Sadly, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, a rhythm-based game that takes place after the third game’s events, isn’t part of the deal. Nevertheless, those who have waited to get their hands on the series through Steam for many years have plenty of reason to be happy. The question is whether they’ll receive discounts at launch.

As for the series’ future, Kingdom Hearts 4 is currently in development on Unreal Engine 5. Rumored to launch in 2025, it sees Sora in the world of Quadratum, though he’ll eventually reunite with Donald and Goofy. No platforms have been announced, so stay tuned for future updates.

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Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series has finally come to PC courtesy of the Epic Games Store. The catalogue includes Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, Kingdom Hearts 3 and the ReMind DLC, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory. Each title can be purchased at a 20 percent discount till April 6th.

Those who purchase Kingdom Hearts 3 with the ReMind DLC will also receive a code for a three month subscription to Disney+. Codes will be mailed from today onwards, though the offer is valid only for eligible countries. Also, those who pre-purchased any of the titles on PC before the launch discount are entitled to a partial refund.

Kingdom Hearts has had quite the journey since the original game launched in 2002. The Dark Seeker Saga came to an end with Kingdom Hearts 3 while the ReMind DLC expanding on the ending and overall end-game content. Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory continued the story further while serving as a musical look back on the series. Stay tuned for more details on future entries in the meantime.

At this point, most big third party franchises have jumped to the PC in some form or another. While some big Japanese franchises were much slower to do so, eventually they trickled in. There has been one big exception there, however, in the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Now, though, that is changing.

It was announced earlier today that the entire Kingdom Hearts series will be coming to PC. That includes Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Prologue, Kingdom Hearts 3 with its ReMind DLC and finally, the last entry in the series, Melody of Memory. That’s a total of 11 games detailing the whole messy storyline of the franchise thus far. Interestingly, the games will be coming as exclusives to the Epic Games Store. It’s not clear how long the exclusivity window will last.

The Kingdom Hearts titles outlines above will release on PC via the Epic Games Store on March 30th. We know that more Kingdom Hearts games are in development, but whether they will be on PC day 1 or not in light of this news is anyone’s guess.

It looks like Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 on the PS4 really will be a pretty basic port. Apparently the collection will just be collating all of the games on to one disc, and calling it a day- for Square Enix, it looks like the draw of this collection is that, between it and 2.8 HD, all Kingdom Hearts games so far will be playable on one system.

“The contents are the same as the two HD remasters in the past. Because six games are recorded on one game disc of PS4, it is easier to play,” director Tetsuya Nomura told Dengeki Online in an interview (translation sourced from PlayStation Lifestyle).

So basically, the exact same games, just playing in 60fps. I guess for a lot of fans, that will be enough? Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 and HD 1.5+2.5 will both be launching on the PS4 this year. Kingdom Hearts 3 is due out on PS4 and Xbox One at some point in the future.

The one big problem with Square Enix’s attempted consolidation of all the wide ranging Kingdom Hearts entries, that came out across five separate platforms, and all maintained narrative continuity, was that they put their collections for all games on PS3.

This was well and good, but Kingdom Hearts 3 is a PS4 (and Xbox One) game, and PS4 is not backwards compatible with PS3 games. Worse still, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD is a PS4 game- so you still need at least two platforms to enjoy the entire series.

Well, Square Enix are attempting to fix that. Today, they announced Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, which will consolidate the two PS3 Kingdom Hearts collection into a single collection on PS4. Playing through 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, as well as 2.8 HD, should catch fans up on Kingdom Hearts 3, for when that releases next year on PS4 and Xbox One.

The full list of games in the package is below:

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 ReMix

• KINGDOM HEARTS FINAL MIX
• KINGDOM HEARTS Re:Chain of Memories
• KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days (HD remastered cinematics)

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.5 ReMIX

• KINGDOM HEARTS II FINAL MIX
• KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep FINAL MIX
• KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded