#Lacking Hyperlink has been formally delayed

2024 has been a tough 12 months for followers of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Not solely has Sq. Enix launched no additional updates on Kingdom Hearts IV, however the upcoming cell recreation Lacking Hyperlink has fully disappeared after the launch of its Closed Beta, though it was initially going to return out someday this 12 months.

In a bittersweet flip of occasions, the corporate behind this in style franchise lastly let followers know what occurred with Kingdom Hearts: Lacking Hyperlink. The sport’s official Twitter/X account launched a press release, lastly confirming that Sq. Enix delayed its launch. Sadly, it didn’t reveal any extra data, so Lacking Hyperlink’s launch date is at present unknown. Nonetheless, we’re 100% certain that it received’t launch in 2024, so it’s most definitely going to return out someday in 2025.

On a extra optimistic notice, the account additionally took its time to apologize to all gamers who have been trying ahead to the discharge and said that it appreciates their endurance. One other essential factor to note is that the assertion concludes with the sentence “Please sit up for additional data”, which can trace that Sq. Enix is planning to disclose extra Lacking Hyperlink content material within the close to future, particularly subsequent 12 months.

Most Kingdom Hearts video games normally take a very long time to return out

Kingdom Hearts followers are something however impatient and, whereas some persons are understandably disillusioned with this delay, most followers have been additionally fairly grateful to lastly obtain affirmation that Lacking Hyperlink will not be popping out in 2024. In any case, it’s quite common for brand new video games on this collection to take a very long time to return out.

For instance, Sq. Enix initially introduced Kingdom Hearts 3 in 2013, a recreation that it later delayed and wouldn’t come out till January 2019. On an identical notice, the corporate revealed the following mainline entry within the collection, Kingdom Hearts IV, alongside Lacking Hyperlink again in 2022, and it nonetheless hasn’t acquired any actual updates ever since. Followers have been ready for a brand-new trailer for over 2 years.

Kingdom Hearts: Lacking Hyperlink is a bit totally different, nonetheless, as a result of this augmented actuality cell RPG did get just a few extra updates since its preliminary announcement, together with a second trailer again in October 2023, which introduced its Closed Beta and confirmed its official launch 12 months as 2024. Sadly, after the Closed Beta acquired some pretty optimistic opinions, Sq. Enix lapsed into whole radio silence and followers started questioning what might have occurred. This is the reason it was essential for the corporate to verify the sport’s delay, which most followers actually appreciated.