After over a decade of anticipation, Kingdom Hearts III finally has an official release date—Jan. 29, 2019.
After over a decade of anticipation, Kingdom Hearts III finally has an official release date—Jan. 29, 2019.
The announcement was made ahead of E3 at the Kingdom Hearts orchestra World Tour concert, and soon posted on Twitter. Kingdom Hearts III initially was supposed to launch some time in 2018, but director Tetsuya Nomura explained in a follow-up tweet that the game needs some more time.
“We’ve announced the release day for Kingdom Hearts III ahead of E3 at the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World Tour,” Nomura said. “I’m sorry that we’re asking for a little more time than initially planned. Please look forward to other information, including a few trailers at E3. Thank you.”
With E3 starting up this week, it’s safe to assume that the trailers Nomura mentioned will make an appearance at Square Enix’s press conference on Monday at 1pm CT. It could also potentially show up at Microsoft’s or Sony’s conferences, since the game is coming to both Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
The last main-line entry in the franchise, Kingdom Hearts II, was released in 2005. Since then, there have been a number of mobile and handheld spinoffs and entries in the franchise. But this is the big one, and it’s one that players and fans have been waiting over a decade for.
Kingdom Hearts III was only officially revealed at E3 in 2013, but the wait feels much longer than that. It’s now even longer than initially expected, but the highly-anticipated game is just a little over seven months away.
