A new report claims that we won’t see a mainline Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest game until at least 2028. This follows a rumour that Square Enix had recently cancelled multiple major projects as part of its “3-year reboot” plans to shift its attention from quantity over to quality.
The original rumour comes from VG247 editor APZonerunner on ResetEra, who posted on the message boards some insightful news about what’s currently happening inside Square Enix. Long story short, the company will reportedly focus on smaller projects like remasters and ports for the next few years, including the Final Fantasy 9 remake, Final Fantasy Tactics remaster and the Dragon Quest HD-2D titles. The leaker added that Square Enix scrapped multiple major projects in the company restructure, though didn’t mention which ones got the axe.
“I’d said they’re not got anything major-major release wise this year. Mostly remasters and ports and stuff. But this is gonna be the way, a series of quiet years until this reset is done,” said APZonerunner. “They cancelled some pretty major stuff to be honest – I know about some unannounced ones that died as part of all this that’d shock people, but this is what doing a reset is about; making some brutal decisions to get on track.”
Building on APZonerunner’s claims, Eurogamer reported that, as part of Square Enix’s new strategy, there won’t be any new mainline Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest games until at least 2028. This is especially sad news for those looking forward to Dragon Quest 12, which recently got an update from franchise creator Yuji Horii stating that development was still ongoing.
It seems like Square Enix might be targeting a 2028 release window for Kingdom Hearts 4, while the next mainline Final Fantasy won’t see the light of day for another few years (though it’s unclear if this includes the third part in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy since it’s technically not a mainline title).
Source: Eurogamer
