Indie composers from across the
industry have combined their musical talents to produce a Legend of
Zelda cover album in honor of the Hyrulian franchise's 25th
birthday. Produced by OverClocked ReMix (OC ReMix), the online haven for video game music fans, 25YEARLEGEND
is equipped with 18 tracks of chiptuney, classical,
remixed goodness. And best of all, it's free...
Dying to see Legend of Zelda music played live by a full orchestra? Well Nintendo just announced a new slate of dates for its Zelda concert series. Is your town one of the lucky few?

If you've been following the news much lately, you're no doubt aware of the 250,000 leaked government documents that have potentially revealed all sorts of confidential information, from Middle Eastern fears of a nuclear Iran to China allegedly calling North Korea a "spoiled child." Amidst these very serious claims, GamesRadar has obtained exclusive access to new cables that suggest the Mushroom Kingdom's ongoing pursuit of larger and more devastating power-up costumes may finally be worrying its neighbors.

Guinness World Records has released the results of its online poll asking gamers to decide who the all-time greatest game characters are. More than 13,000 people participated in the vote on Guinness's official website and it looks like nostalgia stole the show, with only two post-2000 characters making the top 10. Halo's Master Chief, who originally debuted in 2001, took the number three spot, while Kratos from God of War, first seen in 2005, placed ninth...
Nintendo is on track to report its
first ever annual loss come the end of its 2011 fiscal year.
Today, the company told press it expected to post losses of 20 billion yen
($264 million) by March 2012, marking a unenviable first for the
company since it began releasing its numbers back in 1981...
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Comics has announced a 10-issue box set collecting manga studio Akira
Himekawa's adaptations of the Legend of Zelda series. The set spans the
timeline from Link to the Past up until Phantom Hourglass, offering the best
way to catch up on the series' history short of negotiating any Water Temples,
formulating a position on Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, or anything else
relating to the actual playing of the games themselves...
Nintendo
has announced the next city to host its Legend of Zelda concert
series. The Symphony of the Goddesses tour, as the series' 2012 leg
will be entitled, will kick off in the home of AT&T, Dealey Plaza
and the NFL's richest team. That is to say, Dallas residents will be
eligible to hear their Symphony Orchestra play music from the Zelda
games come January of next year...
Now that basically all the big games of the year are out,
the customary thing to is brag about sales. Sony did it for Uncharted 3
and Activision with Modern Warfare 3,
but Nintendo held off until after the money party that is Black Friday to boast.
Today Nintendo exec Reggie Fils-Aime talked about Nintendo’s big November sales,
with Nintendo stalwarts Mario and Link leading the way..