Despite reports suggesting Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a campaign of around 40-50 hours, and additional content bolstering that number to an estimated 80 hours, Square Enix has not yet actually settled on the final length of the anticipated sequel.

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A preview report from Geek.com of Kingdom Hearts 3 published earlier this month suggested those play time estimations had been confirmed. That would make for one of the longest main campaigns in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and the news of this lengthy play time was reported by a number of outlets as confirmation of KH3's official length earlier this week.However, that is not exactly the case — though Square Enix had no official comment when reached by IGN about the length of Kingdom Hearts 3, the Geek.com preview has been updated to note that a Square Enix representative explained the company has yet to finalize the exact length of KH3, given the remaining months of development. So could Kingdom Hearts 3 be that long? Of course — franchise director Tetsuya Nomura has discussed before about the endeavor to make the worlds in Kingdom Hearts 3 more expansive than in entries' past. But it's also important to keep in mind that officially announced estimated game lengths are just that — estimations, and often it will come down to a player-by-player basis for how long the experience will actually be.Still, the potential for a lengthier Kingdom Hearts adventure is an exciting one for fans, especially given how much narrative will be tied into Kingdom Hearts 3, though Nomura has been tight-lipped about whether KH3 is the end of Sora's story Nomura did, however, speak to IGN about plenty of Kingdom Hearts 3 details , including why we haven't seen Kingdom Hearts 3's Big Hero 6 world , the potential for DLC to come to Kingdom Hearts 3 , and more.And be sure to catch up on all the Kingdom Hearts 3 E3 news you may have missed, as well as IGN's E3 2018 Kingdom Hearts hands-on preview Kingdom Hearts 3 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on Jan. 29, 2019.

Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's News Editor and he is a big fan of Kingdom Hearts. He is very much looking forward to owning a life-size keyblade later this year. Talk to him about the series on Twitter @jmdornbush