Nintendo sues Palworld developer Pocketpair for alleged patent infringement
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company claim Pocketpair's hit game infringes on "multiple patents."
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Just as it looked like Palworld might escape Nintendo's gaze, the lawsuit has been filed: Nintendo is suing Pocketpair for patent infringement
The Pokémon-inspired survival game allegedly "infringes multiple patents".
Nintendo And The Pokémon Company Are Suing Palworld Developer
Remember back in January when The Pokémon Company said it planned to “investigate” monster-taming game Palworld for intellectual property rights infringement? Well, it looks like Pikachu and friends are officially filing a lawsuit against the game’s developer. Read more...
Grab One Of Shadow Of The Erdtree's Best Shields, Guarded By A Ghost
The Serpent Crest Shield is a Medium Shield added in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It’s an excellent choice for those seeking full physical blocking abilities without being weighed down by one of the game’s massive Greatshields. We highly recommend you snag when
Ara: History Untold looks a lot like Civilization until you realize there's no hexes: 'We're not playing a board game, we're actually trying to simulate some of what we see in real life'
Why grand strategy game Ara: History Untold swaps grids for irregularly-shaped regions.
Friendship restored with Steam: Valve has fixed the screenshot manager and all is right with the world
He Is Risen: Steam's "Show on Disk" feature is back.
Agatha All Along brews together WandaVision, Doctor Strange, and Darkhold lore
[Ed. note: This post contains end spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and WandaVision, and setup spoilers for Agatha All Along’s premiere episodes.] When Disney Plus’ new Marvel Cinematic Universe show Agatha All Along picks up the story WandaVision
Space Marine 2 devs will adjust Veteran difficulty to make it 'slightly more fair,' but they really don't want to do an FOV slider—and you can just forget about shoulder swapping
Focus Entertainment has shared an extensive Q&A about the future of Space Marine 2.
Wizard Class build guide for Dungeons & Dragons 5e 2024
Wizard is one of the 12 classes you can choose from in 2024’s revised Dungeon’s & Dragon’s Player’s Handbook (also known as One D&D, 5.5e, and a few other names). Wizards are (literally) by-the-book spellcasters, and their primary Ability is Intelligence. Before we get started,
Cleric Class build guide for Dungeons & Dragons 5e 2024
Cleric is one of the 12 classes you can choose from in 2024’s revised Dungeons & Dragon’s Player’s Handbook (also known as One D&D, 5.5e, and a few other names). Clerics are divine spellcasters, and their primary Ability is Wisdom. Before we get started, a quick disclaimer:
Where To Find Shadow Of The Erdtree's Heaviest Outfit, The Solitude Armor
The Solitude Armor Set in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is a hulking armor that not only looks cool but also provides you with some of the best damage negation around. This makes it an incredible choice for tanky builds looking to make the most of any excess
We Tried To Review Funko Fusion But It Softlocked On Us 21 Times
After finishing a frustrating boss fight in Funko Fusion against a never-ending stream of baddies in a grocery store, I was finally done with Hot Fuzz’s fourth level. I could move on. A cutscene played but the audio was missing. That happens a lot in this game. And then the
Space Marine 2 studio boss hopes for a 'reversion' to a time before games were 'imposing morals' on players
Saber Interactive won't confirm whether the CEO actually posted the comment in question, but he endorsed its message on LinkedIn.
Keylocker review
Turn-based rhythm JRPG Keylocker looks like a dream, but sounds more like a nightmare.
Avatar fans should check out Aang’s Destiny, the new deck-building game
Fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender should bend their attention toward a new board game that’s available for purchase. Aang’s Destiny from The Op Games is a cooperative deck-building title that sees up to four players (ages 10 and up) battling through the events of Aang’s story,
Grab 2024’s Most Ridiculous RPG While It’s On Sale
At the beginning of the year, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth launched a hell of an opening salvo. The latest installment in the long-running Like a Dragon/Yakuza series is comically full of things to do. On one hand, it’s a turn-based RPG epic, splitting its narrative between
In a rare triumph for videogame discourse, God of War Ragnarok will have a setting to reduce puzzle hints on PC
Mimir can buy the game if he wants to play so badly.
The Final Joker 2 Trailer Is Here
Joker 2, technically titled Joker: Folie à Deux, is just a couple of weeks away, and the final trailer has arrived to try and seal the deal for potential audience goers who are still on the fence about whether a “jukebox” musical is how they want to see the Batman villain’s
Humble’s $18 Warhammer 40K book bundle is the perfect chaser for Space Marine 2
If your time spent with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has left you thirsty for more lore surrounding the Warhammer 40K universe, Humble is happy to abide. You can get a bundle of 24 books recounting the deeds of some of the most venerated chapters of the Adeptus Astartes
Rogue Class build guide for Dungeons & Dragons 5e 2024
Rogue is one of the 12 classes you can choose from in Dungeons & Dragons 2024’s revised Player’s Handbook (previously known as One D&D, 5.5e, and a few other names). Rogues are sneakiness-focused characters, and their primary Ability is Dexterity. Before we get started, a quick
New Simpsons Halloween Short Will Team Up Sideshow Bob With Disney Villains
The latest Disney+ Simpsons short will see Sideshow Bob team up with iconic Disney villains to discover the “true” meaning of Halloween. Read more...
How a Twitch streamer helped bring NASA to the livestreaming community
The atmosphere of Halo’s arid planet Sanghelios or the science of Valorant’s Alpha Earth aren’t the only explorations of space you’ll find on Twitch. The livestreaming platform is best known as a hub for games like League of Legends, Valorant, or Minecraft, but today, it’s also
Square Enix confirms lower-than-expected Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 sales in newly public financial report: 'Profits unfortunately did not meet our expectations'
"We did not manage our title portfolio across the company as well as we could have."
With a Star Wars Jedi threequel coming, does this mean Cal Kestis… must die?
Fans of the Star Wars Jedi games, including yours truly, got some good news out of an EA investor relations presentation Tuesday about the future of the series. According to Video Games Chronicle, the company has a third game in the works, intended to be “the final chapter of
EA's Skate revival is riding into Early Access
Full Circle's free-to-play skateboarding sim is trying to court players early before getting a standard release typical of other EA games.
The Best Games Of 2024 (So Far)
We’re nine months through 2024 now, and this year has carried over two significant trends for the video game industry from 2023 into 2024: a lot of excellent games are coming out , and, unfortunately, the people who make them are suffering. We’ve gotten some fantastic new games
One Year Later, Lies Of P’s Gothic Fantasy Still Stuns
Ever since FromSoftware released the action RPG Demon Souls in 2009, the rest of the video game industry has been (lovingly) copying it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as the saying goes. Amongst a wealth of solid takes on the genre, last year’s dark fantasy title
Skyrim lead designer says it will be 'almost impossible' for Elder Scrolls 6 to meet fan expectations: 'Marketing departments just put their heads in their hands and weep'
Bruce Nesmith, who left Bethesda in 2021, knows a thing or two about rising expectations.
Long-Lost Vita Exclusive Will Get A Second Life On PS5 And Switch Over 10 Years Later
The PlayStation Vita didn’t have many standout exclusives, but the sci-fi action RPG Freedom Wars was one of them. The game by Japanese studio Dimps, Inc. about criminals forced to fight giant robots in a post-apocalyptic future seemed destined to be stranded on Sony’s
Kabam shuts down Disney Mirrorverse after 2.5 years
Disney's crossover action-RPG for iOS and Android goes offline (and ends its 'current chapter') on December 16.
Ubisoft's Call Of Duty-Like FPS Is 'Not Dying' And Is 'Doing Well,' Says Producer
XDefiant ’s executive producer Mark Rubin claims that the free-to-play FPS is “not dying” and, in fact, has Ubisoft’s full support following a previous report that claimed otherwise and suggested the shooter didn’t have long to turn things around. Read more...
Proletariat's Spellbreak lives on as a free, player-run game
The free-to-play magical shooter Spellbreak is back in action on PC, and with players getting the chance to keep it around.
Dan Da Dan’s creators were just as worried about doing the manga justice as you were
Dan Da Dan has the romance of the ages: Boy meets girl. Boy believes in aliens. Girl believes in ghosts. Boy goes to a haunted tunnel and has an occult encounter where he gets his penis stolen by a ghost named Turbo Granny. This absurd premise is the inspiration for the
Get a pair of Pokémon Squishmallows for their lowest price ever
Polygon loves Pokémon Squishmallows, and while some versions of the adorable, plush pocket monsters can be incredibly rare, right now, you can pick up two of our personal faves for their lowest price ever. For today only, Best Buy has discounted the 14-inch versions of
Square Enix: Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth 'did not meet our expectations'
Both Final Fantasy titles and Foamstars didn't meet the sales targets Square Enix set for them, and its entire HD games section operated at a loss.
Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs could support up to 10,000 MT/s DDR5 CUDIMM RAM, but that'll be using the Gear 2 setting which is pretty rubbish for gaming
Whether great for gaming or not, memory with speeds in the tens of thousands is exciting.
The entire SteamWorld library, including SteamWorld Heist 2, is on sale at GOG
The SteamWorld series is one of my favorites in gaming today, a loosely connected collection of titles that each take a popular genre and add their own spin on it. Thunderful is having a publishing sale at GOG, and the headline deal here is SteamWorld Heist 2, which debuted
Hearing The Voice Actor For Video Game Geralt In The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep Makes Me So Happy
Sometimes a voice actor nails a role so well the character becomes inseparable from their talents. That’s how it felt with Kevin Conroy and the animated Batman, and that’s how it feels with Doug Cockle and The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia. So hearing the voice behind the video
Elon Musk goes all Star Trek as his sight-giving Blindsight brain implant gets FDA 'breakthrough' clearance
Bridge to La Forge, where's my impulse power!
