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Disney and Square Enix showed up for the Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts panel at D23 2026 to show off an extended gameplay trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 that features a first look at a playable King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. No one expected Sora to show up in the world of Pixar's Coco, Keyblade in hand, when the legendary crossover franchise made a surprise appearance during yesterday's Disney Entertainment Showcase. That only made Mickey, Donald, and Goofy showing up as playable characters in today's new four-minute trailer even more of a shock. Gameplay for Goofy and Donald seems to mostly fall in line with what we've come to expect from Sora. Outside of one segment that saw the two Disney icons sledding through the Underworld, they can can be seen using abilities and teaming up to fight off Heartless enemies. King Mickey, meanwhile, has received some special attention. The first clip shows him walking around from a third-person point of view before switching to origa...

D23, Disney's biggest fan convention, continues with a special panel all about Kingdom Hearts . IGN is on the ground bringing you the biggest news, reveals, and updates from the presentation as it kicks off today, August 15. Titled ‘DEEP DIVE into KINGDOM HEARTS,’ this panel will stream live starting 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET / August 16 at 12:30 AM UK Time. You can watch it on IGN's own YouTube channel , which we will embed in this article for your convenience once the show gets started. Disney said the panel will give fans a "behind-the-scenes look at the making of the games,” with insights from the "creative minds, character voices, and more behind the magic." Guests on the panel include Nana Gadd, director of games at the Walt Disney Company's Japan branch, Tai Yasue from Square Enix, Haley Joel Osment, the voice of Sora, David Gallagher, the voice of Riku, and Renée Johnson, who is behind several Disney character voices. This event follows gameplay footag...

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Jared Bush, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, spoke about the possibility of a Kingdom Hearts feature film, and he didn’t rule out the idea. Kingdom Hearts fans are on top of the world after footage of the fourth game was shown off at D23. Sora and the gang are back to fight the heartless, which are wreaking havoc in the Land of the Dead. Coco’s universe is an explorable world in Kingdom Hearts IV , and Sora even gets a keyblade themed after Héctor's Guitar, along with some calavera facepaint to match. A Kingdom Hearts animated series was also announced at the event, coming to Disney+ on an as-yet undetermined date. With these two big reveals in mind, IGN’s Jeffrey Vega quizzed Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Jared Bush if there’s anything more planned for the Kingdom Hearts world on Disney’s side of things… specifically, a feature-length animated film. “Are we ever gonna get a Kingdom Hearts movie?” Vega asked, going on to joke that Bush basically has the ...

Big Kingdom Hearts news here at D23, with a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 , a late 2027 release window, and — surprise! — a Disney+ anime series. The new trailer shows the addition of Pixar's Coco. Also at D23, Disney set a November 2029 release for Coco 2. As for the Kingdom Hearts Disney+ anime, it's developed with creator Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix, and reimagines the video game franchise with a brand-new story "that will expand on the universe of Kingdom Hearts while celebrating the characters that have captured the hearts of millions of fans around the world." “Kingdom Hearts has captivated gamers everywhere with its unique blend of adventure and imagination,” said Ayo Davis, president, Disney Kids & Family. “There’s something really exciting about taking a world fans have spent years exploring through the games and bringing it to life in a completely new way. And with a creative team that is working closely with the legendary Tetsuya Nomura, our new s...

The Simpsons: Hit & Run "is coming back in some form," according to series creator Matt Groening. Yes, at least as far as the mind behind Springfield and the Simpson family is concerned, Vivendi Games and Radical Entertainment's classic 2000s video game spinoff will finally soon let players get behind the wheel again. He shared his comments during a The Simpsons panel at Disney fan event D23 2026, but it sounds like, maybe, he should have pumped the brakes when it came to any announcements for The Simpsons: Hit & Run. "I think the original game is coming back in some form," Groening said (via Empire ). Just as Groening let it slip that the Grand Theft Auto-inspired game was coming back, current series showrunner Matt Selman stepped in, saying, "…or not." Whoops. So, is this a premature announcement, or does Groening have it all wrong? It's difficult to say for now, but when the creator of the franchise the game is based on says The Simpson...