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According to Politico, Democratic senator Maria Cantwell made the assertion on Thursday during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee. She urged US trade representative Katherine Tai to bring up the matter with Japan during trade negotiations. Cantwell’s claim was supported by two letters – one from four Republican members of Congress, the other from six Democrats – which also ...

A GameStop worker has speculated that today could see the official unveiling of the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Switch OLED. Nintendo will be streaming a presentation today at 7 a.m. PT (3 p.m. BST) that will show off 10 minutes of new Tears of the Kingdom gameplay. It may also, according to Reddit user SecretSantaSeven, officially announce ...

Japan’s competition regulator has concluded that it has no issue with Microsoft‘s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and will not be blocking the deal. The Japan Fair Trade Commission has published a statement in which it says it has “reviewed the transaction and reached the conclusion that [it] is unlikely to result in substantially restraining competition in any particular fields ...

The software will also support the Steam Deck, its developer says. Dolphin, the Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulator, is getting a Steam release. The emulator, which has seen consistent development since its 2003 debut and will soon be available on Valve’s digital storefront, now has a Steam page. The emulator’s developer OatmealDome stated on Twitter: “We’ll release in Early Access ...

Although the Switch version of the online free-to-play battle royale Apex Legends wasn’t published until 2021, the overall goal is to keep the franchise going for a very long time. The game’s director, Steven Ferreira, stated that the team was in it for the “long haul” and hoped to maintain the IP for at least 15 years in an interview ...

Nintendo decided it would be wise to make the Explorer’s Guide for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild available for download since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is set to release on May 12, 2023. The guide, which came with the “Explorer’s Edition” at first, is basically a fancy instruction manual for a game that ...

Kingdom Eighties: Summer of Greed is the most recent game in the Kingdom series of small-scale strategy games.Publisher Raw Fury has confirmed that the game will launch on consoles in 2023, including the Switch, as promised last year. Kingdom Eighties was made by Fury Studios, and it is very different from the other Kingdom games.Kingdom Eighties is a stand-alone game ...

OrionSoft, a lone game developer, has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a brand-new Game Boy Advance title. The game, titled “Alice Sisters,” is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter to make it available on the GBA, PS1, and Atari Falcon 030 in addition to the SEGA Megadrive / Genesis and Dreamcast platforms, where it is already available. The ...

Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories, which looks cute, will be released on the Nintendo Switch on April 6, 2023 by XSEED Games.This game appears to be a long-lost Game Boy title. Your journey takes place in Hog Town, a little, cozy community where melons are illegal—yes, melons — and was created by Froach Club as a follow-up to its 2012 itch.io ...

To mark the release of Metroid Prime Remastered, the US My Nintendo website is giving away a big pin set. This set includes two rustless iron remastered lapel pins. These pins require 800 Platinum Points and a My Nintendo membership. Official description and image: “A set of two rustless-iron lapel pins inspired by the Metroid Prime Remastered game are available ...