{"id":43421,"date":"2025-01-30T10:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T01:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43421"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T02:08:00","slug":"tokyo-xtreme-racer-resolves-legal-issues-blocking-it-from-releasing-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tokyo-xtreme-racer-resolves-legal-issues-blocking-it-from-releasing-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Xtreme Racer resolves legal issues blocking it from releasing in Canada\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Genki announced on January 30 that Tokyo Xtreme Racer<\/strong> has been cleared for release in Canada. The developers are working with Steam to get the game live as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For context, Tokyo Xtreme Racer started its Early Access on January 23, bringing back the beloved franchise for the first time in 18 years. The release was met with an overwhelmingly positive response<\/a> all over the world, except for Canada \u2013 where players were met with a nasty \u201cnot available in your region\u201d message. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tokyo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Genki quickly followed up on the situation<\/a>, explaining that there was a legal issue preventing the game from releasing in Canada. At the time, the developer didn\u2019t go into detail about the nature of the dispute, only clarifying that it was not related to car manufacturers or car part manufacturers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, users were quick to put two and two together, realizing that the problem must revolve around the ownership of the trademark \u201cTokyo Xtreme Racer.\u201d In Canada, the name belonged to publisher Throwback Entertainment, who bought out its previous owner Crave Entertainment (the former US publisher of the TXR series). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tokyo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This hypothesis was confirmed through the Canadian trademark database, which showed that there was an ongoing case to transfer ownership of the trademark<\/a> from Throwback to Genki. In their latest update<\/a>, Genki thanked Throwback Entertainment for their cooperation in getting the issue resolved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tokyo Xtreme Racer is currently available in Early Access on PC (Steam<\/a>).\u00a0The title will be coming to Canada shortly.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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