Kingdom Hearts III was officially announced over five years ago during Sony's E3 press conference, and after a multitude of delays the wait is almost over, as the highly anticipated jRPG is due out for PS4 and Xbox One on January 25, 2019 in Japan and Asia, and January 29 in North America and Europe. To celebrate the upcoming release, Square Enix has released the "final" trailer for the game.
Music for the trailer features excerpts of the brand-new original
Kingdom Hearts III opening theme song titled
Face My Fears, produced in collaboration with internationally renowned singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada (
Exodus, This Is the One), eight-time Grammy Award winning artist Skrillex (
Syndicate, Deadpool 2), and acclaimed record producer Poo Bear. The song will be available on January 18, 2019.
In
Kingdom Hearts III, the player will have a unique opportunity to explore selected worlds from Square Enix's video games and Disney's live-action and animated movies, including the fantastic universes of
Hercules, Winnie the Pooh, Tangled, Frozen, Pirate of the Caribbean,
Toy Story, and even
Big Hero 6. Be sure to take a look at
Kingdom Hearts III's "final" (but definitely not "last") trailer down below:
Kingdom Hearts is the story of Light overcoming Darkness with the power of Friendship. Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura. The series is a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney. Kingdom Hearts follows the main protagonist Sora, a Keyblade wielder, as he travels to many Disney worlds with Donald and Goofy to stop the Heartless invasion by sealing each world’s keyhole and restore peace to the realms.
Kingdom Hearts III will be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 29, 2019.