DChiuch 5,773 Posted June 15, 2013 E3 2013 was a gaming event occurring June 11-13, 2013 at the Los Angeles Convention Centre. Kingdom Hearts III was officially announced at the event, featuring a new trailer and various press updates including intervews and website updates. We have summarized all Kingdom Hearts III content from the event below for you. Announcement Trailer Series director Tetsuya Nomura appeared at Sony's press conference via a video and showed a short, beta trailer for Kingdom Hearts III. This trailer is also available in our video archive. A photo gallery of screenshots is available on our Facebook page. Platform: PlayStation 4 & Xbox One Status: "Now in development" (early stages) Release date: No announcement yet Photos Details from press events & releases Details from "Square Enix: The Future" press event: - Kingdom Hearts III is being developed with DirectX 11, meaning that it can be easily compiled for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. - Kingdom Hearts III will follow a mature Sora adventuring with Mickey, Donald and Goofy. New Disney worlds for the series will be included. - Kingdom Hearts III is being developed by the "Osaka team", the team responsible for Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 3D. Details from press release: Kingdom Hearts III features a mature Sora as the main protagonist who sets forth on an adventure with Mickey, Donald and Goofy through new and legendary Disney worlds. Kingdom Hearts III will make full use of next generation console technologies to showcase a stunning universe packed full of worlds based on Disney properties. Story of Kingdom Hearts III Believing light and darkness must remain in balance, Master Xehanort seeks to spark war against the ‘tyranny of light’ to restore equilibrium. In an effort to undermine Xehanort’s plot, Sora, Donald and Goofy search for seven guardians of light and the “Key to Return Hearts,” while King Mickey and Riku search for previous Keyblade wielders. Other updates Square Enix launched official websites for Kingdom Hearts III in various regions. These websites are linked to below. These don't contain much as of yet, but expect them to be updated in the future. Official Japanese website for Kingdom Hearts III Official international website for Kingdom Hearts III New details from interviews Tetsuya Nomura took part in various interviews throughout the week. We have summarized all of the new Kingdom Hearts III information from these interviews below. Or, if you're interested, you can read the full interviews here. Story, worlds and characters - The battle against Master Xehanort and Organization XIII will end in Kingdom Hearts III. Kingdom Hearts (the location) will appear in Kingdom Hearts III. - The world selections in Kingdom Hearts III will contain some stable choices, as well as some surprising factors. There is a particular surprising world. - Kingdom Hearts III will contain Final Fantasy characters. - Sora's outfit is yet to be unveiled. - Whenever Nomura hears about a new Disney acquisition (Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, etc), he contacts Disney and sees if it's something that he can use in Kingdom Hearts. Nomura says that the answer is sometimes 'absolutely no', but sometimes 'we don't know'. No more details were given. Gameplay - Nomura sees core games (KH1, KH2 and KH3) as having "evolving gameplay", and other games as having "experimental gameplay" (new challenges and new skills). Kingdom Hearts III will follow the evolving gameplay formula, ie. the gameplay will be similar to KH1 and KH2, however, it will also draw inspiration from well received experiments in other titles, such as Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 3D. KH3D was noted as having lots of inspiration drawn from it. - Summoning will return in Kingdom Hearts III, but it will be in a very different form. - Multiplayer elements and online capabilities are both being considered. More details about this will be announced later. - Nomura recognizes that people want to play as King Mickey, and that will be taken into consideration. Sora will definitely be the main character to play, however, but it is possible that there will be multiple playable characters. In Kingdom Hearts III, you will have a three person party, but depending on the world NPCs will also join in fighting - The gameplay is described as "some very flashy action". Nomura says "you'll be flying through the sky, unfolding into air battles without landing", as with the trailer. - The enemy AI is becoming rather elaborate. Nomura is aiming for coordinated action to flow from enemies and allies alike. There is already a vehicle-like enemy, and Sora is able to ride that enemy all around during battle. Development - Kingdom Hearts III is in a very early stage of development, and Nomura feels that it was a bit early to be announcing it. Despite this, the game visuals already have a solid direction. The visuals are referred to as 'Kingdom Shader'. This is a technique they have developed for the game, where the shader will adjust depending on the world. - Kingdom Hearts III is being developed on Luminous Studios, ie. developed using DirectX 11, allowing for easy compiling to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The trailer did not contain any actual gameplay, actually, the gameplay portion of the trailer is a FMV that represents what gameplay might look like. Development is at a stage where they have a demo version running on existing equipment, and the way the demo moves is said to be similar to the way the FMV looks. Future announcements - Square Enix is exhibiting at Tokyo Game Show 2013 (September 19-22, 2013) and D23 Disney Japan Expo (October 12-14, 2013). Nomura expects that Kingdom Hearts III will be shown at these events, and that more information will become available around those times. 5 Master Juan, Keyblade101, AaySquare and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Master Juan 574 Posted June 15, 2013 Lots of info here, hopefully we get some more at TGS 2013 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I♥KH 1,280 Posted June 15, 2013 The new pitures are wonderful. Sora's smile bright on the PS4/XBOXONE Shine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 5,571 Posted June 15, 2013 Cant wait until TGS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keyblade101 526 Posted June 16, 2013 You think we'll get another, possibly longer trailer? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2,990 Posted June 16, 2013 You think we'll get another, possibly longer trailer? maybe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripleNipple 308 Posted June 16, 2013 Geez, I was hoping that the summer wasn't going to end, but now I want it to end so it can be Tokyo Game Show already! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King.Mickey 359 Posted June 20, 2013 Geez, I was hoping that the summer wasn't going to end, but now I want it to end so it can be Tokyo Game Show already! That and I NEED it to end for 1.5...lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WolfTheDemon 414 Posted June 21, 2013 I said this before, and I'm going to say it again. T-T Why Nomura? Whyyyy?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kazuya Nightsky Hazlami 28 Posted June 30, 2013 thank you Testuya Nomura for creating the best game that make my childhood You are my inspiration someday I want to help you in square enix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jordan Arnold 31 Posted July 6, 2013 were is the new trailer they announced on the main page i dont see it on kh13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
