Sq. Enix has introduced that “GPS based mostly motion RPG” Kingdom Hearts Lacking-Hyperlink has been canceled, though the long-absent Kingdom Hearts IV stays in improvement, based on the studio.
In a put up on X, Sq. Enix says that it “labored onerous on growing and adjusting” Kingdom Hearts Lacking-Hyperlink, however that the studio can be unable to “supply a service that gamers would discover passable over an extended time frame”.
Sq. Enix closes by saying that “the Kingdom Hearts collection will proceed”, and that the event group is “onerous at work on Kingdom Hearts IV“, imploring followers to “hold an eye fixed out for additional updates”, though no timeframe for these updates is revealed.
Kingdom Hearts Lacking-Hyperlink was first revealed again in 2022, alongside flagship collection entry Kingdom Hearts IV. Various closed beta checks have been held within the interval between then and now, however plainly they did not assist Sq. Enix refine the sport sufficient for launch.
The sport was to happen between the occasions of Kingdom Hearts Union χ and Kingdom Hearts Darkish Street, each smartphone spinoffs (though what constitutes a “spinoff” within the murky world of Kingdom Hearts might be fluid at the perfect of instances).
Gameplay-wise, it was to adapt the action-RPG gameplay for which Kingdom Hearts has turn into identified, with gamers battling Heartless and different enemies in and across the land of Scala advert Caelum. Disney characters like Aladdin, Toy Story‘s Woody, and Tangled‘s Rapunzel have been set to seem.
As for Kingdom Hearts IV, little or no has been revealed in regards to the sport since that debut trailer again in 2022. We all know it’s going to as soon as once more star collection protagonist Sora, and that it will happen within the fashionable metropolis of Quadratum, however apart from that, it is shrouded in thriller.
Considerably alarmingly, collection creator Tetsuya Nomura has additionally declared that it is doable he will not end the collection earlier than he retires, so in case you have been hoping for closure from Kingdom Hearts (for some cause), you may be upset.