Kingdom Hearts 2 HD Teased by Nomura

It looks like Kingdom Hearts II is set to join the first game in getting an HD remake, if comments from the game's director are to be believed.

In an interview with Famitsu (via Gematsu), Tetsuya Nomura strongly suggested that an HD remake would be announced following the decision to re-release the first game with supped-up graphics as Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix.

When asked, "Is there gonna be a high-definition version of Kingdom Hearts II later?" he responded with a wry smile and the words, "It’d be unusual if there wasn’t."

The original Kingdom Hearts released back in 2002, with the sequel following four years later in 2006. There's been no confirmation as yet regarding the HD remake of the original game coming West, but rumours surfaced last week that suggested an announcement on that front could be imminent.

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Report: Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Coming West Next Year

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix may be coming West in the second half of next year, according to a new report.

Though Disney has yet to confirm the repackaged version of the original Kingdom Hearts and Chain of Memories will be localised, comments made at Goldman Sachs' Communacopia Conference suggest this may be about to change.

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We start the year right out with a big title "Epic Mickey 2," and another big title that hasn't been announced yet, but coming mid-year, and continuing to grow in the social space.

According to Business Insider, Disney Interactive's CFO Jay Rasulo explained that next year would see two big releases, one of which hadn't been announced yet.

He said, "We start the year right out with a big title "Epic Mickey 2," and another big title that hasn't been announced yet, but coming mid-year, and continuing to grow in the social space."

While Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix has technically been announced, it hasn't been for the West and Business Industry definitely seems to think it's the most likely candidate given that none of the studio's upcoming movie slate really carry enough weight to justify the "big" prefix in terms of game tie-ins.

With Epic Mickey 2 out November 18, it seems Rasulo is referring to the company's financial year which runs from October 1 to September 30. So this means whatever the title is, it should be launching sometime after next March. Which is when Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix arrives in Japan. Coincidence? Time will tell.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix was announced for Japan last week at the Tokyo Game Show, and will be released exclusively for the PS3.

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TGS: PlayStation Mobile Launches in October, SDK in November

Sony has announced that PlayStation Mobile games will begin to arrive on October 3rd.

PlayStation Mobile will launch in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Italy, Spain, Germany and France to start, with more to follow. 30 games will be available at launch, ranging from 50 yen (approximately $0.63) to 850 yen (approximately $10.77) including tax. Titles will be developed by third party developers in addition to Sony's worldwide studios, with additional releases coming out often.

On top of that, The PlayStation Mobile Developer Program will also launch in November, allowing developers to access the PlayStation Mobile SDK (software development kit) to create their own games to distribute on the PlayStation Store for PlayStation Certified devices as well as Vita. The Developer Program will roll out in 11 countries and will be available for $99 per year.

Sony also announced that Fujitsu and Sharp will join PlayStation Certified, bringing titles to a massive amount of mobile devices worldwide, particularly in Japan. Sony will expand to additional devices in the future. During E3, it announced a partnership with HTC.

For more on PlayStation Mobile and the PlayStation Certified program, read the details Sony revealed last month.

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