Square Enix confirms that the new title planned for mobile devices is delayed indefinitely; It won't come out this spring, as planned.
Square Enix has announced an indefinite delay for Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road. The new episode of the saga, scheduled for this spring on iOS and Android mobile devices, abandons its plan to be available before summer begins; not in vain, the publisher will offer news of the game in early June.
"Due to current conditions, the development of Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road has been delayed," they begin by saying in a message published through the social network Twitter. Although they do not specify the reason, it is very likely that these difficulties respond to the current remote working conditions of the entire company derived from the coronavirus (COVID-19), which is slowing down processes and dates.
Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road
"We apologize for this update, we were trying to find ways to get a spring launch. We will make another announcement in early June; stay tuned ”, they finish.
Square Enix recently announced that Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road will be integrated into Kingdom Hearts: Union χ, the well-known free to play of iOS and Andoid. This way, players will be able to start their Dark Road game within the Union pantalla title screen. A combination of both experiences in the same title, although not a fusion of both games. This new adventure will be in charge of narrating the origins of Xehanort and will explain the reason that the character became "the seeker of darkness". Yes, the free to play business model is maintained.
Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road
Two other Kingdom Hearts games in development
This past March 30, it was confirmed, in the words of Tetsuya Nomura, creator of the series, that there are two new episodes of Kingdom Hearts in development. The Japanese creative did not go into detail; He did not confirm platform, date, genre or where these two new iterations will be located, only that they belong to the license. They are on the fringes of Dark Road and it is not ruled out, as a possible scenario, that one of them may be a compilation or port of the works already existing on another platform, a recurring movement during the last five years by Square Enix.
During these last months the announcement of the arrival of the compilations Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 REMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE on Xbox One stands out; that is, the entire saga in the Microsoft home console. On the other hand, the arrival of Kingdom Hearts 3 to Xbox Game Pass and the ReMind DLC to conclude the story of the third part.
