Hello everyone it's Spyells reporting! E3 has come and gone, and it looks like Kingdom Hearts was entirely missing, but cheer up, there are bigger events to look forward to in a couple of weeks, as well as our announcement of an Re:Chain of Memories Release in North America. To help pass the time, we're introducing a new feature, Kingdom Hearts: Fight Off. Who would win in a character face off? I'm going to give you a little background into each character's strengths and weaknesseses. The...

Square Enix's Dragon Quest V released today in Japan, and apparently the game manual contained an advertisement for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days reading "Coming 2008". Is Japan looking for a winter release of the game? Hopefully this information will further be confirmed after the DKΣ3713 event.

Discuss it in the KHInsider Forums! Thanks to FF7AC Reunion for the notice.

DKΣ3713 INVITATIONS

Images of the invitations that have been sent to the attendees of the DK ...

Although not Kingdom Hearts related news, Final Fantasy XIII was just announced for the Xbox 360 at Microsoft's E3 Press Conference. During the announcement, a new trailer for the game was shown. Even though there wasn't a release date announced for the new 360 title, it will launch at the same time for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in both the U.S. and Europe.

Well with this surprising announcement, we'll be on the lookout for anymore Square-Enix news.

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While we're waiting for the major gaming events to happen, here's whats up in the Kingdom Hearts merchandise department.

FORMATIONS ARTS VOL. 3 RELEASE DATE CHANGE

Thanks to Arika from The Light in Chaos for pointing out that the release date for the Kingdom Hearts Formation Arts Vol. 3 set has changed. The previous Japanese release date was August 15th, 2008. For information about purchasing the figures, try PlayAsia.

New Release Date: September 14th, 2008

CUSTOMIZED KING...

Edit: (July 14, 2008) A fourth insider source has also confirmed it. =) We may finally have some truth!

Edit: (July 13, 2008) Despite the fact that some other Kingdom Hearts Sites are preferring to play this news down, we now have a third Neogaf Confirmation from Dragona Akehi. Hopefully it is all of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ and not just Re: Chain of Memories. =) Thanks for sticking with us!

Edit: Neogaf's Duckroll is also confirming this to be true. Because of var...

 

Juat finished translating the whole interview, thanks to Final Eclipsefor posting it!

A recent article in Dengeki PS Magazine contained an interview with Tetsuya Nomura discussing more information on whats expected at the Square Enix Party, DKΣ3713. He mostly spoke about Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, relating that its release date and another "big announcement" will be revealed at the party.

Regarding Kingdom Hearts, Nomura said the followin...

We hate to be the bearers of bad news. We really do. However, we'd rather everyone be informed before getting their hopes up and having them shattered. According to a recent Square Enix press release, it looks like Kingdom Hearts will not be at E3. The full roster of games available are below.

Square Enix at E3 2008

Playable:
-Chrono Trigger(DS)
-Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen(DS)
-Final Fantasy IV(DS)
-Infinite Discovery(Xbox 360)
-...

Hopefully good news! Square Enix will be having a press conference at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo! (Don't know what E3 is? Why, it's the largest gaming convention in the United States, where all of the industry's biggest companies get together to announce and show off the latest and greatest surrounding videogames!)

According to Kotaku, Square Enix will be holding their conference on July 14th, 2008 at 12:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, shortly after Microsoft's Confere...