Kingdom Hearts Missing Link Developer Portfolio Might Have Revealed Why It's Taking So Long

Summary

The lead programmer forKingdom Hearts Missing Linkhas updated his portfolio and shared more information about the game, indicating that it’s not cancelled but has gone through a shift that could explain the long wait.

While mostKingdom Heartsfans have their sights and hearts set on the fourth mainline gameeventually waking up from its three-year-long slumber and finally sharing more information, it’s not the only series project that’s missing in action. The other,more concerning, silence comes from Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link, the latest mobile game in the series and one that apes Pokemon Go.

Missing Link was announced three years agoand, while it’s had more updates than Kingdom Hearts 4and was even playable through betas, it’s lived up to its name andgone completely missing in the past year since it was delayed into 2025. Some feared it was cancelled or hoped it was being moved to consoles, but neither of those outcomes appears to be the case.

The Jump To Unreal Engine 5 Could Explain Some Things

Over on Twitter,KHMLTomorrow shared a rather interesting update about the game that’s been discovered through the lead programmer’s websiteand portfolio. KHMLTomorrow has kept the programmer’s identity a secret to protect them, but still shared some of what can be found on the website and verified it with other accounts, making it seem legitimate.

The portfolio contains a lot of interesting information about Missing Link, including the fact that it’s apparently going to be running in Unreal Engine 5 after previously being done in UE4. This could explain why the game has taken so long since it was revealed and why there’s been so much silence following the delay. It also confirms Missing Link hasn’t been cancelled, since work on it is apparently ongoing.

Interestingly,the portfolio also claims that Missing Link’s origin comes from a pitch using a R&D projectthat was created during development of Kingdom Hearts 3.

While there’s a possibility that the portfolio is fake and just incredibly well put together, it does seem to be legitimate.KHMLTomorrow pointed out that one of the screenshotsfeatured on the website is one that we haven’t seen before of thejungle area that was briefly shown during the game’s reveal trailer. That image features a different UI to the most recent build, giving it a bit more credence.