Nintendo Direct confirmed for June 9, GTA size rumours & more | Gaming News LIVE

Nintendo Direct has been announced for June 9, airing at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. It is set to last 50 minutes, and have a 95-minute Nintendo Treehouse segment too.

This is despite us joining speculation about a delay to maintenance, potentially implying it would be June 11. This will be the first Direct of the year, and the first one of its kind since last September.

Here’s what we covered as and when it happened. We’ll be back tomorrow morning with more from the wonderful world of gaming.

Key events:

• GTA 6 file length could weigh in at around 200GB
• Over 500 people aren’t working super hard with Professor Simulator
• YA YA YA YA YA – Crazy Taxi Trailer plants an earworm
• Retro gaming news: Commodore and Amiga making friends again
• Fable pre-orders go live post XBOX Games Showcase (and you can see the editions here)
• Halo: Campaign Evolved is gatekeeping the digital manual
• Lego Batman has a very cool Easter Egg
• Nintendo fined €35 million for misleading customers
• Nintendo Direct announced for June 9th.

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• Guild Wars 3 is officially announced with a Fall 2027 beta
• Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake is officially confirmed with a 2027 release window

Authored by Ollie Ring

Ollie has worked across video games, esports, and gambling for more than ten years, including consultancy work in the gambling industry. His bylines include BBC, Red Bull Gaming, Esports Insider, CasinoBeats, PC Gamer, Green Man Gaming, and Esprouts, his Substack on the overlap between games and gambling. Whereas he once enjoyed the chaos of PvP and running six WoW Classic accounts to min-max every aspect of his gaming life, Ollie now enjoys a tycoon or management game with far less pressure (and people) involved.

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