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As this year's D23 Japan Expo approaches, many are wondering what might the Kingdom Hearts event there involve. Well, Disney has released the first info on the event, revealing two special guests who will attend, Yoko Shimomura and Hiroyuki Nakayama. Shimomura is well known among KH fans as the composer behind the music in the series. Nakayama is a less known name, but whose contribution is still important, having worked on previous Kingdom Hearts soundtracks as a pianist/arranger. Could their appearance mean a special performance for D23 attendees?

This week on the KH-Vids Podcast @Misty, @libregkd, and @Calxiyn are joined by @Princess ♥ to discuss the corporate structure of the video game industry! Inspired by the release of Metal Gear Solid V, we cover the drama surrounding its release and the Konami/Hideo Kojima breakup, and how gamers can choose not to support certain business practices by not purchasing games. We extend the conversation to anti-consumer DLC and preorder practices within the video game industry, and the break that indie games offer from that system.

As per usual, we answer user-submitted questions! @Graxe taunts @Misty with a Final Fantasy XIII themed question and
@Kingdom Hearts530 wants to know about our favorite anime and manga. For our Table Topics, everyone's inner murderer comes to light and we appreciate our worldly possessions.

It's a fun-filled episode of the KH-Vids Podcast for gamers across the globe!

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Over at LinkedIn, a game designer named Richard W. VanDeventer, who worked on several projects such as Mighty No. 9 and Lost Planet 3, has listed two Kingdom Hearts projects he has worked on from August 2014 to this last June. One of them is obviously Kingdom Hearts III. The other Kingdom Hearts project is called Kingdom Hearts 2.9 (listed as a PS3 and PS4 game). A screenshot of VanDeventer's LinkedIn profile can be viewed below:

Could Kingdom Hearts 2.9 be a Dream Drop Distance HD remake? Also, based on what VanDeventer wrote under the Kingdom Hearts III section, could we finally be seeing Pixar worlds in KH3?

via LinkedIn*

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Two years ago, we were blessed that Man At Arms wanted to recreated the Kingdom Key Keyblade and it looked amazing! Today, they decided to take on the challenge of recreating the Oathkeeper. After watching this, you would want to get your hands on one!



If you want to check out the Kingdom Key version, click here

Thank you to @Sanya for telling us!

It's Tuesday (in some parts of the world...) and that means it's time for a new episode of the KH-Vids Podcast!

This week @Misty, @libregkd, and @Calxiyn cover the launch of YouTube Gaming, Google's new competitor to the popular and unchallenged Twitch. We mention the basics of the service, discuss the advantages of YouTube Gaming over Twitch, critique its user interface, and address whether streamers and viewers will make the jump from one service to the other.

Afterwards we launch, as always, into user-submitted questions! @. : tale : . asks what games we haven't been able to get into, @Graxe has us react to Mister Monkey, and Table Topics leave us to speculate, once again, our ebbing mortality (okay, maybe just Misty).

It's a fun-filled episode of the KH-Vids Podcast for children across the globe!

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