Kingdom Hearts 3 is being developed using Unreal Engine 4, it has been revealed.

Instead of using Square Enix's own engine, as with Final Fantasy XV, the game's director Tetsuya Nomura said using Unreal will make development "progress smoothly".

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"Development is steadily proceeding as planned," he told Famitsu (translated by Kotaku).

"Due to the impact of changing the game engine to Unreal Engine 4, which we did for various reasons, there is some difficulty rendering images. And with the full support of Epic Games, we'll be able to progress smoothly."

The game follows the lead of the publisher's European studios who already use Unreal Engine. Square Enix Japan's own role-playing game The Last Remnant used the engine in 2008.

Unreal Engine 4 launched with a subscription-based business model earlier this year, broadening access to the engine to smaller development teams.

Tekken 7 was recently announced by Namco Bandai to use Unreal Engine 4.

Watch a visual showcase of Unreal Engine 4:

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