The Kingdom Hearts universe continues to develop, and forward of the fourth sport, Disney Video games Group has revealed the sequence is certainly one of its 9 “billion-dollar” franchises.
Other than Sq. Enix’s sequence, which initially obtained its begin on the PS2 in 2002, another billion-dollar sport sequence beneath this group embody extra conventional Disney video games and sequence equivalent to Marvel, Star Wars and twentieth Century’s portfolio.
Disney’s Sean Shoptaw, EVP of World Video games and Digital Leisure, says video games are a core pillar of the broader Disney Leisure ecosystem, and the corporate has an “understanding that video games have grow to be such an vital a part of the broader Disney panorama” and are more and more “the primary place audiences uncover Disney’s characters and worlds”.
Here is some extra perception from the official submit:
The Disney Video games Group portfolio spans 9 billion-dollar franchises together with Kingdom Hearts and Marvel Strike Drive, greater than half of which have emerged within the final 12 years. Disney can be constructing new franchises by means of gaming, together with Marvel Tōkon: Preventing Souls, and the extremely anticipated Marvel’s Wolverine, which arrives in September.
The technique extends throughout Disney’s portfolio.
Lucasfilm Video games spans greater than 20 genres throughout each main platform alone, underscoring Disney’s dedication to authentic interactive experiences relatively than easy diversifications.
And the Disney & Pixar Video games cell portfolio, inclusive of Disney Solitaire, Disney Tsum Tsum, and Disney Magic Kingdoms, has reached over 1 billion installs since 2014.
In line with the identical announcement, Disney Video games have pushed an estimated $3.5 billion in client spend annual for the previous few years and crossed the $4 billion mark prior to now fiscal yr.
As for the Kingdom Hearts sequence, native Swap 2 variations of KINGDOM HEARTS – HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX (additionally coming to Swap 1), KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Remaining Chapter Prologue, and KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Thoughts (DLC) are arriving later this yr in October.
Disney is at present internet hosting its Leisure Showcase and fan occasion (D23), and a “Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts” is going down on fifteenth August 2026 to commemorate 25 years of the sequence (the anniversary milestone is definitely subsequent yr).