Co-directors double down on late 2027 release window.
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During the “Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts [10 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/series/kingdom-hearts”>Kingdom Hearts” panel at D23 2026, Kingdom Hearts IV co-director Tai Yasue, and co-director and series creator Tetsuya Nomura doubled down on the late 2027 release.
“As for Kingdom Hearts IV, I’d like to say that I want to thank everyone for their patience,” Yasue said. “At this year’s D23, we were finally able to announce a release date for Kingdom Hearts IV. I’m really excited about that as well. And I can confidently say, and promise, that it will launch in 2027. Schedule-wise, development is very smooth. It’s not like an 80 percent thing, 90 percent—it’s a 100 percent thing. So we’ll be there in 2027 for sure. I promise you that.”
Nomura added, “We announced that the game is going to be coming in late 2027, and I saw some people online saying that maybe the actual release date might still get pushed back. I just wanted to set the record straight: that is not happening. We are launching in 2027. So I hope that people look forward to the game coming in 2027. Marketing for the game has just begun, so I hope that people look forward to hearing more news as well.”
Watch the extended trailer below, as well as an archive of the panel. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.
Extended D23 2026 Coco Trailer
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