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Jack Sparrow in KH2?

Be still my beating Kingdom Heart.

Square Enix is set to reveal more details of Kingdom Hearts II at E3 today.

Expect old friends Sora, Riku, Donald and Goofy to return alongside a “vibrant new cast of characters”, including Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley's characters from Pirates of the Caribbean.

The gorgeous Final Fantasy XII trailer shown off during Sony's pre-E3 conference - virtually the only current-gen thing shown during the whole event - is likely to appear also.

And as if all that wasn't enough, there's a whole batch of Squenix games for ecery format imaginable, too, with a particularly strong showing on mobiles - consisting of Final Fantasy II, Before Crisis Final Fantasy VII, Musashi Mobile Samurai, Hexcite Fusion, Front Mission 2089 and the intriguing-sounding Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding. Rad.

We'll bring you more info on Squenix's top titles as E3 gets underway. In the meantime, here's a load of screenshots to look at: