Three new Kingdom Hearts games are in development:
Kingdom Hearts III along with
two other untitled games. The first of the untitled Kingdom Hearts games is expected to be released in 2010. Nomura has previously stated that one of the future games would be connected to 358/2 Days, Coded and Birth by Sleep, and would be more of a main game than a spin-off or sidestory. The game was teased in a secret movie, titled Blank Points, shown as the secret ending to Birth by Sleep.
The second of the untitled Kingdom Hearts games will be released in 2011 and will focus on multiple main characters. In addition, Kingdom Hearts III is currently in the conceptual stages which would mean that it would be the last to be released out of the three upcoming games,
Kingdom Hearts III will also not end the series; only what Nomura calls the "Xehanort Saga" involving Sora's encounters with Xehanort. He also adds that the series will not continue on with a new protagonist instead "Sora will be the hero till the end". This release schedule fits with a recent statement Nomura made in which he said
he wanted to release at least one Kingdom Hearts title a year with Kingdom Hearts III being released in 2012 at the least.[26]
One of the future games is currently set to be unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 in June 2010, and is targeted at the Western market. This was revealed in an interview with series director, Tetsuya Nomura in the July 2010 issue of Game Informer.
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