Rumor: Kingdom Hearts III Has Gained Star Wars 1313 Developer

<p>Square Enix Japan seems to be acquiring worldly talent to the <em>Kingdom Hearts III<&sol;em> development team&comma; including Praveen Dubey &lpar;and possibly Lakshya Digital as a whole for a contract&rpar; and <em>Star Wars 1313<&sol;em> AI engineer&comma; Eric Johnson&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Previously&comma; it was found that Praveen Dubey&comma; a 3D artist&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rumor-dark-souls-ii-tekken-7-artist-now-working-kingdom-hearts-iii&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">is claiming<&sol;a> to be working on <em>Kingdom Hearts III<&sol;em>&period; He is currently working at Lakshya Digital&comma; so it is unclear whether or not Square Enix has hired the company for contract work or the man in question&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; Eric Johnson has been found to be working on the project as an AI engineer for 7 months&period; He previously worked on the cancelled <em>Star Wars 1313<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Infinite Crisis<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>EVE Online<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It seems as though Square Enix is heading into a new worldly direction&period; For example&colon; A tech demo called <em>Agni&&num;8217&semi;s Philosophy<&sol;em> was created to show off the Luminous Engine&comma; and art by <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> developers&comma; Crystal Dynamics&comma; was used for the project&period; Square Enix have also switched from the Luminous Engine to the Western originated Unreal Engine 4 during the development of <em>Kingdom Hearts III&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"UVX0OUO9ptU" title&equals;"Agni&&num;039&semi;s Philosophy -- FINAL FANTASY REALTIME TECH DEMO"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;UVX0OUO9ptU"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;UVX0OUO9ptU&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Agni&&num;039&semi;s Philosophy -- FINAL FANTASY REALTIME TECH DEMO"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The co-director of the <em>Kingdom Hearts<&sol;em> series&comma; Tai Yasue&comma; hails from Vancouver&comma; Canada&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eidos Interactive was bought by Square Enix in 2009&comma; and has since released <em>Deus Ex&colon; Human Revolution&comma; Hitman&colon; Absolution<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> under their name with sequels in development for both <em>Deus Ex<&sol;em> and <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Kingdom Hearts III<&sol;em> is currently in development for PS4 and Xbox One&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;in&sol;ericleejohnson" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Eric Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s LinkedIn<&sol;a> &lpar;via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kh-vids&period;net&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">KH-Vids<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;