Square Enix Finally Breaks Silence On Kingdom Hearts 4, Shares Screenshots, Says It's 'Dedicated to Making this an Experience That Lives Up to Your Expectations'

Square Enix has reaffirmed yesterday's roundabout confirmation that Kingdom Hearts 4 was inactive connected the mode successful a brand-new connection posted to societal media that, implicit with images, leaves nary doubt.

Yesterday, Square Enix revealed Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, the GPS-based action-RPG for mobile, had been canceled, but took the accidental to guarantee Kingdom Hearts fans that the developer was inactive "hard astatine work" connected Kingdom Hearts 4.

"We’re presently moving hard connected Kingdom Hearts 4 and volition proceed pouring ourselves into the game’s development. We’re dedicated to making this an acquisition that lives up to your expectations!" said the archetypal of 2 posts alongside a collage of respective screenshots that not lone amusement america immoderate of the characters you tin expect to meet, but besides a sneaky peek astatine immoderate stills from cinematics, combat, platforming, and an intimidatingly ample enemy.

You tin cheque retired the images successful the slideshow below:

"We’ve seen however excited you are, and we are genuinely grateful from the bottommost of our hearts," the 2nd station added. "We are arsenic excited and can’t hold to stock much astir Kingdom Hearts IV erstwhile the clip is right. Until then, we admit your patience. Thank you for your continued support."

This is the archetypal authoritative update astir the highly-anticipated sequel fans person had successful months, the past being a tiny, cryptic tease for Kingdom Hearts 4 backmost successful January. Despite being revealed successful September 2022 with a afloat cinematic trailer, developer Square Enix has since gone incredibly quiet. Until now, of course.

Kingdom Hearts bid manager Tetsuya Nomura has, however, antecedently hinted that Kingdom Hearts 4 will, aft 22 years and a whopping 18 games, yet displacement the Kingdom Hearts communicative towards its conclusion.

As for the aforementioned canceled action-RPG Missing-Link? Square Enix "convey[ed its] heartfelt apologies to everyone who person been looking forward" to it, but it canceled the task due to the fact that it was "determined that it would beryllium hard [...] to connection a work that players would find satisfactory implicit a agelong play of time."

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