Those expecting more news of Kingdom Hearts IV at this year's Summer Game Fest might want to temper their expectations as a recent message from Mr. SGF himself, Geoff Keighley, suggests that Sora's next adventure won't be making an appearance in the showcase (thanks, Push Square).
The message comes from Keighley's latest Q&A Twitch stream where the show's organiser and host ran through what to expect from this year's event.
After seeing several questions linked to Square Enix's much-anticipated Kingdom Hearts IV, Keighley finally addressed the elephant in the room, stating, "People are setting themselves up for failure, but you guys can keep hoping". That ending hardly rules an appearance out completely, but it certainly seems like Sora will be a no-show.
Maybe a little more cryptic than a straight-up "no," but let's also bear in mind that Square Enix is not currently listed as one of the event's confirmed publishers. Perhaps tempering expectations, as Keighley suggests, is the best move here.
Kingdom Hearts IV was first revealed by Square Enix back in 2022 during the series' 20th anniversary celebrations. There was no confirmation of platforms or a release date at the time of the announcement, though the rumour mill has lately been pointing to a 2025 release.
As for whether it actually does end up making a SGF appearance, well, we'll just have to wait and see. Summer Game Fest 2024 kicks off this Friday, 7th June, with Keighley's opening showcase beginning at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 9pm GMT / 7am AET (8th June). You can find all the information about this year's event in our guide below.
Are you still hopeful that Kingdom Hearts IV might make a SGF appearance? Do you reckon it'll come to Switch? Let us know in the comments.
[source twitch.tv, via x.com, pushsquare.com]
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Wasn't excited anyways after KH3 I lost so much respect for franchise its equivalent TLOU2.
Really the only thing I want out of Kingdom Hearts right now is for the rumor of the games being ported to Switch 2 to pan out. Don't really care about the plot of this series or the bulk of the games at all but I'd loooove to have 1 and 2 handheld.
When are we getting a reveal trailer then? The game is coming out next year…
@Gamergirl94 KH3 was the biggest disapointment for me in the whole series, first 3/4 of the game there was exactly no story progression, then a little bit of story rushed down and still an open end. I love kingdom hearts but i would have liked the story of sora, kairi and riku to be over and closed
It's nice of them to be upfront about this. Hype over rumor reveals rarely ever benefits anyone
If the game is supposed to come out next year as @Goat_FromBOTW mentioned - I haven't been particularly following the news about it since there was no way it would come to Switch (on Switch 2 on the other hand and considering what a certain someone said...) - then it's weird that they're not showing it at all yet.
That said, I hope the developers take their time to deliver a better product right from the start, but I also hope like @Lizuka that we're getting the other games in the series as actual ports on a Nintendo system thanks to Switch 2 in the meantime!
@Bobb Yep, this is the same reason why I'm so glad that this year because of Switch 2 Nintendo has already announced that we're getting a Direct in June that won't include it as they will announce it separately by the end of the current fiscal year... other than me being happy for those announcement themselves of course!
Don't waste your time with Summer Games Fest. It's several days of commercials & product placement put on by the most egotistical man in gaming. There will be absolutely no major Nintendo games/announcements made. The Nintendo Direct will come soon enough (soon being June 26th likely, based on the pattern of the last few years the Direct has been towards the end of the month).
Doesn't really sound like KH4 is coming next year then. Probably pushed back to 2026~
Love KH! Nintendo fans did NOT deserve cloud versions of these games. Horrible ports.
Considering the other KH games only have cloud releases on the Switch, there is an almost zero percent chance KH4 comes to Switch or Switch 2 lol
“Do you reckon it'll come to Switch”
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I don’t really like Square Enix and Disney and I don’t want cloud releases so I am not too interested in Kingdom Hearts right now
Summer Games Fest I believe doesn’t usually have any notable announcements. Nintendo’s not there (I think) so not too much of a chance for stuff I’m interested in anyways. (Unless we get Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac or something)
kingdom hearts native collection will certainly come to switch 2 there is a lot of money to be made on the switch..
I wonder what will be the plot storyline of KH4 without Disney characters.
@JohnnyMind @Goat_FromBOTW Could be the Xbox showcase considering Square Enix appeared at X018 and X019 with KH news. Outside that, you're probably looking at D23 in August.
Like with KH3, it will take at least 10 years to finally play the game anyway.
@Grumblevolcano Would make sense, fingers crossed either will be the case!
Terrible series, hopefully this is the final entry.
I appreciate that my fandom is so annoying that Keighly had to call us out to shut up special.
@Serpenterror You say that, but KH is one of SE's biggest sellers along with FF and DQ. And we're up to 16 mainline Final Fantasies and 12 mainline Dragon Quests.
They'll keep coming regardless if you dislike it.
whether you like him or summer games fest, you gotta hand it to them their transparency is very nice
@Serpenterror its like how david jaffe says, its bush-league game design. Terrible series, always has been
I don’t know if it was the disappointing third entry or how this story has been stretched out for over 20 years, but I think that I have finally lost interest in this series.
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