Author: Rod Lloyd

We’ve heard it all before, haven’t we? Nintendo is, if the video game rumor mill is to be believed, hard at work on a successor to its uber-popular Switch system. The insiders, the leakers, and the pundits have all said so, (as long as you take everything they say with a grain of salt, of course). Whether one labels this new console the “Switch Pro,” the “Switch 2,” or the “Super Switch,” we’ve been hearing this type of hearsay for…

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) recently announced the nominees for the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, due to take place during the 2024 D.I.C.E. (Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) Summit next month. Alongside other acclaimed titles like Alan Wake 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has secured a number of award nominations, including one for the coveted Game of the Year. Tears of the Kingdom has been nominated for the following at…

What is happening, Zelda fans?! I hope you’re all having a great 2024 so far. We’ve successfully made it one week into the New Year, so let’s celebrate with another Zelda Dungeon Caption Contest! A few days after our last contest dropped, Nintendo UK took to X (formerly Twitter) to show off a snowman created in Tears of the Kingdom. The scene was intensely charming, and many fans followed suit to create their own snowmen within the game… some with…

Back in the year 2020, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity was billed as an opportunity to “see Hyrule 100 years before the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game and experience the events of the Great Calamity.” That description turned out to be only partially true, as Koei Tecmo used the established backstory of Breath of the Wild as merely a springboard for an unpredictable tale of twists, time travel, and retcons. Reception to the story decisions was mixed, and…

Every calendar year has its fair share of Zelda news, but — no doubt thanks to a little game called Tears of the Kingdom — 2023 proved to be exceptionally busy when it came to news about the Zelda franchise. For most of the past year, Nintendo, its corporate partners, and its fans took advantage of the new release by celebrating The Legend of Zelda in any way they could. We saw huge retrospectives covering the Zelda series and its biggest…

Every year, American publication Variety recognizes the “the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry” with a feature known as Variety500. Each year’s Variety500 index includes the biggest names in the international media industry, including executives, creatives, financiers, and performers from all major media sectors. In addition to the leading figures in the film and television industries, Variety500 spotlights those in the video game industry. Since its launch in 2017, we’ve seen Variety500 recognize the likes of…

Looking back at 2023, the big tech buzzword of the year was “AI,” or “artificial intelligence.” Thanks to several key developments in the AI space, as well as the wide release of new AI tools like ChatGPT, the applications, limitations, and ethical consequences of generative AI have dominated the conversation for most of the past year. Schools feared a rise in cheating, professionals got busted using ChatGPT at work, artists fought back against perceived art theft, and the use of…

One of the most striking images to come out of Tears of the Kingdom‘s 2019 reveal trailer was that of Ganondorf’s mummified corpse seized by a mysterious spiral of light and the ghostly arm of, as we know now, King Rauru. Because it was one of the few images presented to fans during the game’s protracted development period, that moment fueled years of the fan speculation, with many theorizing about the source and significance of that light and that arm….

What is happening, Zelda fans?! Let us kick off another Caption Contest before we all get caught up in the holiday weekend frenzy. I hope you all found a chance to check out the 2023 edition of Best Zelda Ever, where the best and brightest at Zelda Dungeon ranked every single Zelda game from worst to best. There were upsets, there were surprises, and a certain new title known as Tears of the Kingdom made a historic debut on the…

For all the praise and accolades showered on Tears of the Kingdom this year, one can’t ignore the clamor, from at least a portion of fans, for a more traditional Zelda experience in the vein of Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time. The “open-air” formula of both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom has certainly been a winning one for Nintendo, but — whether due to dissatisfaction with those games, feelings of nostalgia, or something…