The Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary event is currently taking place in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan at the moment, and fans have been sharing photos of their walk through the exhibit where photography is allowed. The completed 20th anniversary artwork by series creator and director Tetsuya Nomura has been revealed, although the original art cannot be shown to the public at this time.

Kingdom Hearts series creator and director Tetsuya Nomura has posted a message on Twitter celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Kingdom Hearts franchise and shared a sketch of the anniversary art he only started yesterday:

 

Good evening. Thank you for your 20th anniversary congratulatory message. I'm sorry that the preparations for the 20th anniversary event are currently unsuccessful, but I have no preparations today. I sta...

Yen Press will release the second volume of the Kingdom Hearts III manga series by Shiro Amano on April 26th, 2022. Yen Press has also finally updated the product listings with the cover art for the upcoming volume which can be seen below.

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road, which was scheduled to receive its offline version and remaining story this winter, will be delayed further due to major additions to the scenario.

The Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary event will be held in Tokyo on April 10th, 2022! Fans can look forward to a mini concert, talk show with the development team and special guests, fan-powered Q&A, an exhibition, and more. A video of the event will be made available at a later date.

More updates coming soon. 

An official website has also been launched, highlighting the 20th anniversary announcements thus ...

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5, 2.8, III + Re Mind (DLC), and the all-in-one Integrum Masterpiece collection will launch on Switch via cloud streaming on February 10th, 2022. The games are now available for preorder and will cost the following:

HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX: $39.99 HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue: $49.99 III + Re Mind (DLC): $49.99 INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE (includes all of the above): $89.99

Free playable demos are also available starting today.

The tracklist for Hikaru Utada's 8th studio album "BAD MODE" has been announced, revealing that a new remix of Kingdom Hearts 3's opening theme song "Face My Fears" will be coming on the album as a bonus track called "Face My Fears (A.G. Cook Remix)".

Gamer has released a new interview with the key staff behind NEO: The World Ends With You as they look back on development, discuss their thoughts about the game, and share their favorite characters and quotes by the infamous an0ther aka Motoi.

Famitsu has released its annual compilation of comments from game developers as they share their keywords and aspirations for the new year. Among them is Kingdom Hearts Series Producer and Brand Manager, Ichiro Hazama, who had this to say about 2022: