Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Official Thread [1/24/17 Release]

[Kamikaze Revy]

Kingdom Hearts III work mentions Pixar meetings.

The LinkedIn profile of Richard VanDeventer, a game director working in Osaka, has listed work on a “Kingdom Hearts 2.9” for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 under Square Enix.

VanDeventer worked with Square Enix for 11 months. The following work is listed:

“Kingdom Hearts 2.9” (PS3, PS4) Development (10 Months)

• Game idea planning and documentation
• Game check and balance
• Boss planning
• Attraction Flow planning and documentation

“Kingdom Hearts Ⅲ” (PS4, Xbox One) Development (10 Months)

• Original level planning, documentation and execution for 2 worlds including enemy, item, secrets and event management
• Mockup creation of 3 worlds including temporary asset creation
• Game idea planning and documentation
• Game check and balance
• Enemy planning and documentation
• Gummi Ship system planning and documentation
• Multiplayer planning and documentation
• Attraction Flow planning and documentation
• Main scenario planning for 2 worlds
• Various in-game dialogue writing
• Translation and interpretation of contact between involved English and Japanese parties including Disney and Pixar
• Publicity video recording and editing
• Communication with outsourced companies
• Holding meetings with Disney and Pixar
• Team management, meeting management and proceeding recordings

Before Square Enix, VanDeventer was a game director at Comcept, where he worked on Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. He also has previous credits at Capcom, where he worked on Resident Evil 6, and Game Republic, where he worked on Knight’s Contract.

It’s worth noting that this LinkedIn profile only has two connections. However, this is the only LinkedIn profile for his name, and he is a real person (visit his online portfolio here). Even so, take everything with a grain of salt until officially announced.


Read more at Kingdom Hearts 2.9 listed for PS4, PS3 on LinkedIn resume

 

[Rekkapryde]

2.9

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

2.9

2.9

 

[Ronald]

Maybe a short game before the main one like Ground Zeroes?

 

[Prince Akeem]

2.9

Sounds stupid enough to be true.

 

[-DMP-]

If it's on a resume. It must be true. (Only half sarcasm, sense we've seen this before.)

 

[Tunez]

Just finish the damn game Square

 

[Prince Luchini]

My assumption is their probably going to port the 3ds game that came out a few years ago add some new boss battles, tweak the game play for consoles. They might release a demo/beta of KH3 just to hold people over just like the FFXV demo and Metal gear ground zeroes did.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

fukkking square enix
Kingdom Hearts:352 and a half

Kingdom Hearts 1.5

Kingdom Hearts 2.9

the fukk

 

[Bathing Ape]

Square enix pisses me off with shyt like this.. can yall just finish KH3 first? As if the story isnt fukking confusing enough.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

They should put 2.9 on xbone too to give a chance for those who plan on getting 3 the whole series on one console

 

[SwagmundFreud]

fukk this half assed convoluted series



I had so much hope for this game 13 years ago

 

[Silkk]

2.9

 

[Phillyrider807]

2.9 is needed. All y'all mad have no idea what's going on because y'all haven't played the series since 2.

Dream drop distance leads DIRECTLY into KH3. There is no way in hell you can understand what's going on without playing DDD.

And they can slap a kh3 demo on and sale millions

 

[CarltonJunior]

I like how no one calls out the Japanese for not knowing how to tell a story properly. They always have dope concepts, art, technical prowess, everything, but never were great storytellers.