http://gamewizzard.com gamewizzard.com en Copyright (c) 2008-2026 5 Tue, 19 May 2026 10:51:16 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 10:51:16 +0000 gamewizzard.com http://gamewizzard.com http://gamewizzard.com/news/26/2324/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Encyclopedia-Unboxing.html Zelda Tue, 3 Jul 2018 21:54:00 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/26/2324/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Encyclopedia-Unboxing.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/1/10400/Unreal-Engine-brings-Legend-of-Zelda-boss-battles-to-VR.html Independent developer Aklar_45 used Unreal Engine 4 to recreate some of The Legend of Zelda's most memorable boss battles. The results are jaw-dropping.]]> Zelda Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:11:38 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/1/10400/Unreal-Engine-brings-Legend-of-Zelda-boss-battles-to-VR.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/35/8774/Tunic-hides-instruction-manual-pages-for-the-game-youre-playing-in-the-game-youre-playing.html
You'd be forgiven for missing Tunic's appearance during Microsoft's E3 2018 media briefing, sandwiched as it was between reveals for mega blockbusters such as Halo and Gears of War.
But this indie game, which one developer has spent over three years crafting, is certainly worth a closer look - and it's got one unique mechanic in particular I think is super cool.
At first glance, Tunic looks like Zelda viewed from an isometric perspective, except instead of playing as a young elf-like boy you play as a fox. There's more to the game than that, of course, but the influence of Nintendo's early Zelda games cannot be denied here. I mean, it's called Tunic, after all.
]]> Zelda Tue, 3 Jul 2018 02:05:44 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/35/8774/Tunic-hides-instruction-manual-pages-for-the-game-youre-playing-in-the-game-youre-playing.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/50/25930/20-Fascinating-Facts-About-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Series.html Zelda Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:29:33 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/50/25930/20-Fascinating-Facts-About-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Series.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/11/59876/Zelda-Ocarina-Of-Time-Queen-Gohma-Boss-Fight-remake-in-Unreal-Engine-4-available-for-download.html Zelda Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:38:51 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/11/59876/Zelda-Ocarina-Of-Time-Queen-Gohma-Boss-Fight-remake-in-Unreal-Engine-4-available-for-download.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/7/3907/UK-software-sales-Week-ending-6302018-–-SwitchWii-U3DS-charts.html This week's Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows: Switch 1. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Activision 2. Mario Tennis Aces - Nintendo 3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Nintendo 4. Super Mario Odyssey - Nintendo 5. Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo 6. Minecraft - Nintendo 7. Splatoon 2 - Nintendo 8. Wolfenstein II -...
]]> Zelda Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:29:13 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/7/3907/UK-software-sales-Week-ending-6302018-–-SwitchWii-U3DS-charts.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/10/8011/What-Do-Great-OpenWorld-Games-Have-in-Common.html Zelda Mon, 2 Jul 2018 03:36:57 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/10/8011/What-Do-Great-OpenWorld-Games-Have-in-Common.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/26/2308/Zelda-Breath-of-the-Wild-Travelers-Bow-and-Arrow-Replica-Unboxing.html Zelda Mon, 2 Jul 2018 01:52:04 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/26/2308/Zelda-Breath-of-the-Wild-Travelers-Bow-and-Arrow-Replica-Unboxing.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/1/10378/Astro’s-Upcoming-Breath-of-the-Wild-A10-Headset-is-a-Thing-of-Beauty.html
Astro Gaming and Nintendo are two of gaming’s biggest brands. It comes as no surprise the two companies would come together to create a unique peripheral that fans of both their products would ...]
]]> Zelda Sun, 1 Jul 2018 21:33:13 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/1/10378/Astro’s-Upcoming-Breath-of-the-Wild-A10-Headset-is-a-Thing-of-Beauty.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/10/8010/Deals-55-4K-LED-TV-Under-250-LEGO-Knightcrawler-Set-2799.html Zelda Sun, 1 Jul 2018 15:13:28 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/10/8010/Deals-55-4K-LED-TV-Under-250-LEGO-Knightcrawler-Set-2799.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/7/3904/Best-Buy-B1G1-50-off-select-3DS-games.html This week, Best Buy is holding a new sale on 3DS games. Over 30 titles are eligible for a buy 1, get 1 50% off sale. These games are all included: Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D Mario Kart 7 Super Smash Bros. Chibi-Robo: Zip-Lash + amiibo bundle Bravely Second: End Layer Dragon Quest VIII Nintendo Selects: Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D...
]]> Zelda Sun, 1 Jul 2018 15:00:44 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/7/3904/Best-Buy-B1G1-50-off-select-3DS-games.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/106/14422/SGDQ-2018-wraps-up-after-raising-21-million-for-charity.html After another inspiring and exciting week of speedrunning, Summer Games Done Quick 2018 concluded today in Minneapolis after hauling in more than $2.1 million in donations to Doctors Without Borders.
As ever, SGDQ’s speedrunners served up too many amazing moments to count, but a couple standouts included a Dustforce DX race between fishmcmuffins and Freshmaniac, a speedrun of Warcraft III’s Undead campaign, and Linkus7 showing off some new tricks he’s discovered in The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker HD. The event concluded with an exciting speedrun of Final Fantasy VI.
This year, more than 35,000 people donated a total of $2,123,885, for an average donation of $60.09, surpassing last year’s haul of $1,792,342. This is the first year SGDQ has hit the $2 million mark, and it's the most money the summer event has raised since it began in 2011.
Games Done Quick is about the best speedrunners, so here's our list of the .
This year’s SGDQ proceeds are again going to Doctors Without Borders, a non-governmental organization that began in France and works to help people in areas stricken by violent conflict or disease epidemics. Games Done Quick has also raised money for humanitarian organization CARE, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, AbleGamers Foundation, the Organization for Autism Research, and the Houston Food Bank in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
The next GDQ event will be Awesome Games Done Quick, which is scheduled for January 6-13 in Rockville, Maryland.]]> Zelda Sun, 1 Jul 2018 14:49:28 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/106/14422/SGDQ-2018-wraps-up-after-raising-21-million-for-charity.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/35/8749/Games-need-to-take-a-Minit-and-think-about-their-huge-worlds.html
Time limits are a much maligned bit of game design. A single level with a race against time is fine, Halo's final warthog run or Call of Duty Modern Warfare's desperate fight through a nuclear silo. But turn that into a whole game? People still argue over The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Dead Rising. The creeping pressure is quite the stress, and finding a balance that still pays off people's potentially lengthy investment should they fail to meet certain actions in time is evidently not easy. Minit's solution is right there in the name and it's magic.
Minit has a time limit, at the end of which you will die and lose your progress through the game's world. Some things are kept but you'll be starting from the last bed you slept in. What makes it work? You're only sent back a mere minute in time. That sharp focus and tiny scale turns the time limit from just an obstacle and into a way to actively encourage the player. 60 seconds isn't much to lose and so instead of a frustration, it's a prompt to do things better, quicker and smarter next time. It pushes you to really engage with the world because, when every second counts, you've got to find every shortcut, every exploit and get very good at taking out or avoiding enemies. That self-imposed limit means the designers have to fill every space, every single screen with things to do as players will return again and again. Density over vastness.
This mechanic highlights so many of the problems in other game worlds, especially open worlds. Some games are so big, and yet we engage with such a small percentage of their space in a meaningful way. When time isn't an obstacle, why not have miles and miles of samey fields? "More is better" is such a common characteristic of big budget titles and the result is big spaces, filled with repetitive content and scarcely anything memorable. Our interactions with so many gaming worlds is passive. Even when they're pretty enough to make us stop and snap a screenshot we're still not learning them or unravelling them. They just want to get us to the next item on a checklist.
]]> Zelda Sun, 1 Jul 2018 01:57:21 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/35/8749/Games-need-to-take-a-Minit-and-think-about-their-huge-worlds.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/102/6077/Up-to-41-off-Zelda-Splatoon-and-Fire-Emblem-Awakening-art-books.html Zelda Sat, 30 Jun 2018 00:34:32 +0000 http://gamewizzard.com/news/102/6077/Up-to-41-off-Zelda-Splatoon-and-Fire-Emblem-Awakening-art-books.html