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Aspyr Media has announced the cancellation of the Restored Content expansion pack for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords for Nintendo Switch:

Given the incredible popularity of The Legend of Zelda and the loyalty of the Nintendo community, it's great to hear that Tears of the Kingdom has become the sixth best-selling boxed game in the UK - according to GamesIndustry.biz, physical sales of the game have now surpassed those of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for Switch and Ocarina of Time 3D for 3DS.

Nintendo has announced that Pac-Man 99 will leave the Switch Online subscription later this year. According to the company, the paid add-on, which contains three offline modes and a bunch of custom themes, will be available even after the game is deleted, but all online features, including the main Pac-Man 99 mode, will be retained.

Developer Digital and JW, Kitty, Jukio and Dom have released a port of Minit Fun Racer for the Nintendo Switch portable - the game costs $2.99. The peculiarity is that all the funds raised from the sale of the game will be donated to charity.

Dredge is an unforgettable hit in the fishing game genre last year. Its March release impressed players and critics alike with its uniqueness and cosiness. Dredge developer Black Salt Games intends to continue this success and has already shared its plans for 2023 via the PlayStation blog.

Despite the fact that the official release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a little over a week away, thanks to information leaked online, enthusiasts were able to launch the game on the Nintendo Switch emulator.

As with many Capcom games, Resident Evil Village had Denuvo pirate protection at its May 2021 release, but as with many Capcom games, this protection has been quietly removed.

On 26 April, the co-op PvE/PvP horror game Evil Dead, which is based on the film franchise of the same name, will receive a new edition of Game of The Year, as well as a new expansion pack.

Developer Steel Wolf Studios has released a trailer for Five Nights At Freddy's: Security Breach for Switch, thus confirming that the game will be released on Nintendo's handheld. The trailer itself did not stand out as something interesting - it is the same Security Breach as on PlayStation or PC, but the release date was not indicated there either. However, a video with several minutes of gameplay appeared on GameXplain's YouTube channel:

The third and final free Entitled Purge expansion for Citizen Sleeper will be released on 30 March. It promises to be "an exciting late-game story that will tell us a new narrative with new characters, history, and locations". Of course, the expansion will also complete the story started in Flux and Refuge, the previous expansion packs for the game. The premise of the Citizen Sleeper episodic expansion packs centres around a flotilla of refugees trying to gain access to Erlin's Eye.

Professor Layton returns to Nintendo consoles in the new Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and judging by the trailer released by Level 5, his faithful assistant Luke Triton is also back:

Doug Bowser, the president of Nintendo of America, recently gave an interview to the Associated Press, where, when asked about the potential successor to the Nintendo Switch, he said that the company still "feels optimistic" about the current generation of the Switch and suggested that it will not be abandoned in the near future.

In documents submitted by Microsoft to the UK's Office of Markets and Competition, the company described how it believes it will be able to launch Call of Duty games on Nintendo Switch.

The Booster Course Pass Wave 4 in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is due out this Thursday, 9 March, and Nintendo has provided a brief look at the long-awaited Yoshida's Island track

Nintendo has suspended the online features of Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon on Wii U due to a security vulnerability. On 2 March at 23:30 EEC, both games were taken offline and it is likely to take several days to fix the problem. Note that this did not affect the Nintendo Switch versions.