II.8 Final Chapter Prologue

Square Enix announced today that Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue will be getting a limited edition bundle! Granted, it's not a very big bundle--it consists of the game, a collectors' box, and an official Disney Collectors' Pin depicting Mickey and Sora as they appear on the box art of Dream Drop Distance. But on the bright side, everyone who pre-orders the game gets automatically upgraded to the limited edition for free!

As revealed at the Tokyo Game Show last month, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue will release on January 24 for the PlayStation 4.

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Awesome news for any New York Comic Con goers (such as myself)! According to the Square Enix website, the Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Demo is going to be playable during NYCC! It will be playable at their booth (Booth #1805) on October 6-9.

Other games will be playable as well such as Deus Ex:Mankind Divided, Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy Xll: The Zodiac Age and others as well.

Are any of you going to NYCC? Plan on checking it out? Let us know in the comments below!

While discussing 'Dissidia Final Fantasy' in a livestream, Kingdom Hearts director, Tetsuya Nomura, talked a bit about his upcoming projects, mentioning that 'Kingdom Hearts' was currently being recorded. Although Nomura didn't specify which 'Kingdom Hearts' he was talking about, it's most definitely 'Kingdom Hearts III' as it's safe to assume that most, if not all, of the recording for '2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue' must have been completed by now given it's release coming soon in January. And now that recording is taking place, there is a chance that the next KH3 trailer will have a lot more cutscenes included.

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Square-Enix's press site released a batch of high quality screenshots from 'Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD FCP', giving us a glimpse of how good the game will look upon release:



In addition to the screenshots, three HQ renders of Sora and Riku in DDD HD as well as Chirithy of χ[chi] fame were also released:

The latest issue of Famitsu Magazine featured 'Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue', containing screenshots from yesterday's trailer, plus a few new gameplay images from DDD HD (where there appears to be a brand new elephant Dream Eater), as well as our first good look at Chirithy in χ[chi] Back Cover:

In addition to these screenshots, the game's co-director, Tai Yasue, also had a few words to share, where he says:
Special thanks to KHInsider for the scans and interview translation.