{"id":6878,"date":"2019-01-29T20:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T20:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/kingdom-hearts-3-game-released-without-an-ending\/"},"modified":"2019-01-29T20:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T20:01:16","slug":"kingdom-hearts-3-game-released-without-an-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/kingdom-hearts-3-game-released-without-an-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Hearts 3 game released &#8216;without an ending&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Sora, Olaf, Donald Duck\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/6EB2\/production\/_104683382_kh3_voice_cast_announcement_frozen_olaf_1537964085.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Disney \/ Disney Pixar \/ Square Enix<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Kingdom Hearts 3 takes players on the adventure of a lifetime through a vast array of worlds<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Highly anticipated game Kingdom Hearts 3 has been launched with a twist &#8211; the ending comes separately.<\/p>\n<p>The move was made to prevent spoilers from leaked versions of the long-awaited sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpts of the game, which allows users to fight alongside Disney characters, have already been leaked online.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed and completed, the game automatically downloads the epilogue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely an unusual move. It is the first time I&#8217;ve heard of a game doing this,&#8221; said Caspar Stewart, media analyst at research company Enders.<\/p>\n<p>The game, which was first announced at the E3 conference in 2013, has been a long time in the making. <\/p>\n<p>It blends characters from Disney&#8217;s animated films &#8211; including Buzz and Woody, from Toy Story, and Elsa, Anna and Olaf, from Frozen &#8211; with Square Enix&#8217;s science-fiction franchise Final Fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Players go on a journey with protagonist Sora through a variety of Disney-themed worlds.<\/p>\n<p>After some copies were leaked last month, Square Enix director Tetsuya Nomura told fans: &#8220;The game&#8217;s epilogue and secret movie, which are the biggest spoilers in this game, are planned to be released at a later date just in case, so they will not be shown before the game&#8217;s release.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The epilogue aims to tie together all three versions of the game, the last of which was released 14 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a long wait and the game is heavy on narrative with lots of video, so the epilogue will be important to the die-hard fans,&#8221; said Mr Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a deterrent to piracy, I&#8217;m not sure how effective it will be, but the real value lies in the publicity this will generate on the day it is released,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-47041057\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Disney \/ Disney Pixar \/ Square Enix Image caption Kingdom Hearts 3 takes players on the adventure of a lifetime through a vast array of worlds Highly anticipated game Kingdom Hearts 3 has been launched with a twist &#8211; the ending comes separately. 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