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This Tech Demo of a Room Was Created in Unreal Engine 4 - Same Engine as KH3

Details: Published on January 27, 2015 @ 09:50 pm; Written by Joey

For the first time since it's creation, a Kingdom Hearts game will be developed on an engine that has not been developed in-house at Square Enix. This caused a little worry amongst fans, as people took it as a sign that development on Kingdom Hearts 3 might not be going smoothly.

Youtube user Elseware-Experience created this Virtual Tour of Paris and uploaded it on January 26th 2015. The tour was developed in Unreal Engine 4, and it is really gorgeous.

Kingdom Krest T-Shirt by Aflagg Available at Teefury!

Details: Published on January 27, 2015 @ 01:54 am; Written by Sign

As any Kingdom Hearts fan would know, it's hard to choose any one of the many memorable symbols to represent your passion for the series. Would you want to feature Roxas's signature X? Or perhaps Kairi's lucky charm, meant to bring luck to travelers? Decisions, decisions...

Well, thanks to Artist Amanda Flagg, you can have all that and more, with this unique Kingdom Krest t-shirt design, brought to you by Teefury! Check out her message below for the inspiration of her design:

Kingdom Hearts Tribute Album Releasing March 25, 2015

Details: Published on January 26, 2015 @ 12:40 pm; Written by Sign

According to the Video Game Music Database, a Kingdom Hearts Tribute Album is set for release on March 25, 2015.This album will be available for 2160 yen (roughly $18.24 USD).

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel To Release September 2015!

Details: Published on January 26, 2015 @ 12:17 am; Written by Arielle

For year many fans believed that the Kingdom Hearts novel series would never come out in English, but now only two months remain until Kingdom Hearts: The Novel releases for the first time ever in North America. Of course, Yen Press will not be stopping at the first game's novel. Fans will be able to enjoy the 600-page novelization of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories later on this year!

Kingdom Hearts II Manga Volume 9 Releasing on February 21!

Details: Published on January 25, 2015 @ 09:23 pm; Written by Sign

It's hard to believe it's been almost a decade since mangaka Shiro Amano first began his adaptation of Kingdom Hearts II. Now, on February 21st, 2015, we can continue towards the final battle between Sora and Organization XIII with the release of the ninth volume in Japan! It will be sold for ￥453 ($3.85 USD). Thanks to Zephyr, you can read the summary below:

Kingdom Hearts Hand Towels Now Available at ARTNIA

Details: Published on January 24, 2015 @ 02:53 am; Written by Sign

Revealed last night by Square Enix General Manager of the Merchandising Division, Hidemi Matsuzuka, are these hand towels with artwork of the Shadow Heartless, Dusk Nobody and Flood Unversed!

Yasue: HD ReMIX's were necessary training for Kingdom Hearts 3

Details: Published on January 23, 2015 @ 02:15 pm; Written by Geir

Tai Yasue, co-director of Kingdom Hearts 3, revealed to Kotaku in a newly published interview that remastering older Kingdom Hearts titles proved very informative in developing Kingdom Hearts 3 on the PS4 and Xbox One.

Yasue explained that Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX was being developed at the same time as Kingdom Hearts 3 and, consequently, a lot of staff were crossing over, working on both titles. A lot of new people who hadn't worked on a Kingdom Hearts game before were also brought in, so they were able to study all the good aspects of the previous games in the series by remastering them on the PS3.

Kingdom Hearts Mysteries Continues Onward!

Details: Published on January 22, 2015 @ 06:01 pm; Written by Geir

Update: We've just received an update that the Kingdom Hearts Mysteries collaboration will continue and the first episode will be debuting on Saturday at the event as planned! It will be online next Friday.

Square Enix is Hiring More Staff for Kingdom Hearts 3!

Details: Published on January 22, 2015 @ 11:08 am; Written by Joey

It's been a while since the last public video from Kingdom Hearts 3 was released. Since then, the game has undergone various work such as the change from Square Enix's own Luminous Studio to the Unreal Engine 4. It was also announced that, back in September 2014, Osaka were looking to hire a Technical Artist, Network Programmer, and a UI designer. Recently, Square Enix updated their recruitment website with quite a number of open positions for Kingdom Hearts 3. Such positions include people skilled in mini-game development, construction of magic, snow, water, and rain, and AI development.

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