The planned alive - servicing titleKingdom Hearts Missing - Linkhas been formally cancel by Square Enix . The game , which was originally planned for a 2024 release , would have been a alive - service wandering game that utilized GPS . The result would have been a mix of theKingdom Heartsstorytelling and lore andPokémon GO - style physical gameplay .

unluckily , KHfans will never get a luck to go through the title . According to a statement on the officialKingdom Heartswebsite , Square Enix has " made the decision to cancel the development of Kingdom Hearts Missing - Link . “After mould to formulate the title , the studio has " determined that it would be difficult for us to bid a service that players would retrieve acceptable over a long period of time . " The studio also assures fan that it ’s still " intemperate at piece of work on Kingdom Hearts 4 . "

Kingdom Hearts Storytelling Meets Pokémon GO Gameplay

Kingdom Hearts Missing - Linkwas in the first place herald during the 20th AnniversaryKHevent in 2022 . The game was going to be amobile title for Android and iOS devices , helmed by series Godhead Tetsuya Nomura . It would have research the story of Scala advertizement Caelum follow the effect ofUnion X , exploring the unknown era through thePOV of new character . The mobile title was last to apply GPS and AR feature , requiring histrion to get up and go outdoors to mesh with it .

Kingdom Hearts has been an incredibly popular dealership since its initial debut , and though it never got an gum anime version , do n’t lose Bob Hope .

The biz wasplagued with delays and setbacks from the beginning . A closed beta was planned for late 2022 , then delay to 2023 and then 2024 . When the 2024 launching windowpane come and run low , it became apparent that more work was want before the game could be loose . The title has now officially been completely canceled , with only about 1,500 UK- and Australia - based musician having had the opportunity to play it during a very small iOS examination form in 2023 .

Goofy, Sora, and Donald standing in the snow in Kingdom Hearts 3.

The Developer Assures Fans The Fourth Game Is Coming

The news thatKingdom Hearts Missing - Linkhas been delay is bittersweet . The play community is always a turn on the fence about mobile entries to democratic dealership in ecumenical , butMissing - Linkhad a hopeful premiss . Its cancellation means that fans will never be able to experience aPokémon GO - style version of their beloved enfranchisement , but it also means thatSquare Enix can focalise its game developing efforts elsewhere .

In the assertion , the company assured sports fan that it’scurrently hard at work developing the extremely anticipatedKingdom Hearts 4(which will actually be the fifteenth secret plan in the serial publication ) . lay off production onKingdom Hearts Missing - Linkmeans that Square Enix can now put all its growing efforts into creating the next biz in the series , where sports fan will get a chance to revisit beloved character with abrand - new take on the storey .

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A character holding a trunk in art from Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Close up on Kingdom Hearts Missing Link character with closed eyes with Sora and a KH screenshot behind him

Roxas looking sad in Kingdom Hearts 3.

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