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The Mainz 05 defender has missed his side’s last three games while Leicester City’s powerhouse Wilfred Ndidi is currently struggling with a hamstring injury and Torino’s midfielder Joel Obi is also in a race to be fit for the showpiece. Nigeria will have to navigate their way past Argentina, Croatia and Iceland in Group D as they hope to surpass their previous performances in the tournament. And the former Werder Bremen man is confident that Gernot Rohr’s men have the ability to do well in the tourney provided they stay clear of injury....

“Much like the players we design for, we’re constantly pushing the parameters of what’s possible. We are relentless innovators.” – Nathan VanHook, Senior Design Director for Nike Football Footwear Nike’s design team focused on making Hypervenom II the definitive boot for deadly agility. “We started very simply, with members of our team wearing white socks and spray painting them while their feet were flexed in various football-specific movements," says Phil Woodman, Nike Football Footwear Designer....

Speaking to news agency Ria Novosti earlier this week, Mazepin said: Nikita Mazepin made his F1 debut with Haas last season alongside his former F2 rival Mick Schumacher. The Russian was originally set to race with the team for at least another season. Haas, however, severed ties with Mazepin earlier this year along with their title sponsor Uralkali following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mazepin, along with his oligarch father Dmitry Mazepin, has been placed under the sanctions list of various European countries since March....

The reigning MVP continues his somehow under-the-radar charge for the award in 2021-22, posting absurd line after absurd line for the Nuggets. Against the Clippers on Sunday, Jokic tallied 26 points, 22 rebounds, eight assists, two steals and two blocks, leading the Nuggets to a 103-100 win. The performance marked his second consecutive 20-point, 20-rebound game after he put up 29 points and 21 rebounds against the Hornets nights earlier....

In one of his recent Twitch streams, Ninja talked about having to pay about half of his income in taxes. Ninja gave the example of someone who made $50 million in a year, and how about $25 million of that would immediately be gone in taxes. While Ninja said “it blows” for that to happen, some have misrepresented what exactly he said. Ninja isn’t necessarily complaining about the amount he pays in taxes, but that there are billionaires and corporations that get by with paying less than he has to pay....

In a CNN report about how much money gaming streamers are making, Justin Warden, CEO of Ader, an agency that works with Ninja, said that Mixer is paying the streamer between $20-30 million for the deal. Loaded, another agency that works with Ninja, declined to comment on the numbers and Mixer also wouldn’t confirm how much it’s paying Ninja to stream games like Fortnite. However, Warden said that he has “direct knowledge of the deal” and as CEO of a company that works with Ninja, is likely to have his figures right....

There appears to be a correlation between the popularity of Ninja’s livestreams and games he chooses to play. The famous streamer’s average viewership during the month of July 2021 has dipped to 3,600. However, his most successful streams came when playing Fortnite, as he managed to raise his average view count to over 10,000 the two times he booted up the Battle Royale. Interestingly, Ninja has played the almost 20 year old Final Fantasy 11 more than any other game in July with 70 hours streamed....

E3 is perhaps the most widely known gaming trade event in the world with gamers around the world gathering around their screens every summer to see what they can expect from major publishers and console manufacturers. However, the event and its organizers, the ESA, have faced some significant difficulties in recent years, a major example being Sony dropping out of E3 starting in 2019. These issues were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic which led to the cancelation of E3 2020 just a few months before it was set to begin....

Known as the Nintendo 64 Switch controller, this gaming pad aims to deliver nostalgic fans a more authentic retro gaming experience. The controller features the same unmistakable look as the original N64 controller while updating the design with more modern features, such as wireless connectivity and improved rumble functionality. While the Switch peripheral was released in October, the stock for the N64 controller has already sold out. Unfortunately, it seems the prospects of finding one of these controllers look rather grim for the foreseeable future....

Video footages reveal that the ramp jump distances have gone for a hike and the momentum will now permit gamers to swish around corners on rough surfaces. With the 200 cc mark, racers will now also be able to take a complete jump over an arch on the last third on the track. However, not just speed, this calls for gamers to have more focus and better practice with the break....

Unlike with Sony’s ongoing Black Friday event (which is accessible on the publisher’s website and via the PlayStation Store), you won’t actually be able to purchase any of these discounted items from Nintendo directly. Each of the discounts will last until November 27, or until the stocks have been totally depleted. To help you decide if you want to take advantage of any of these official Black Friday deals, Newsweek has compiled a breakdown of everything that is currently on offer....

This change only affects the EMEA market for now, and it will not affect the sale of DLC and non-Nintendo games running on its hardware, nor will it prevent customers from purchasing eShop funds via gift cards. Customers in other places, such as North America, can still acquire slightly cheaper titles via 3rd party retailers like Best Buy and Newegg. How long that will be the case remains to be seen....

Some of the big individual game announcements Nintendo has made have included the Paper Mario: The Origami King reveal as well as the recent announcement of Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Nintendo making these announcements outside of a Nintendo Direct may indicate that the company has much bigger plans for its next Direct, or it could be a sign that Nintendo has no plans for any Direct presentations in the near future....

Nintendo has shown a commitment to bringing the best indie titles to the Switch, dating back to its first “Nindies Showcase” in February 2017. Nintendo rebranded the program to align with its Japanese “Indie World Showcase” in 2019, but the mission has remained the same. The commitment has proven beneficial to both the company and gamers, as Nintendo has made a majority of the year’s most acclaimed titles available on the Switch....

Nintendo is no stranger to having cameos and making references to other characters in its games. The Legend of Zelda series frequently makes references to various Mario characters throughout the series’ history and can be found as early as the very first Zelda game. RELATED: Nintendo Leaks Reveal Strange Star Fox Details However, the cameo that was unearthed from the F-Zero X data by Twitter user @Zeether77 was not that of another Nintendo property....

Nintendo has always had a penchant for surprising the gaming community with weird and innovative concepts, with a decidedly mixed success rate. When they hit, they hit hard such as the success of unconventional consoles like Switch or the Wii, each of which spearheaded its own revolution in hybrid gaming and motion controls respectively. Nintendo has also had a few high profiles misses including the Wii U or, even more disastrously, the infamous Virtual Boy....

However, as revealed in a recent Nintendo financial call, no such price cut will take place. Instead the company plans to bolster gamer interest with exciting new software and platform updates. In the simplest of terms: Nintendo will not be cutting the price of the Wii U any time soon, but there will be new games. One of the main driving factors behind Nintendo’s decision not to cut the price of the Wii U is their belief that they have failed to fully “communicate the value of [their] product....

The debate started back in July, when the Pokemon Co. had announced plans to release an official Pokemon app for the iOS and Android devices. While the announcement boosted stockholders shares, the dream (and shares) was short-lived as Nintendo firmly said that they were only interested in developing software for their personal hardware. Sentiment after the retraction wasn’t well received. After the poor financial showing, investors are calling for the company to make use of their staggering $10 billion in sales reserves....

[HTML1] As one of the most popular franchises currently at Nintendo’s disposal, Super Smash Bros. has been doing very well for the company. Featuring an all-star cast of gaming characters is the main contributing factor to the appeal, and the Big N knows this. That’s why it announced plans to flesh out the games’ existing roster with additional downloadable fighters in the near future. What’s followed since that announcement has been problematic to say the least, as two combatants have since been leaked prior to their official reveal....

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening remaster takes the GameBoy era classic and gives it a whole new modern coat of paint. It marks the first proper Zelda game to release on Switch since Breath of the Wild and the first to launch after the release of the excellent Super Mario Maker 2 earlier this year. Nintendo has taken that opportunity to run with the “remake” idea by reimagining Zelda in Mario Maker 2....