Kingdom Hearts 4 is apparently going to switch over to Unreal Engine 5 for its development, though the initial trailer was rendered in Unreal Engine 4.
This comes from a report from Japanese publication Famitsu, covering the Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary event. “The full game will be made with Unreal Engine 5, and the quality of lighting and detail will be several levels higher,” according to Famitsu (translations by VGC). Kingdom Hearts 4 is already looking incredibly good, so Unreal Engine 5 is likely to push that to an extreme level.
A number of other tidbits of information also came out from the event. For example, you might notice that the logo for Kingdom Hearts 4 is a touch less extravagant, which is specifically because the series is entering a new storyline, The Lost Master Arc. As well as that, director Tetsuya Nomura wasn’t sure whether he wanted to call the game Verum Rex, something fans that played Kingdom Hearts 3 would understand, or Kingdom Hearts 4. Ultimately, he obviously settled on the latter, due to concerns over Verum Rex not connecting to Sora (thanks, KH13).
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