Kingdom Hearts Series

After making a surprise announcement of it last month, the 'Kingdom Hearts' series has finally been released on Steam, with 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 HD ReMIX', 'Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue', and 'Kingdom Hearts III' (including DLC) now available to download for Steam players:

Additionally, all three collections (purchased under the 'Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece' package), are available at a discounted price of $68.99 until June 27th:

And to celebrate the Steam release, Square-Enix is holding a Kingdom Hearts/Steam Deck sweepstakes (more information here), with the following prizes up for grabs:

• 1st Place: Tetsuya Nomura Signed Steam Deck OLED 1TB | KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE | HiGround Keyboard Selection (Crystal Collection or Topograph Collection) | 1st Choice of KH Merch (See T&Cs for list)

• Key Bearer Status Winner: Steam Deck OLED 1TB | KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE | HiGround Keyboard Selection (Crystal Collection or Topograph Collection) | 2nd Choice of KH Merch (See T&Cs for list)

• #KHonSteam Winner(x1-2) - Dependent on Community bonus: Steam Deck OLED 512GB | KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE | 3rd/4th Choice of KH Merch (See T&Cs for list)

• General Pool Winner(x3): Steam Deck LCD 256GB (Dependent on Community Bonus) | KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE

Lastly, a special message was posted by Hikaru Utada in celebration of the Steam release, discussing the recent re-recording of "Hikari/Simple and Clean":

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Here are comments made by Tetsuya Nomura, celebrating the Steam release:

Three years since the 'Kingdom Hearts' series was first released on PC through the Epic Games Store, it has been announced today that the series will soon be accessible to PC players via Steam:

As indicated above, 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX', 'Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue', and 'Kingdom Hearts III' (including the Re Mind DLC) will be available on Steam starting June 13th!

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A trailer to commemorate the Steam release (along with a newly recorded version of 'Simple and Clean') has been released:

During today's Nintendo Direct livestream, a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora Amiibo was revealed, joining the rest of the game's crossover roster who have had Amiibo figures of their own, and is expected to be available worldwide sometime next year!

More than two years since the Kingdom Hearts III OST was released officially on streaming services (and was the only official KH release on these services during this time), Disney and Square-Enix made a surprise announcement that the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 HD ReMix OSTs will be releasing to streaming services as well, providing fans with even more amazing KH songs to listen to on Spotify and Apple Music!

The songs will be available tomorrow, February 8th, and will comprise of 187 songs!

For the first time since 2019, a new Kingdom Hearts concert tour is scheduled for 2023 in Japan! Titled 'KINGDOM HEARTS Concert - Second Breath -', this concert will be taking place in Osaka in February 19th for a single performance, and in Tokyo on March 18th and 19th (two performances per day). Siena Wind Orchestra will be performing (conducted by Kaoru Wada), and Yoko Shimomura herself will be attending as a special guest! Those wishing to attend will need to apply at the Square-Enix e-Store, and have until December 25th to do so, with the lucky attendees being chosen by a lottery.