Square Enix revealed Kingdom Hearts III's main theme and a new trailer at the D23 Expo in Tokyo last weekend, but it was also falsely reported that a release date for the game would be announced at E3 this year. Forgive us for getting excited at an announcement of an announcement via a Tweet, but it turns out that this was actually a bit of speculation from a Japanese fan account that swelled into an uncontrollable rumour.
Dualshockers dug deeper and asked Square Enix whether it had actually announced that a release date would be revealed at E3, and, of course, it responded by saying that no announcement had been made concerning a release date.
Bear in mind that this doesn't rule out an announcement at E3 - this only means that Square Enix hasn't said that it'll make an announcement at E3. The latest trailer still gives a vague 2018 release date, so it's very possible that an announcement could be coming soon, but our bet is that, if E3 comes and goes without Kingdom Hearts III being there, we could be waiting a little longer for a game we've already waited too long for.
Do you think that Kingdom Hearts III could still release this year, or have your hopes died down a bit? Hibernate until E3 in the comments below.
[source dualshockers.com, via twitter.com]
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Jesus, waiting for Square games has gotten beyond old at this point.
Seems like lately more fake news comes out of twitter than legit news.
Square Enix has basically killed the hype for these games by drip feeding information. They really need to start putting out release dates. If at e3 they just say heres more worlds but no date i think theyd be booed out if the building.
I’m not holding out hope for this year. They’ll announce something & then delay it. Similar to what they did with FFXV (marketing strategy?).
I still think early 2019.
Yup, just like I kind of figured, the game won't come out in 2018. Something tells me they're enjoying the build up and hype for the game more, than actually building it. Eh, oh well, not a game I was too excited for anyway, but it's wrong to keep people that were, waiting for this long. I could have swore that rumors about part 3 started in the PS3's hey days...could be wrong, it could have been longer.
Can't wait until everyone's complaining about all the support SE are giving this game after it's finally released
i predict 2020 and by then they will tell us they cancelled the ps4 version and its coming to the ps5
Considering the fact that they've now said its being released this year at the end of two different trailers, I'm hoping that they're still on track for 2018. But im probably wrong.
I still think they will make it. Holiday release cause it is going to be a Xmas miracle!
@kyleforrester87 How dare a developer support their game!! For shame!
I think we'll get a October/November release fwiw. Hopefully...Maybe..
this is such a click bait article... come on, guys, there is no need for this. s-e will likely announce a release date at e3 this year, otherwise they wouldn't continue to plaster "2018" in all their trailers. the game is releasing this year, no buts about it, with a fall release making the most sense. i'd say september is a good time so that it avoids red dead redemption... if there is no release date at e3, then the game isn't releasing in 2018. simple as that.
A little too good to be true, I suppose. I'm still confident we'll see the game in the near future. If they're showing more while sticking with the 2018 release, it can't be that far off.
To be fair the game has been in development since 2013 and they had to scrap everything in 2014 to move to unreal engine 4 so the games really only been in development for 3 years
@Porco great logic
Good on you guys for owning up and admitting to a mistake. That's (one of the) reasons I keep coming back. =)
Fingers crossed for good news soon!
@DerMeister Sadly I wasn't surprised, but hopefully we'll at least get a confirmed release window.
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