As I’ve been talking about for the past couple of weeks, Kingdom Hearts Globe still needs to go ahead. The team have been working on the project for almost a year now, and various staff have been on (or off) the project at various stages – to say we’ve been playing musical chairs is an understatement…

But now, the wait is almost over – today marks the official application listing for a new webmaster to replace the late and great Ash Barnes. This job will require quite a lot of dedication – prepare to give up some of your free time. The project has been designed from the ground up to look professional, so it would be a great addition to any portfolio, serious or otherwise.

Extensive knowledge in the general field of websites is definitely a demand, as is quite considerable HTML coding skills. The skins and major design work have been done, now we need you to bring the project home and maintain it through its long lifespan to the best of your abilities – with multiple new titles in the videogame series being announced in September, there’s lots of coverage in store.

A sample will be required, so prepare what you consider a good work (whether literally online or simply online-ready) and link to it in your application.

Lastly, here’s the link to Final Fantasy Insider guys – from here CLICK ON ‘CONTACT US’ on the bar at the top, and fill in your details! Remember to mention that you’re applying for the webmaster job at KHG!

Good luck to all involved, and we’re looking forward to working with you!

I’ll keep you guys updates as to any developments – get ready for an official announcement in the coming weeks! :D

-Michael “GoldenEyeRa” Garling

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Yep, Nomura’s back at it again, hyping the series up and letting out a few new hints about the upcoming sequels… nothing big, but it’ll have to tide us over.

To re-instate what we already know: the next title will be announced at TGS, and its a side-story for a portable console (either DS, PSP or Japanese mobiles). The game will NOT feature Sora as the lead character – it’ll either by Roxas, Riku or one of the three knights (Ven most probably). Sora will apparently be ‘taking a break’ from the series for a while, and for the time being Nomura will focus on explaining other things happening during Chain of Memories.

So in this title, expect to see the events of Roxas’ life during the year he ran away after his Birth by Sleep, and Riku’s desperate battles with the darkness, as well as some more Mickey backstory.

As for gameplay, he says he’ll probably try something new… no idea what though. He wants to implement some magic/attack combo system that was scrapped for KH2 because of a lack of time, and possibly tune thr Keyblade and jumping stats.

Lastly, the “Kingdom Hearts X” title that has been flying around is 100% FALSE – it was always just referring to ‘Kingdom Hearts (working title)’, as in, there’s currently no name (X = unknown in this case).

You can read the full interview(s) here!

Stick with us here at KH3 US for some big announcements in the coming weeks – our new project is now underway!

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As many of you reading the comments section will have found out, at the recent E3 Media and Business Summit 2007, Square pulled a sudden move and showed very little in the way of games…

While the most notable absentee at the show was the upcoming Final Fantasy 13, fans from this site will be more affected by a severe lack of a Mr. Tetsuya Nomura, and the new tidbits of information he usually brings everywhere regarding a certain Kingdom Hearts series.

So in short; no Nomura, no new Kingdom Hearts, and nothing new on Final Mix+ coming to the west… losses all around for us then.

To remind all users though, don’t give up hope: TGS is in September, and this is where the big announcements will happen. The new portable spin-off will be announced here: name, trailer, gameplay, projected release and all. Knowing Nomura, he’ll probably show a teaser trailer for the new next-gen title, but the team’s biggest focus when it comes to next gen consoles right now is Final Fantasy Versus 13, so we’ll see a lot of that from Team KH as well.

So look foward to the Tokyo Game Show (held at the Makuhari Messe if memory serves me right) guys and gals, because that’s where we’ll see the new stuff. I expect we’ll probably launch Kingdom Hearts Globe in time for that as well – once I contact Rey we’ll get the applications up and running within the next few days!

See you in the comments people! :)

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Hi everyone. It’s been a while since our last update, and so I’d just like to refresh everyone as to what’s happening at the moment.

Firstly, E3 officially begins July 10th, but new news on all games is beginning to come through from developers before the doors actually open – this happens every year around three days before the show, hence the ‘PrE3′ nickname. As for Kingdom Hearts’ prescence at the show, word is Nomura will speak a little more candidly about upcoming entrants in the series. What this means is we’ll be getting some more info on what we’ll be seeing in the next spin-off title. Don’t expect a name, a full-blown synopsis or a confirmation as to whether the title will be on DS or PSP, though; that’s all being left for this year’s TGS.

Secondly, in the realms of Final Mix+ and the US, we haven’t heard anything concrete since the last update, but word is that it won’t be happening. Wait until E3 heats up and Square’s press-conference goes ahead – they’ll talk about the game’s prescence in the US, at which point they’ll either say “Yep, it’s happening and you’ll see it here in a few months time” or “Sorry guys, but we just didn’t think it was profitable to publish more titles on last-generation’s technology.”

Personally I’ve got my money on the second option, but knowing Square’s lust for easy money, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Lastly, I’d like to take this time to tell everyone what’s going on with our next advancement – Kingdom Hearts Globe. We talked about the site a few months back and how the place would be run, but it seems we’ve hit some major snags. First and foremost, I’d like to say a whole-hearted farewell to our old webmaster here, Ash Barnes. Many of you may remember him as the bubbly overzealous youngerster who oversaw the site’s day to day activity, and continued to advocate a forum for the site. As of April 9th, 2007, we haven’t seen or heard anything from Ash – prior to this he was online pretty much every day by ritual. Sadly, after such a long period of abscence, we have had to conclude that something untimely has happened to Ash, and work out a new way to move foward.

This therefore means all webmaster duties have reverted back to Rey, but I’ll be here every day to make sure things continue on track. This also leaves KHG stuck between a rock and hard place – it can’t move now. Our co-webmistress also had to step down from her position to pursue her day-to-day career, which leaves only Rey and myself. A small blog-site such as this can easily be run between the two of us, but a media power-house based around the series would be impossible, especially without a specific webmaster.

In the next few weeks, we’ll be posting open requests both here and on Final Fantasy Insider for new staff for the site to apply. If you think you’ve got what it takes, please follow the steps we’ll provide you with and offer us a hand – it’ll be a great opportunity for you to further your website credentials.

Anyway, thanks for your time everyone, and I’ll see you in the comments section. :) Oh, and a very Happy Birthday to Metal Gear!! Twenty years and stronger than ever!

-Michael “GoldenEyeRa” Garling, News Editor/Temporary Co-Supervisor

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