Author: Rod Lloyd

In the face of the recent leak of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo seems to be escalating its fight against the emulation community. As first reported by GBAtemp, Nintendo has allegedly issued multiple DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notices to popular file-sharing website GitHub, particularly targeting emulation tools Lockpick and Lockpick_RCM. Developer and security researcher Simon Aarons took to Twitter last week to share copies of the DMCA takedown requests issued by Nintendo over the…

Update: Nintendo of America announced this morning that Nintendo Live 2023 will take place at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington from September 1st to September 4th.   #NintendoLive 2023 will be held Sept. 1-4 at the Seattle Convention Center! If you’re interested in attending, you can register from May 31 until June 22 for a chance to receive free tickets. Learn more: https://t.co/EgTSFoHJqY pic.twitter.com/zsDVJQxU9e — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) May 8, 2023 Admittance to the event will be…

Update: The Splatoon x The Legend of Zelda Splatfest event came to a conclusion last night, and the epic struggle of the Triforce has been decided. Team Power, representing the Great King of Evil Ganondorf, took the top spot in the Splatfest, beating out both Team Courage and Team Wisdom.   The Splatoon x The Legend of #Zelda Splatfest results are in! And the winner is… *chest opening music* #TeamPower with a 57p Win! Thanks to all the heroes who lended their…

The release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is just days away! It won’t be long now until we once again journey into the wilderness introduced in Breath of the Wild, explore the expansive network of Sky Islands up above, and perhaps even venture deep underground to confront the secrets down below. There will definitely be a lot of ground to cover and a lot of information to keep track of! Luckily, the Complete Official Guide to…

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom releases to the world on May 12th, and it comes as no surprise that several members of the Zelda Dungeon staff are taking the day off from school or their day jobs to play the game unimpeded. Some have had personal days on the books for months, while others simply plan to be “sick” next Friday. And we can’t possibly be the only ones out there taking the day off, right? One…

There’s certainly no shortage of Tears of the Kingdom merch out there these days. In anticipation of the new Zelda title, My Nintendo Store UK took to Twitter today to ask fans about their first venture into the kingdom of Hyrule. Eligible participants who answer the storefront’s inquiry will be entered in for a chance to win one of ten swanky Tears of the Kingdom Shikishi art prints.   In which game did you first discover Hyrule? Comment your answer…

We are now less than two work weeks away from Tears of the Kingdom‘s release! The hype surrounding this new adventure has inspired countless creatives in the Zelda community over the past few months, from traditional artists, to musicians, to animators. The number of creative and silly Tears of the Kingdom fan animations to release recently is staggering, honestly. It’s amazing that animators are able to draw so much inspiration from a game that we’re only now starting to see…

Don’t mind us, Zelda fans. We’re just recovering from a website service outage and from the shock of a monolithic video game leak. Just when I thought we were seeing the calm before the Tears of the Kingdom storm, everything around us exploded. But we’ll all get through it! At least we’re still able to get out the Zelda Dungeon Caption Contest tonight as scheduled!   Last Week’s Contest: We witnessed a jousting match last week. Here are our photoshop…

Warning to all Zelda fans looking to avoid spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: the game has been leaked, in its entirety, online. Physical copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have reportedly been sold ahead of the game’s May 12th release date. As a result, the game’s full ROM has made its way online, putting pirated copies in the hands of players across the internet. Early portions of the game have been — and continue…

Despite Nintendo releasing the so-called “final pre-launch trailer” for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom a few weeks ago, the release of new game footage has not slowed down at all. Between new commercials released in Japan and the United States and new gameplay demos from various media outlets, there has been no shortage of new Tears of the Kingdom footage to keep us excited. To keep the hype train rolling, Nintendo of America released a brief one-minute…