Report: Kingdom Hearts 3 jumps to Unreal Engine 4
In lieu of utilizing in-house technology, Square Enix has opted to shift development of Kingdom Hearts 3 to the ubiquitous, heavily-supported Unreal Engine 4.
"Surely and steadily, we're progressing on schedule," stated director Tetsuya Nomura in a recent Famitsu interview (translated by Gematsu). "For various reasons, we've changed the game engine to Unreal Engine 4, because of which we've been facing rendering troubles. But Epic Games has been really cooperative and helpful, so we're progressing just fine."
Unfortunately, Nomura makes no mention of when we can expect Kingdom Hearts 3 to reach the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, only adding that currently his development team is working on "scenario writing and world selection" along with new outfits for series mainstays Sora and Riku.
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