In a surprise reveal duringKingdom Hearts'20th anniversary event, Square Enix announced a new mainline entry to the franchise, titledKingdom Hearts 4. While the game doesn’t have any release date yet, the announcement came with a full-blown trailer showing snippets of gameplay inKingdom Hearts 4. As expected, the new game looks great, but a new report claims that the final release will look even better courtesy of Unreal Engine 5.

WhileKingdom Hearts 3ends with a cliffhanger, it’s been confirmed by Square Enix thatKingdom Hearts 4will kickstart a new epic saga named the “Lost Master Arc.“Kingdom Hearts 4is set in Quadratum, which is described by Square Enix as an expansive city set in a “realistic world unlike anything ever seen before in theKingdom Heartsseries.” With skyscrapers, highways, and dozens of cars scattered around its streets, Quadratum is indeed looking very realistic, yet what’s shown in the trailer reportedly isn’t representative of the final look.

The report came from Famitsu, which explained that whilethe debut trailer video ofKingdom Hearts 4is actually a real-time rendering in Unreal Engine 4, the full game is currently being developed in parallel using Unreal Engine 5. As a result, the final release ofKingdom Hearts 4is expected to have a visual quality that is several levels higher than what the public can already see in the trailer video, particularly in the areas of lighting and details.

The Japanese publication also claimed that the studio responsible for the development ofKingdom Hearts 4is Square Enix’s Osaka studio, led by co-director Yasushi Yasue. This is great news for fans of the series since the Osaka studio is apparently the same team that madeKingdom Hearts 3. Seeing that the team is already familiar with Unreal Engine 4 during the development ofKingdom Hearts 3, making the transition to Epic’s newest game engine should be easy enough for them.

This recent announcement adds to thegrowing list of AAA games being developed using Unreal Engine 5. With Unreal Engine 5,Kingdom Hearts 4is bound to have a serious level of realism. Players have already seen how good the engine is for showcasing action scenes in a modern city throughThe Matrix Awakensdemo, and hopefully it will translate as well inKingdom Hearts 4.

Kingdom Hearts 4is in development.

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