{"id":17809,"date":"2026-08-16T14:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=17809"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:40:46","slug":"kingdom-hearts-4-delay-100-will-not-occur-devs-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=17809","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Hearts 4 Delay 100% Will Not Occur Devs Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/kingdom-hearts-iv\">Kingdom Hearts 4<\/a> co-director Tai Yasue and collection creator Tetsuya Nomura have assured followers that it&#8217;s a &#8220;100% factor&#8221; the sport is not going to be delayed previous its late 2027 launch window.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Whereas the workforce behind the brand new Kingdom Hearts sport stopped in need of sharing a ultimate launch date throughout its huge D23 2026 presence, they really feel fairly assured the present schedule will stick. Yasue, Nomura, and director of product growth at Disney and Pixar video games Nana Gadd doubled down on Sq. Enix&#8217;s Kingdom Hearts 4 launch plans throughout a panel at this 12 months&#8217;s present.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;One last item I needed to share: We introduced the sport goes to be coming in late 2027,&#8221; Nomura mentioned. &#8220;I noticed on-line that some individuals have been saying the discharge date would possibly nonetheless get pushed again. I wish to set the document straight: That&#8217;s not taking place. I do hope that folks do sit up for the sport coming in 2027. Numerous the advertising and marketing for the sport has solely simply began, and so I do hope that folks additionally sit up for listening to extra information as nicely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;There&#8217;s many issues underway, many plans we now have underway,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Now that we&#8217;re approaching the twenty fifth anniversary, we&#8217;re desirous about what the thirtieth anniversary [looks like].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I can confidently say and promise that it&#8217;ll launch in 2027,&#8221; Yasue mentioned. &#8220;Schedule-wise, the event could be very easy. It isn&#8217;t like an 80%, 90% \u2013 it is a 100% factor. We&#8217;ll be there in 2027 for positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The extra skeptical followers imagine they&#8217;ve some justification for his or her delay fears. Mainline entries within the collection have suffered infamously lengthy breaks between entries, with the break between Kingdom Hearts 2 and three being 13 years. We&#8217;re now happening eight years because the final sport&#8217;s launch in 2019, however it sounds just like the builders at Sq. Enix are assured the wait will not be an excessive amount of longer.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Kingdom Hearts 4 Prolonged Gameplay Trailer | D23 2026<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Another excuse followers are nervous a few delay pertains to the latest dialog surrounding bodily sport discs. Sony introduced in July that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/sony-just-killed-discs-physical-disc-production-to-end-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles\">it would not assist bodily releases for brand new PlayStation video games<\/a> that launch after January 2028. Ought to Kingdom Hearts 4 be delayed previous that date, it could make it the primary mainline entry within the collection and not using a bodily launch, not less than on PlayStation 5. For now, nonetheless, Sq. Enix has but to verify another particulars surrounding its launch.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Kingdom Hearts 4 was formally <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/kingdom-hearts-4-and-kingdom-hearts-missing-link-announced-at-the-series-20th-anniversary-event\">introduced<\/a> in 2022 and can launch for PC, Nintendo Change 2, PS5, and Xbox Collection X | S in late 2027. Whereas we wait to see what different Disney worlds and, hopefully, Closing Fantasy characters the workforce have deliberate for the fourth video games, you possibly can learn concerning the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/kingdom-hearts-4-gets-extended-gameplay-trailer-featuring-playable-mickey-donald-and-goofy-d23-2026\">the prolonged gameplay trailer<\/a> proven in the course of the panel. You may also make amends for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/d23-deep-dive-into-kingdom-hearts-panel-everything-announced-updating-live\"><u>every thing introduced in the course of the D23 panel proper right here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Michael Cripe is a contract author with IGN. He is greatest recognized for his work at websites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure you give him a observe on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingdom Hearts 4 co-director Tai Yasue and collection creator Tetsuya Nomura have assured followers that it&#8217;s a &#8220;100% factor&#8221; the sport is not going to be delayed previous its late 2027 launch window. Whereas the workforce behind the brand new Kingdom Hearts sport stopped in need of sharing a ultimate launch date throughout its huge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[9067,1003,4893,9784,2344],"class_list":["post-17809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-delay","tag-devs","tag-happen","tag-hearts","tag-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17810,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809\/revisions\/17810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- This website is optimized by Airlift. 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