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Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link Smartphone Game Launches in 2024
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Square Enix began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link smartphone game that reveals its 2024 launch window. The game will be available for iOS and Android devices.
The game will host a closed beta test and registrations are open until November 19. The closed beta test for iOS devices will begin on November 29 at 7:00 a.m. UTC and end on December 8.
Square Enix is currently developing the Kingdom Hearts IV game. It most recently launched the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind games for Nintendo Switch via cloud on February 10.
Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross] and Kingdom Hearts Dark Road smartphone games were both originally supposed to end service in May 2021, but Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross] released its final story on June 2021 instead and both games switched to offline mode in the same month. Both games are available in one app. Square Enix had planned to release a new story update for the offline version of Kingdom Hearts Dark Road last winter, but has delayed the update due a "major scenario addition."
Square Enix released the Kingdom Hearts III game in January 2019 in Japan and the West for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game had shipped more than 5 million copies worldwide, including digital sales, as of February 2019, and is the fastest-selling title in the history of the franchise. The "Re Mind" DLC launched in January 2020.
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, the first rhythm action game in the franchise, launched for the Switch, PS4, and Xbox One in the West and in Japan in November 2020, and was previously the only title in the series available for the Switch.
The franchise also includes manga and light novel adaptations of the games, which Yen Press releases in English.
