Category: Zelda News

Since May 12th, I have been glued to my television screen playing Tears of the Kingdom practically non-stop. I am in complete awe of this game — it’s scope is beyond anything I ever dreamed of, as The Sky and The Depths add more new content than I thought they would. Even The Surface, with its caves, wells, and the ramifications of the falling Sky islands and the newly formed Chasms have transformed the landscape we are so familiar with,…

When one decides to work in journalism, there is often an unspoken commitment that one should be dedicated to reporting the truth of any given situation. The modern age of the internet has made reaching the truth of a situation all the more difficult however. Within that difficulty, there are quite a number of reporters who have sacrificed that commitment in the name of creating more and more sensational headlines from unclear situations. The realm of Zelda news is in…

Vancouver-based gaming developer Brace Yourself Games has confirmed that their company has laid off a portion of its employees. The gaming company became popular in 2015 with the release of Crypt of the NecroDancer, and they later developed the popular rhythm game based upon The Legend of Zelda, Cadence of Hyrule, that released Summer of 2019. The layoffs were initially reported by Game Developer, which cited tweets by a former employee that the layoffs effected half of the company’s workforce….

Having already sold over 10 million units worldwide, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is shattering sales records all across the world! Keeping in line with the game’s success in other parts of the world, Tears of the Kingdom has officially landed among the Top 10 best video game launches of all time in Japan. With an estimated 2.24 million units sold at launch in the country, as reported by Game Data Library, Tears of the Kingdom now…

Tears of the Kingdom released earlier this month to critical acclaim, boasting over 10 million copies sold worldwide in its first three days and becoming the fastest-selling game in the history of the Legend of Zelda series. It’s the definition of a successful title. However, in an interview for The Washington Post, series producer Eiji Aonuma admitted that Nintendo had some concerns over fans’ enthusiasm following the game’s second trailer which was shown back in February 2023.  People had not…

Tabletop RPG web series Critical Role will debut a one-shot campaign based on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Tuesday, May 30th at 7 PM Pacific Time, on their Twitch channel here and YouTube channel here. Voice Actor Matthew Mercer, who plays Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom, will serve as the Game Master, and he will be joined by five other players, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Robbie Daymond, Omar Najam, and Emily Axford. Nintendo of America is…

When Nintendo first announced “The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” way back in 2019, we asked ourselves a lot of different questions. Would this new game use the same map as Breath of the Wild? What new features would it bring to the table? Would it be darker than its predecessor à la Majora’s Mask? Well, now that the game now known as Tears of the Kingdom has hit store shelves, many of these questions…

The Legend of Zelda franchise has evolved extensively over the past 37 years. From its 8-bit beginnings with The Legend of Zelda, to the adoption of a third dimension with Ocarina of Time, to a full embrace of player freedom with Breath of the Wild, the series has continually reinvented itself and found new ways to stay relevant within our ever-changing world. Tears of the Kingdom carries on this tradition, with the game offering a sandbox of possibilities so immense…

It hasn’t even been a week since its launch, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is already the franchise’s fastest-selling game in history. Having already sold ten million copies worldwide, as announced by Nintendo, Tears of the Kingdom is officially the second best-selling Zelda game ever, surpassing Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess within days of its release. Breath of the Wild still remains at the top of the list with 29.81 million units sold since its release…

You can now wear your love for the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with new shirts from Hot Topic! Hot Topic carries a lot of pop culture, movies, television, and gaming items. It’s no surprise that the retail chain would be supplying t-shirts featuring characters, elements, and logos from Tears of the Kingdom. Hot Topic regularly runs online sales, so if you’re hoping to snag a shirt at a lower price, then you’re in luck. At the time…