Disney has announced that the Kingdom Hearts series will be featured at the upcoming D23 event with a “DEEP DIVE into KINGDOM HEARTS” program. The DEEP DIVE into KINGDOM HEARTS D23 segment will be held on August 15 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. PT.
According to the programming lineup for D23, the DEEP DIVE segment will feature “insights from the creative minds, character voices, and more” for the Kingdom Hearts series. This isn’t concrete confirmation yet that Kingdom Hearts IV will appear at D23, but the franchise’s return to D23 is promising for a hype cycle of news and information leading up to the game’s eventual release.
The description reads, “Join us for a journey through light and darkness as we commemorate 25 years of KINGDOM HEARTS. Discover how this saga united Disney, Pixar, and Square Enix, with insights from the creative minds, character voices, and more behind the magic.”
Kingdom Hearts IV will launch day-and-date on Nintendo Switch 2 alongside PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Before Kingdom Hearts IV’s release, the Kingdom Hearts series is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] on October 8. A demo for Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind and pre-orders for Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] are available now. KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX will be natively on Nintendo Switch as well.
Square Enix previously canceled development of Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link. Similarly to Kingdom Hearts Dark Road, Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link was supposed to tell a story that bridges the gap between plot threads long before Sora’s journey in the original game. Before its cancellation, the game was delayed back in November 2024.
