Author: Kora Burton

Accomplished composer Marcus Hedges has announced a new upcoming orchestral tribute to The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess titled Hyrule in Half-Light. Slated for release on September 21st, 2023, Hyrule in Half-Light is now available for pre-saving or pre-adding to your streaming library! Hedges, who also operates under the pseudonym “The Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra” for his video game cover arrangements, recently shared a short video preview alongside the album’s announcement, and based on what he’s revealed so far, the…

Character and story spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom ahead! Tears of the Kingdom mirrors — or straight up copies — Breath of the Wild‘s structure in many ways. The similarities include the use of four major regions with big problems to solve, each with their own main supporting character. In Breath of the Wild, we saw the events of the present day story partly through the eyes of the Champions’ descendants: Sidon of the Zora, Teba of the Rito,…

The Zelda Dungeon Marathon 2023 is unfortunately over, but it ended on the highest note yet in Zelda Dungeon Marathon history! Not only did we surpass the $10,000 USD fundraising goal set for this year’s event, but this year the team beat the marathon’s 2022 donation record of $16,212.61 USD with a staggering fundraising total of $20,848.16 USD! Every year, the Zelda Dungeon Marathon sees the team play a full week of Zelda games in support of a charity. This…

Let’s get this out of the way now: I’m “bad” at video games. I can’t jump into just any game and automatically do well, but this is especially true with intense or fast-paced gameplay. My speed is watering flowers on my Animal Crossing island or exploring the open-world Hyrule of Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom while avoiding as many enemies as possible. I usually play games to relax, and that’s just who I am. Therefore, when…

Tomorrow’s the big day! This year’s Zelda Dungeon Marathon runs for an entire week from Saturday, July 15th to Saturday, July 22nd. We will be streaming live 24/7 for the entire week and bringing you a stellar lineup of Zelda fun. Zelda Dungeon Marathon 2023 will be benefitting No Kid Hungry, an organization whose mission is to end childhood hunger in the US by making sure kids have the food they need at school, during the summer, and at home….

We recently covered RTL Nieuws’ interview with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, in which the developers commented on the return of classic Zelda gameplay for future installments in the series. But that’s not all the duo discussed during their sit-down with interviewer Bastiaan Vroegop; Aonuma and Fujibayashi also addressed questions about last’s year’s successful open-world game Elden Ring (2022) and the way they approach inspiration when working on Zelda titles….

This year’s Tokyo Game Show will be running from Thursday, September 21st to Sunday, September 24th, 2023, with companies like Bandai Namco, Capcom, Koei Tecmo, Konami, and Square Enix currently planning to attend in the General Exhibition Area and other public settings. While Nintendo will also be at the event, they will only be in attendance in the Business Meeting Area, according to Tokyo Game Show’s exhibitor list. If Nintendo has something new up their sleeve that they’re willing to…

May 12th, 2023 was a big day for Zelda fans as the much-anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released. On the same day, Dutch news outlet RTL Nieuws released an interview with the game’s producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, with topics including puzzle-building, creating surprises, and how having children has influenced the team’s work. But the topic from this interview that seems to be the primary focus of previous reports is the feel of…

Going out to listen or dance to big-band style jazz is a generally underappreciated pleasure. I certainly wish I did it more often, and over the years there have been more and more swing-worthy renditions of classic video game favorites to really make nerdy jazz lovers’ hearts sing. The 8-Bit Big Band’s rendition of “Song of Storms” from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is no exception! The 8-Bit Big Band is a Grammy Award-winning full-sized Jazz/pops orchestra bringing…

Disclaimer: This Daily Debate and the subsequent comment section may contain spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom. Proceed at your own risk. As soon as I realized shrines were for sure back on the menu during Tears of the Kingdom’s tutorial section, I thought, “Here we go again.” Memories of forcing myself to finish the last handful of Breath of the Wild’s 120 shrines resurfaced, as back then I’d naturally saved the most frustrating ones for last. I definitely appreciated…