Nintendo has been investigating reports that female testers have faced the threat of harassment

San Francisco, Aug 19 : Nintendo America has launched an investigation in response to claims that female game testers were subject to sexual discrimination and harassment.

He stated that "we are and will continue to look into any accusations we learn of and are actively investigating these recent allegations".The message was shared on Nintendos internal SharePoint account.

(Kotaku has confirmed the authenticity of the message with two other active Nintendo employees) According to the report.In the text message, Bowser reassured current employees that Nintendo took seriously the accusations "We have strict policies in place to safeguard our employees and associates from improper behavior and expect full compliance with these policies from everyone who works with us or with us," Doug was quoted as saying "We have and will continue to look into any accusations we learn of and are currently investigating the most recent allegations," he added.

The message of Bowser was published in the same day Kotaku published an investigative story on female employees who been subject to sexual harassment when they were playing as game testers in Nintendo of Americas Redmond, Washington headquarters.vc/ .