Nintendo UK Won’t Livestream Tomorrow’s Direct ‘As a Mark of Respect’ for the Late Queen [IGN]

In the UK, the newly announced Nintendo Direct tomorrow will, unlike other regions, not be streamed out of respect for the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Announced in a tweet (below), the Nintendo Direct will instead be uploaded as an on-demand video one hour after it is streamed in other regions. This doesn’t stop people in the UK from watching the stream, of course, as Nintendo’s main YouTube channel and accounts in other regions will still host the Direct live as normal. There are occasionally small differences between regional versions of Directs, but rarely major ones between the US and UK.

As a mark of respect during this period of national mourning, we will not livestream tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct. It will be published as a video-on-demand on our YouTube channel at 16:00 (UK time) tomorrow.

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) September 12, 2022

“As a mark of respect during this period of national mourning, we will not livestream tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct,” Nintendo UK said. “It will be published as a video on demand on our YouTube channel at 16:00 (UK time) tomorrow.”

Various members of the games and entertainment industries, both in the UK and beyond, paid respect to the late monarch on social media following the news of her death last week. Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption developer Rockstar Games, Team17, and Sumo Group were amongst those who made tributes.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.