Is Kingdom Hearts 4 on Unreal Engine 5?

During the 20th Anniversary event for the series, Square Enix officially revealed Kingdom Hearts 4 among several other Kingdom Hearts-related projects in a trailer. The announcement of a fourth entry in the series, relatively quick on the heels of the last entry, has whipped the community into a frenzy.

Several sources close to the project and other sites are reporting that Kingdom Hearts 4 is currently being developed in Unreal Engine 4, but will be ported to Unreal Engine 5. However, nothing official has come from Square Enix at this time. Kingdom Hearts 3 was developed in Unreal Engine 4 and Unreal Engine 5 was released on April 5, 2022, after first being revealed in May of 2020.

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Hopefully, the development team's familiarity with Unreal Engine will keep the game from being delayed like its predecessor was. Kingdom Hearts 3 was stuck in development hell for years and the decision to use Unreal Engine 4 was made over a year into development. But with the rumors of porting to Unreal Engine 5 being relatively simple, many fans are hopeful.

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