The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: All details
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the most celebrated games of the last generation, an instant open-world classic that's having a major influence on game design years later.
It feels miraculous to play through, giving the player a level of freedom, and a lack of overbearing guidance, which is entirely rare in the genre, while telling a classic Zelda tale through flashbacks. The good news is that it's getting a direct sequel in the form of Tears of the Kingdom, and we've got all the key details right here.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will release on 12 May 2023, as announced in a Nintendo Direct in September 2022.
This is a date that took a while to firm up after Nintendo initially announced that it was aiming for 2022, a window that was updated to a vague Spring 2023 target later.
The most recent trailer that Nintendo dropped for Tears of the Kingdom came during a Direct in February 2022, and had our first proper look at gameplay for the game.
Nintendo had confirmed the title of Tears of the Kingdom in September 2022 with a trailer that you can see further down, as well as giving us a release date.
For a good few years, we didn't know the name of the game, with it being referred to as simply as a sequel to Breath of the Wild, but thankfully those days are over.
Although these are hugely welcome details, we still think that we'll likely get a closer look at gameplay from Tears of the Kingdom at some point in the next few months, as it's still pretty mysterious.
Having given us nothing on it for two years, Nintendo showed the game off at E3 in 2021. The trailer is a great watch, too, with loads of small moments to digest and new gameplay mechanics glimpsed.
The only other look we've had at the
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