Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link Mobile Game Cancelled, But It's Not All Bad News As Square Enix Teases It Is 'Hard at Work on Kingdom Hearts 4' 

Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, the GPS-based action-RPG for mobile, has been cancelled — but it's not each atrocious quality for Kingdom Hearts fans, arsenic Square Enix confirmed it is inactive "hard astatine work" connected Kingdom Hearts 4.

Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link would person taken america to the realm of Scala advertisement Caelum successful a new, archetypal communicative successful the expansive conflict against the Heartless connected mobile devices, and had been primitively slated to merchandise successful 2024.

However, successful an unsigned connection posted to the game's X/Twitter account, Square Enix wished to "convey [its] heartfelt apologies to everyone who person been looking forward" to it, but cancelled the task due to the fact that it was "determined that it would beryllium hard [...] to connection a work that players would find satisfactory implicit a agelong play of time." The connection did not elaborate connected what, exactly, was proving difficult.

"We privation to convey our heartfelt apologies to everyone who has been looking guardant to the commencement of service," the connection said. "Although we worked hard connected processing and adjusting the crippled successful the anticipation that it would enjoyed by tons of players, we determined that it would beryllium hard for america to connection a work that players would find satisfactory implicit a agelong play of time, starring america to the determination to cancel development.

"We would similar to instrumentality this accidental to explicit our acknowledgment to everyone who gave america their enactment and assistance with the aggregate closed beta tests. We are genuinely atrocious to person to marque this announcement."

Right astatine the extremity of the statement, however, Square Enix assured fans the "Kingdom Hearts bid volition continue," and hinted "we are hard astatine enactment connected Kingdom Hearts 4, and anticipation you'll proceed to enactment the bid arsenic you support an oculus retired for further updates."

This is the archetypal authoritative notation of the highly-anticipated sequel fans person had successful months, the past being a tiny, cryptic tease for Kingdom Hearts 4 backmost successful January. Despite being revealed successful September 2022 with a afloat cinematic trailer, developer Square Enix has since gone incredibly quiescent since and, successful bid tradition, near fans pining for more.

Kingdom Hearts bid manager Tetsuya Nomura has nevertheless hinted that Kingdom Hearts 4 will, aft 22 years and a whopping 18 games, yet displacement the Kingdom Hearts communicative towards its conclusion.

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