enix has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 4 will not be released until at least 2027-28. This announcement coincides with news that no new mainline titles from Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest will launch before 2028, leaving fans restless. Kingdom Hearts 4 is set in the realm of fiction, where Sora has disappeared after saving his friends from the darkness. The game will feature Quadratum as the main base world, Star Wars' Endor as a possible Disney world, and the return of the Dearly Beloved system. When will Kingdom Hearts 4 come out?Development on the next mainline entry after Kingdom Hearts III had begun by January 2020, with Kingdom Hearts IV formally announced in April 2022. Sora faces Heartless in the game. Parkour elements and Keyblade transformations return, with the Keyblade also able to transform into a grappling hook to traverse large distances.What is Kingdom Hearts 4?Kingdom Hearts IV[a] is an upcoming action role-playing game by Square Enix. It will be the fifteenth installment in the Kingdom Hearts series, beginning the "Lost Master" story arc.Is Kingdom Hearts 4 coming to Square Enix?Right now, Kingdom Hearts 4 is deep in development at Square Enix. If you go back to 2022, that’s when the project really got rolling, and since then, updates have been pretty low-key. The team’s working on new mechanics and environments, pushing the series forward in both graphics and gameplay.Will there be a Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer?The fourth installment of Kingdom Hearts was announced through Square Enix’s 20th-anniversary announcement trailer back in April 2022, depicting the return of fan-favorite characters and some incredible visuals. Unfortunately, that’s still the only trailer released for Kingdom Hearts 4, we’re yet to get any more gameplay or story trailers. · Is there a Kingdom Hearts 4 release date? Unfortunately, no, there’s no release date for Kingdom Hearts 4 yet, as it wasn’t given when the game was initially announced on X. · After years of radio silence and a slow drip of cryptic teasers, Kingdom Hearts IV is officially still on schedule for a 2026 release — and fans have plenty to be excited about. · Kingdom Hearts 4 isn't expected to launch until April 2026 at the earliest. This estimate is based on Square Enix's current business plan, KH3's development time, and what we can glean from the... · A timeline report from Square Enix has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 4 will not be released until at least 2027-28. This announcement coincides with news that no new mainline titles from Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest will launch before 2028, leaving fans restless. Kingdom Hearts 4 is set in the realm of fiction, where Sora has disappeared after saving his friends from the darkness. The game will feature Quadratum as the main base world, Star Wars' Endor as a possible Disney world, and the return of the Dearly Beloved system. · Is there a Kingdom Hearts 4 release date? Unfortunately, no, there’s no release date for Kingdom Hearts 4 yet, as it wasn’t given when the game was initially announced on X.
