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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.