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It’s no secret that emulation has been rampant online for years. There are countless emulators available to help users enjoy video games on nonnative hardware. For some, this is welcomed as it further aims to preserve video games. At the same time, others have found emulation to be rather damaging. For instance, Nintendo had recently filed a lawsuit against the creator of Yuzu, an emulator made to allow users to play unofficial Nintendo Switch games.

While many see Nintendo as a “family-friendly” gaming company, and they are in many respects, they have never been afraid to go after people who try and steal from them in various ways. Over the many decades of their success, The Big N has gone after hackers, hardware IP thieves, and all sorts of projects that “infringe” on their properties. For example, if you were to try to do a crowdfunding project for a fan film about a property they own, They would have it taken down, and we’ve seen that happen in the past! Today, they announced another lawsuit coming, this time after the Yuzu Emulator for Switch.

Nintendo is suing the makers of Yuzu, an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, according to a lawsuit filed in Rhode Island court on Monday. Game File reporter Stephen Totilo first reported the suit.

Nintendo of America has filed a lawsuit against Tropic Haze, the creator of popular Switch emulator Yuzu.

Nintendo has a very deserved reputation for going after anything it deems a threat to its business and IP with a mountain of legal challenges. It's shut down countless fan-made projects, ruined a hacker's life, and it's constantly fighting a losing battle against emulation and piracy. Its latest efforts on that front now have its sights squared solely on the popular Switch emulator Yuzu.

Sony's PlayStation Portal has been hacked to allow running the PPSSPP emulator, as revealed on Twitter by Andy Nguyen. PPSSPP, as some of you may be aware, is a free and open source PlayStation Portable (PSP) emulator available on most platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows PC, macOS, Linux, Nintendo WiiU and Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series S and X, and more.

A new Yuzu build released today expands on a feature recently introduced in the emulator to give users additional VRAM management options for better performance in games.

A new build of the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator released today promises to bring significant improvement in several titles, including those that received higher resolution mods like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Yuzu Switch Frame Generation support has been added to the latest builds of the popular Switch PC emulator, allowing for smoother gameplay.

The Yuzu Progress report December 2023 is out! If you’ve only casually followed the ongoing development of this multi-platform Nintendo Switch emulator, don’t worry! We’ve put together a rundown of all the most interesting developments in the Yuzu Emulator Progress Report.

The Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator was recently improved with some new features that improve the experience in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and several other titles.

The developer of the popular Game Boy emulator, Pizza Boy, has announced that it’s working on a brand new emulator, this time tackling the Nintendo DS.

The popular Nintendo DS emulator, NooDs, is now available on Google Play. It’s not free like the original release, but is a heck of a lot more convenient for only $1.

A new Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator Mainline Build is now available for download, bringing performance and emulation improvements for several high-profile titles like Super Mario Odyssey, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, and others.

New Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator builds that were shared online today promise to bring emulation improvements as well as widespread performance enhancements across several titles.

With the frankly flabbergasting PS Plus price increases announced overnight, Sony is in need of a win for its subscriptions – and a big one at that! One way it could curry favour with long-time members is by upgrading its PS2 emulator, allowing it to bring back classics from the early noughties alongside the PS1 and PSP titles it’s been adding as a PS Plus Premium perk.

A new Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator mainline build is now live, introducing emulation improvements for PlatinumGames' Bayonetta 3, which include better and more accurate visuals as well as better stability for select GPUs.

A new Yuzu Early Access build that was released online this week introduces massive performance improvements for one of the best Nintendo Switch exclusives ever released.

New Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator builds that were released online in the past few days introduce performance and emulation improvements for select titles, such as Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Red Dead Redemption.

The upcoming PS4 emulator from the team behind the popular RPCS3, RPCSX, has been updated to support audio and gamepads.

It’s always nice to see a positive Android gaming emulation story, and we have a solid one for you today. The much-loved SkyEmu emulator, which previously specialised in Game Boy/Color/Advance emulation, is now available on Android.

RPCSX, the upcoming PS4 emulator from the team behind the popular RPCS3 PS3 emulator, can already successfully run its first PS4 title.

A new Yuzu Early Access build that was made available earlier this week introduces some welcome emulation improvements for a variety of high-profile titles such as Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and 3, and Metroid Prime Remastered, as well as performance improvements.

Rumors of a Bloodborne remaster also coming to PC have been circulating online for a good while, but nothing has been confirmed so far. However, PC-only players may still get the chance to play the action RPG developed by FromSoftware on their gaming machines in the future, thanks to the PlayStation 4 emulator RPCSX, which reached an important milestone this week.

An enterprising developer is working on reviving a lost piece of gaming history. A YouTuber using the handle Tuxality has posted a video (via GamesRadar) showing early work on an emulator that can play the games from an obscure rival to the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 that only launched in two countries.

We still don't know a huge amount of information about PlayStation's Project Q, its upcoming handheld and remote gaming device, despite a projected release for later this year. 

Dolphin, the GameCube emulator, will no longer be released on Steam.

Emulators are bountiful online. Plenty of these retro consoles get picked up, with fans seeking out the secrets inside. How a game console is engineered, and the software that makes them tick is crucial for ensuring a solid emulation experience. But the end result is the ability to play some of the past favorite games that can be nearly impossible to enjoy on modern platforms. We’ve seen games in the past that are lost to time with no means of enjoying them today officially. That’s where game preservation and emulation come into play. But as we move onto modern platforms, you might be surprised that work is already being put into a PlayStation 4 emulator.

Plans for a Steam release of the Dolphin emulator, software that lets users play Nintendo GameCube and Wii games on a PC, have been scrapped, its creators say. Developers backed off a plan announced in March to bring Dolphin to Steam after discussions between Nintendo and Valve put the emulator’s creators in an “impossible” situation: Getting approval from Nintendo to release their emulator through Steam.

By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

Six weeks after GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin was removed from Steam due to a letter from Nintendo claiming it «violates Nintendo’s intellectual property rights,» the emulator's developers have issued a detailed response on the Dolphin blog. The response, with input from legal counsel, announces that the Dolphin team will not be re-attempting to launch the emulator on Steam. «We are abandoning our efforts to release Dolphin on Steam,» the post states. «Valve ultimately runs the store and can set any condition they wish for software to appear on it… given Nintendo's long-held stance on emulation, we find Valve's requirement for us to get approval from Nintendo for a Steam release to be impossible.»

The Dolphin Emulator, the software that lets you play old Wii and GameCube games, isn’t coming to Steam after all. The developers published a blog post today explaining how the fumbled launch went down — and why they still believe they were in the right legally. In short, Nintendo’s lawyers didn’t want it on Steam, and Valve wasn’t about to take a stand in a potential showdown with a fellow gaming behemoth.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is no longer coming to Steam.

After a whole lot of speculation from armchair lawyers following Dolphin's removal from Steam, the developers behind the popular GameCube and Wii emulator say "we do not believe that Dolphin is in any legal danger."

The GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin will no longer come to Steam. Back in March, it was announced that the long-running emulator would get a surprise release on the storefront, but that was soon “indefinitely postponed” due to legal troubles with Nintendo and Valve. Now the team have cleared up the situation and are “abandoning” their efforts completely.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is no longer coming to Steam, as the team behind it is «abandoning» its efforts.

Emulation has been around for ages and is highly popular on the PC platform. Of course, now we have seen emulators launch on dedicated handhelds, even some consumers getting them to work on modern console platforms. However, emulation has been a bit of a tricky gray area to handle. For instance, Nintendo has had a problem with emulation and was quick to take down website hosts that featured Nintendo ROMs. As a result, we wondered whether the beloved Dolphin emulator would launch into the Steam digital marketplace.