The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Special Livestream Coming May 11

Nintendo is holding a pre-launch livestream on the evening that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom officially launches. The newest Nintendo Treehouse: Live will take place Thursday, May 11, starting at 6:45 PM PT / 9:45 PM ET.

This event will lead into the midnight launch of Tears of the Kingdom at the Nintendo NYC store. It will feature four segments, each featuring gameplay footage of Tears of the Kingdom. That's all Nintendo had to say about the Treehouse livestream.

Get ready Legend of Zelda fans! We will be hosting a special livestream leading up to the @NintendoNYC midnight launch of the Legend of #Zelda: #TearsOfTheKingdom.
Tune in on 5/11, starting at 6:45pm PT/9:45pm ET to watch Nintendo Treehouse: Live & more!https://t.co/jRT5Suqrjl pic.twitter.com/wrORKEonxv
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) May 5, 2023

Nintendo's Treehouse events are also historically known to include developer interviews, but whether or not any interviews will be part of this event is unknown.

Tears of the Kingdom releases May 12, but anyone who is buying it digitally from the eShop can start playing on May 11 at 9 PM PT / 12 AM ET on May 12.

Expectations are high for Tears of the Kingdom, both in terms of quality and commercial success. Predecessor Breath of the Wild was critically adored--it scored a 10/10 here at GameSpot--and has sold more than 29 million units, so the sequel has very large shoes to fill.