After being delayed, Square Enix officially announced that KINGDOM HEARTS Union x Dark Road is releasing its final update later this month on August 26. The final update promises to wrap up all of the important story beats of Dark Road, bringing the nearly seven year story to a close.
As announced previously at the Kingdom Hearts 20th-anniversary event, after the game’s final update, Union X Dark Road will then be shutting down all of its online features, and transition into an offline app.
At the same time, the mobile action game, Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link will be having a Closed Beta Test sometime later this year, with a story apparently linked to Union X Dark Road.
▍Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary Recap
▍Kingdom Hearts Union x Dark Road Story
Union X Dark Road is a duology of games including Union X and Dark Road. Both games are are a prequel to the Kingdom Hearts series, taking place several hundreds of years before the events of the main game, even before the Keyblade war. Union X is set in Daybreak Town,where players can create their own Keyblade wielder, exploring different worlds, and picking which side they wish to join before the Keyblade war.
While Dark Road is focused on Xehanort, the series’ antagonist, and his origin story.
▍Kingdom Hearts Union x Dark Road Gameplay
Union X Dark Road is a turn-based RPG where players controls a young Xehanort and his party members including Eraqus, Hermod, Urd, Bragi, and Vor, featuring “Exhilarating” × “Reflex” × “Flick” speedy battles, where players have to select three cards out of five to engage attacks. The enemies will unleash attacks within a certain time. This means that if you select the cards fast enough, you will receive fewer damages. Selecting cards with the same color will unleash more powerful attacks.
