Nintendo Direct announced for June 18 at 7 AM PT (www.resetera.com)

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"Join us for a #NintendoDirect livestream focused on #NintendoSwitch games coming in the second half of 2024! There will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during this presentation."

Set to be roughly 40 minutes long.

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[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Silksong has already had some kind of deal with Microsoft in place, so if it shows up on a platform holder's stream rather than their own thing, it's more likely they show up with Microsoft than Nintendo. Given that it got content rated already, it's still due for a release this year, so maybe we hear about it with Gamescom.

[-] simple@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Does it? The last time the game was shown was in a Nintendo event 5 years ago.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

No, it showed up at an Xbox showcase in 2022, where every game was going to be on Game Pass day 1 and releasing within 12 months, which would have meant the game would be out by June 2023. Silksong wasn't the only game that missed that 12 month window, but it showed that, at the time, they were confident that it was nearly done, and that they took a deal with Microsoft, because being on Game Pass day 1 means Microsoft offered them a huge bucket of money to make up for lost sales.