Has everyone been following the news? Thanks out there to bittermeats for covering the news with such great enthusiasm and cohesiveness! With a bunch of exciting events planned for the rest of the year, things aren't going to let up anytime soon! In order to better integrate our site, community, and network, we have decided to create a logo to represent us. Site media designer Chihiro has been hard at work creating some designs. We thought it would only be appropriate to let the visitors vote...

Square Enix has a booth at the San Diego Comic Con, going on now through the 28th. The new Kingdom Hearts Play Arts Sora, Riku, and Mickey figures are displayed, as well as an unpainted figure of Sora in his Halloween Town outfit complete with Pumpkin Head keyblade! A Kingdom Hearts II Static Arts Riku figure was also displayed, thanks to KHInsider Community member Lokivects for the photos!

The Kingdom Hearts Formation Arts Vol. 3 set was also displayed, along with the King...

Following a reaffirmation of a 2008 release date, the official website for the Nintendo DS title, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, opened today.

A wallpaper of Roxas is available under the Download section, as well as a story summary, and character profiles on Axel and Roxas. The information have been translated below. The background music is a custom mix of the title 'The Other Promise'.You can download the website version here. Check it out for yourself!

After visiting the site a few tim...

NEW KINGDOM HEARTS FIGURES More images of the new KH Play Arts figures have been released. The new set features Sora and Riku in their Kingdom Hearts attire, while King Mickey is featured in his coat from Kingdom Hearts II. The dolls will retail at 24.99 each and have a release date set for this December. Check AAA's website for more info. Thanks to forum user strider175 for the update!

  KINGDOM HEARTS NOVELS CANCELED?

Some members of the KH commun...

Hello everyone it's Spyells reporting! E3 has come and gone, and it looks like Kingdom Hearts was entirely missing, but cheer up, there are bigger events to look forward to in a couple of weeks, as well as our announcement of an Re:Chain of Memories Release in North America. To help pass the time, we're introducing a new feature, Kingdom Hearts: Fight Off. Who would win in a character face off? I'm going to give you a little background into each character's strengths and weaknesseses. The...

Square Enix's Dragon Quest V released today in Japan, and apparently the game manual contained an advertisement for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days reading "Coming 2008". Is Japan looking for a winter release of the game? Hopefully this information will further be confirmed after the DKΣ3713 event.

Discuss it in the KHInsider Forums! Thanks to FF7AC Reunion for the notice.

DKΣ3713 INVITATIONS

Images of the invitations that have been sent to the attendees of the DK ...

Although not Kingdom Hearts related news, Final Fantasy XIII was just announced for the Xbox 360 at Microsoft's E3 Press Conference. During the announcement, a new trailer for the game was shown. Even though there wasn't a release date announced for the new 360 title, it will launch at the same time for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in both the U.S. and Europe.

Well with this surprising announcement, we'll be on the lookout for anymore Square-Enix news.

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While we're waiting for the major gaming events to happen, here's whats up in the Kingdom Hearts merchandise department.

FORMATIONS ARTS VOL. 3 RELEASE DATE CHANGE

Thanks to Arika from The Light in Chaos for pointing out that the release date for the Kingdom Hearts Formation Arts Vol. 3 set has changed. The previous Japanese release date was August 15th, 2008. For information about purchasing the figures, try PlayAsia.

New Release Date: September 14th, 2008

CUSTOMIZED KING...