2024 has been a rough yearfor fans of theKingdom Heartsfranchise.Not only has Square Enix released no further updates onKingdom Hearts IV, but the upcoming mobile gameMissing Linkhas completely disappeared after the launch of its Closed Beta, even though it was originally going to come out sometime this year.
While preparing for the launch of “KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link”, we have made the difficult decision to delay the release.We sincerely apologize to all players who have been looking forward to the release.We appreciate your patience. Please look forward to further information.
In a bittersweet turn of events, the company behind this popular franchise finally let fans know what happened withKingdom Hearts: Missing Link.The game’s official Twitter/X accountreleased a statement, finally confirming that Square Enix delayed its release. Unfortunately, it didn’t reveal any more information, soMissing Link’srelease date is currently unknown. Nevertheless, we are 100% sure that it won’t launch in 2024, so it’s most likely going to come out sometime in 2025.
On a more positive note, the account also took its time to apologize to all players who were looking forward to the release and stated that it appreciates their patience. Another important thing to notice is that the statement concludes with the sentence “Please look forward to further information”, which may hint that Square Enix is planning to reveal moreMissing Linkcontent in the near future, especially next year.
Most Kingdom Hearts games usually take a long time to come out
Kingdom Heartsfans are anything but impatient and,while some people are understandably disappointedwith this delay,most fans were also quite gratefulto finally receive confirmationthatMissing Linkis not coming out in 2024. After all, it’s very common for new games in this series to take a long time to come out.
For example,Square Enix originally announcedKingdom Hearts 3in 2013, a game that it later delayed and wouldn’t come out until January 2019. On a similar note,the company revealed the next mainline entry in the series,Kingdom Hearts IV, alongsideMissing Linkback in 2022, and it still hasn’t received any real updates ever since. Fans have been waiting for a brand-new trailer for over 2 years.
Kingdom Hearts: Missing Linkis a bit different, however, because this augmented reality mobile RPG did get a few more updates since its initial announcement,including a second trailer back in October 2023, which announced its Closed Beta and confirmed its official release year as 2024. Unfortunately,after the Closed Beta received some fairly positive reviews, Square Enix lapsed into total radio silence and fans began wondering what could have happened. This is why it was crucial for the company to confirm the game’s delay, which most fans certainly appreciated.
