Have you always dreamed of being an engineer pulling on the horn and crying out, “all aboard the Spirit Train!” to your heart’s content? Of course you have. Word is traveling fast in the online community that a Spirit Tracks based attraction may be in the works at none other than Universal Studio’s Nintendo World.…
The newest lineup in the Zelda franchise wins two more awards at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2023 held last week during the Game Developers Conference in New York City. This time around, Tears of the Kingdom wins the Innovation and Best Technology Awards for the game’s remarkable ingenuity in game design. These impressive rewards…
Tears of the Kingdom has been out for almost a year now. Released last May, it is arguably one of the best Zeldas ever created, and some of the most fun you will ever have in the land of Hyrule. While there are different types of players when it comes to this game, such as…
The Zelda development team takes home several well-deserved wins on home soil at the 2023 Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards and CEDEC Awards 2023 in Japan. Facing stiff competition from Street Fighter VI, Final Fantasy XVI, Armored Core VI, and Resident Evil 4, Tears of the Kingdom was crowned Game of the Year and Best Adventure…
The nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’s Game Awards 2024 are announced, and Tears of the Kingdom gets another chance at snagging more awards under its belt. The Hero of the Wild’s latest adventure in Hyrule has received seven award nominations which include categories for Game Design, Music, Audio Achievement, Narrative,…
Last week Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit in Rhode Island against Tropic Haze, the company behind their popular emulator products Yuzu and Citra. In the suit, NoA claimed that Yuzu was chiefly responsible for the massive leak of Tears of the Kingdom a week and a half before its launch on May 12, 2023.…
The Nintendo ninjas have thrown their strike. On February 26, 2024, Nintendo of America (Nintendo) filed a lawsuit against defendant Tropic Haze LLC. in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island. Tropic Haze is a limited liability company who is responsible for inventing Yuzu, a popular open source emulator for the Nintendo Switch. In tech…
Last night on February 15, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences partnered with IGN to livestream the 27th Annual D.I.C.E Awards in Las Vegas, NV. The hard work and creativity of hundreds of people in the game industry were celebrated while the Awards show announced 2023’s winning game titles for various categories. This year…
The GDC (Game Developers Conference) 2024 is looking to be a promising one. This year’s event, which takes place from March 18th through March 22nd, will be hosting some exciting talks on two of the most critically acclaimed games of last year, Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Here is a preview…
2024 is already turning out to be one of promise and intrigue. With the possibility of a rumored Nintendo Switch successor on the horizon, many are hoping to see some amazing new games and the possibility of older Nintendo classics getting remakes. Last year, players were given two phenomenal remakes in the form of Metroid…
As detailed in the latest Nintendo earning’s report, Tears of the Kingdom has officially sold more than 20 million copies worldwide dating to December 31st, 2023. It’s the second 3D Legend of Zelda entry in a row to hit that sales milestone, proving for the umpteenth time that the Era of the Wilds formula is…
Nintendo fans have much to look forward to this weekend. A special all-new Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert will soon be broadcasted online on Nintendo of America’s YouTube Channel on February 9, 2024 at 5AM PT / 8AM ET, followed by a Splatoon 3 Concert broadcasted the same time and place on February 10. Both…
Yahaha! You found… Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto? No, this not a Korok. It’s not an internet joke, either. Last week a video reel from Instagram made its rounds across the internet from Universal Studios Japan. The video included screenshots of Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma in hard hats standing side by side. They were…
Nintendo announced that as of April 8th, 2024 at 4PM PDT, online services for the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS will no longer exist. This means any downloads from the Nintendo eShops for new software or many games that support online functionality on those platforms will no longer be available. Also, things such as…
Whether you have grown up with the nostalgic sights and sounds of video games or have casually hummed to their catchy tunes from time to time watching your family or friends play, you probably have this person to thank: Koji Kondo. This fine gentleman was one of the first individuals to master 8-bit music long…
