- A triple shot of Kingdom Hearts
 The first day of this year's Tokyo Game Show saw the official announcement of three new Kingdom Hearts titles: Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts: Coded will appear on the DS, PSP, and mobile platform respectively. No release dates have been announced for any of the titles yet. Details on the new games
- E3 2007 - Square Enix to bring online store stateside
 In addition to its E3 lineup announcement, Square Enix has revealed its scheme to open a North American online store. Square Enix, as a self-described "premiere [maker] of high end-collectibles" plans to stock a multitude of "popular and hard-to-find items" including Master Arms, Play Arts, and Mechanical Arts spanning various series, from Final Fantasy to Kingdom Hearts. Clearly, Square Enix has seen that someone, somewhere is making money selling its products. The immediate consequence will likely find many third-party vendors competing for profits with Square Enix itself. The Online Store
- Hitoshi Sakimoto provides exclusive music to the A Night in Fantasia website
 Eminence have unveiled a small yet fresh composition from composer Hitoshi Sakimoto on their website for their upcoming concert A Night in Fantasia. While not epic in nature, it does resemble the feel of Final Fantasy XII and does the job of providing background music well. Check it out
- A Night in Fantasia set to be Nirvana
 Eminence, which has brought us several concerts featuring game music and a home to our very own Nephtis has recently announced an upcoming set of performances which strives to rival their previous engagements in both scope and sheer star power. Curious? Read on. More
- Square rakes in dough; may make bread
 Square Enix recently released their most recent fiscal results, accompanied by some rather interesting shipping figures and a new profit projection to boot. Should you care? Don't answer that! Just click on! Read More
- BREAKING NEWS: Kingdom Hearts voice actor reveals that he is a flaming fag
 Lance Bass has revealed to the world that he is indeed, as many expected, a flaming homosexual. The would-be astronaut and N*SYNC dance machine supplied the voice for Sephiroth in the original Kingdom Hearts. While his professional work in this bleak post-N*SYNC world has been few and far-between, Bass has revealed that he is indeed happy. "The cockthirst keeps me occupied," Bass divulged. Not that there's anything wrong with that. PEOPLE
- Nomura discusses Kingdom Hearts
 In a recent premier party, Kingdom Hearts II director Tetsuya Nomura commented on the fact that the changes made to accommodate Kingdom Hearts II for its United States release were minimal and thus not conducive of an International version. More interestingly, Nomura-san emphasized his plans for another Kingdom Hearts project, which he stressed would not be a direct sequel or foray into other media types, and noted that Square Enix has a "surprise ceremony" in store for E3. A line of Kingdom Hearts controllers, perhaps? Famitsu
- "Ultimate Hits" wallops Japan
 Square Enix recently announced the creation of its own Japanese budget series, called "Ultimate Hits", which will feature the re-release of some the Playstation 2 best-sellers, including Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix, and a fantastic boxed set of the former two titles. Individually priced at 2,800 yen ($25.25 USD), the line will be available come September 8th. Famitsu
- Kingdom Hearts breaks 4 million
 Squenix announced that dodgy Disney/Final Fantasy mix-up Kingdom Hearts has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, 2 million of which in North America, 1.2 in Japan and 800k in Europe. This puts the title among the bestselling games the company has published, not to mention one of the bestselling games on PS2. Kingdom Hearts will be receiving a sequel later this year in the form of Kingdom Hearts 2, as well as a GBA incarnation, Chain of Memories, both of which will be further unveiled at E3 this May.
- Six Square titles to Greatest Hits
Square-Enix has announced the committal of six titles that will, by December, be available for Sony's Greatest Hits line of discount titles under $20. The games now included are Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts, Xenogears, Vagrant Story, and Final Fantasys Anthology and Chronicles.
- Square Enix confirms Kingdom Hearts sequel (again)
Following today's merger between RPG giants Square and Enix to form Square Enix, the company confirmed development of a successor to last year's Kingdom Hearts. Full article
- Amazon listing Kingdom Hearts 2
 Amazon Japan is listing Kingdom Hearts 2 on their pre-order list, according to Gamefront. Square hasn't announced anything about its release, although it has been confirmed to be under development. KH2 pre-order
- Kingdom Hearts 2 confirmed
 RPGFan reports that Quiter reports that Square reports that Kingdom Hearts 2 is indeed being worked on. The two special ending movies paid off then - those that have seen it will know what kind of interestingly dark style to expect from the sequel. Quiter
- The AIAS announces 2003 nominees
 The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences today revealed the nominees for the 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards. Finalists for Game of the Year include Animal Crossing, Battlefield 1942, Rachet & Clank, Metroid Prime, and the bastion of hype known as GTA: Vice City. Kingdom Hearts was nominated for console RPG of the year. Link
- Square confirms Jump Festa 2003 lineup
 Square has announced its game lineup for Jump Festa 2003 at its official website. Aside from the requisite promotional stuff, Square will showcase three GameBoy Advance titles (Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Chocobo Land and Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu), three PlayStation 2 games (Hanjuku Hero VS 3D, Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix, and Final Fantasy X-2), and its lone GameCube project, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
- Square makes money
 Since Square actually expects to sell more games in Europe than in North America, that means we stupid Americans should stop bitching about every damn trivial thing you don't like about Final Fantasy Tactics Advance or Final Fantasy X-2, you myopic, self-absorbed idiots! (Point of view shift intended.) Full Article
- Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix: Platinum Edition announced. Square dares gamers to say that three times fast.
 Square has announced that Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix will feature all of the additions seen in the English version of the game... and more. In other news, reports claim that Sharleen Hii was sighted modding her PS2 and screaming incoherently. Full Article
- Square officially announces Tokyo Game Show lineup
 A remix, a couple of remakes, a re-release, a replacement for an aborted port, a revival of a dormant series, a reluctant sequel to a "self-borrowing" spin-off, and some new game to appear at Japan's premier gaming shindig. Full Article
- Kingdom Hearts -Final Mix- Announced
Because of this development, this lowly collector of news is forced to retract a vaguely xenophobic comment. Full Article
- English version of Kingdom Hearts theme song renamed
 The English version of "Hikari," the vocal theme song of Kingdom Hearts, will now be titled "Simple and Clean." Japanese pop star Utada Hikaru, who performs the vocals to "Hikari," also sings the English lyrics.
For many of you who have already seen the English lyrics to the "Hikari" remix, this "news" proves that we live in a vacuum.
- Square EA to host Kingdom Hearts Pre-Launch Party
To top off the pre-launch promotional blitz, Square EA has scheduled a party for the North American release of Kingdom Hearts. Many of KH's voice actors, including Haley Joel Osment, Lance Bass, David Boreanaz, and Mandy Moore, are scheduled to appear. The event will take place August 28 at the W Los Angeles Hotel in Westwood from 6-10 PM. As though the guest appearances weren't enough, "attendees will groove to the music of DJ Jason Bentley." Link
- Tetsuya Nomura, voice actors to appear at Kingdom Hearts event
Tetsuya Nomura, director and character designer for Kingdom Hearts, will make a guest appearance during the Kingdom Hearts Consumer Demo Day at the Sony Metreon's PlayStation store. Voice actors David Gallagher (7th Heaven) and Hayden Panettiere (Ally McBeal, Remember the Titans) are also scheduled to appear. The event takes place August 23 from 2-6 PM. Link
- Date set for Kingdom Hearts Consumer Demo Day
To celebrate the upcoming North American release of Kingdom Hearts, Square EA will hold a "Consumer Demo Day" at the Sony Metreon's PlayStation store in San Francisco. Promotional Kingdom Hearts posters will be given away, and playable demo versions of the game will be made available at the event, which will take place Friday, August 23 from 2-6 PM.
- Kingdom Hearts set for mid-September release
 Once slated for an October 14 release, the Square-Disney collaborative effort for the PlayStation 2 will instead be released September 17. This will have a potentially disastrous impact on staff "productivity" at SH. Gameforms reports that the North American version will include new difficulty modes and new boss battles. Nyah nyah, Japanese gamers!
- Disney auctioning off 25 copies of Kingdom Hearts
Disney is presently auctioning off 25 copies of Kingdom Hearts as well as tickets to the pre-release party in LA and an art print signed by Tetsuya Nomura. The auctions are being held at Disney's auction site via eBay. Link
- Lance Bass, other actors of lesser importance flock to voice Kingdom Hearts
Square has managed to recruit various talents such as Haley Joel Osment and Lance Bass to voice in the North American Kingdom Hearts. Full Article
- KingdomHearts.com launches
SquareSoft has launched the official North American site in the form of KingdomHearts.com. Link
- New Square title to be revealed soon
The Magic Box reports that Square will supposedly be revealing a new PS2 title as well as showcasing existing PS2 and Wonderswan software at the upcoming JUMP! Festival in Japan on December 23 & 24.
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