At last month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), technical director Takuhiro Dohta, lead physics engineer Takahiro Takayama, and sound programmer Junya Osada, led a talk that gave gamers great insight into the accomplishment that was the development of Tears of the Kingdom. While most players of the game will readily admit that Tears felt like a…
With the new Ultrahand ability being introduced in Tears of the Kingdom, the Zelda player community sought to push the game to its limits by building the most complex and biggest creations they could think of. The most recent impressive creation comes from the player @saiotoko002 who managed to create the longest object in the…
The Depths Research department of the Zonai Survey Team has made a groundbreaking discovery about the source of the Upheaval event. From what we had previously known, the awakening of an ancient evil known as the Demon King Ganondorf was responsible for the Upheaval happening in Hyrule. But thanks to the discovery made by Josha,…
Now that the Upheaval has (somewhat) quieted down in Hyrule and Princess Zelda is found, the darling of Hyrule has already set new sights for rebuilding the Kingdom, and that vision includes a never-before-seen mechanical marvel — a network of moving machines called “trains.” These vehicles won’t need horses to move, but will actually move…
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…
He might Ascend through your shelf, too, if you’re not looking. The Good Smile Company’s high end Figma sculpture of Tears of the Kingdom Link is now open for preorders for customers in Japan and the United States. Figma enthusiasts are already excited about Link’s latest addition due to his meticulous detail and the remarkable…
Who knew this was the season for highly detailed figurines inspired from Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom? First up, a highly detailed figurine of the Sheikah Slate from Breath of the Wild by First 4 Figures has just opened for preorder for $499 USD. Customers who place a preorder will receive…
Well folks, get your wallets ready. Because if you are a fan of anything Zelda, then you will want to make sure you snag one of these Traveling Korok Plushes before they’re gone. Based on the adorable Koroks from the latest game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, these plushes bear their iconic…
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,…
For as long as we have had aesthetic equipment slots, we have had fashion sets in games. You may equip whatever buffs you need for the next fight, with no regard for how it looks; or you may have a favorite set you always wear, even to your detriment. Regardless of how you play, there…
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.…
During the event that came to be known as the Upheaval, Hyrule was dramatically changed. Not only did ancient islands become visible in the skies, and gaping chasms open up to the Depths below, but a large number of caves opened up all over Hyrule’s surface. Including the caves on the Great Sky Island, there…
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…
