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Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 and Kingdom Hearts 2.8 compilations will come to Xbox One in 2020

Posted on November 14, 2019 by John Scalzo

The long-awaited Kingdom Hearts III launched earlier this year to rapturous applause on both the PS4 and Xbox One. But Xbox One owners wanting to try out the rest of the series have so far been out of luck. That all changes in 2020 as Microsoft and Square Enix will bring two massive Kingdom Hearts to the console sometime in the near future.

Announced today at Microsoft’s X019 event in London, both Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue are currently in development for the Xbox One. Here’s what players can expect from each compilation:

Kingdom Hearts: HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix

  • Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix
  • Kingdom Hearts: ReChain of Memories
  • Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Cinematics Only)
  • Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix
  • Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep – Final Mix
  • Kingdom Hearts: ReCoded (Cinematics Only)

Kingdom Hearts: HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue

  • Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD
  • Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage
  • Kingdom Hearts X: Back Cover (Cinematics Only)

To celebrate this new partnership, Square Enix has slashed the price of Kingdom Hearts III on both the Xbox Games Store and the PlayStation Store. Until November 22, the RPG will be available to purchase for just $19.79 (that’s a 67% discount off the regular price).

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The Switch continues to soar as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the best-selling game in April 2017

Posted on May 19, 2017 by John Scalzo

Nintendo continues to dominate the retail charts with another strong showing in April for their Switch console. According to The NPD Group, Nintendo added another 280,000 Switch consoles to its tally last month, and the newly-launched Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold more than 459,000 copies (in just two days) to take the top spot on the list of best-selling games. The company’s success also seems to be great for the industry as a whole, as the industry generated $636 million in sales in April 2017, a 10% increase over the year before.

The other big news in April is that Persona 5 pushed the franchise and gave the RPG the #2 spot on the best-seller list, just below Mario Kart 8.

“Persona 5 experienced the strongest debut month for any title in Persona franchise history, with packaged dollar sales five times that of the previous best-selling debut, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4,” NPD Analyst Mat Piscatella told GamesIndustry.biz.

Additional new releases were thin on the ground in last month’s Top 20, but Lego Undercover‘s re-release on the PC and current-generation consoles helped it secure a spot (#13). And as expected, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild continued to sell well, landing in the #3 position for the month. But the big retail winners in April all came from the backlist, including Grand Theft Auto V (#6), Overwatch (#9), Call of Duty: Black Ops II (#10), and Minecraft (#20).

The NPD Group’s complete list of best-selling games for April 2017 can be found after the break. (more…)

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