Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel gets official name, May 2023 release date
by Kyle Orland from Ars Technica - All content on (#63K30)
Enlarge / BotW, meet TotK.
The next game in the Legend of Zelda series is called Tears of the Kingdom and will hit the Switch on May 12, 2023, Nintendo announced today during a livestreamed Nintendo Direct presentation.
It has been over three years since Nintendo first announced the follow-up to Breath of the Wild and over a year since we saw the first gameplay footage for the title.
A brief teaser shown during this morning's Nintendo Direct presentation didn't provide much detail that wasn't apparent in that previous showing, but it did put a lot of focus on Link falling through the sky and gliding through the air. The game seems to mimic the open-world, climbing-heavy gameplay of its predecessor.