2025-02-26
Shadow of Mordor's innovative Nemesis system is locked behind a patent until 2036
Warner Bros Discovery recently shut down a trio of game studios, including the well-regarded Monolith Productions. This has put one of the coolest game mechanics of the 2010s in limbo. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's excellent Nemesis system is locked behind a patent owned by Warner Bros all the way until 2036, according [...]
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2025-11-02
Moving past speculation: How deterministic CPUs deliver predictable AI performance
For more than three decades, modern CPUs have relied on speculative execution to keep pipelines full. When it emerged in the 1990s, speculation was hailed as a breakthrough — just as pipelining and [...]
2025-11-04
Nintendo's patent on summoning fighting NPCs is being reexamined
Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld just hit a snag. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ordered a reexamination of a key Nintendo patent expected to be wielded in the case. Games Fray [...]
2025-05-01
Apple ordered to pay $502 million to Optis by UK courts
Apple has been ordered to pay a $502 million lump sum payment by UK courts for infringing on patents owned by Optis Cellular Technology LLC, based out of Texas. When you include interest and fees, Opt [...]
2025-02-25
Warner Bros Discovery slashes gaming business, closing three studios
Warner Bros Discovery made sweeping cuts to its games division today, closing three studios and ending development on its planned Wonder Woman project. Monolith Productions, Player First Games and WB [...]
2025-09-11
Video Games Weekly: It's weird that esports is segregated by gender
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday (Or, I dunno, Thursday), broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video ga [...]
2025-08-08
Nintendo designed a Playdate-like crank for the Switch 2
Nintendo has eyed adding a Playdate-style crank to the Switch 2, according to a recently spotted patent from Nintendo Patents Watch. The hypothetical accessory would add tracking rotational movement t [...]
2025-11-15
A federal jury ruled that Apple has to pay $634 million for infringing smartwatch patents
In a longstanding and complicated legal battle between Apple and Masimo, a recent ruling from a California jury may be the first step towards a certain conclusion. As reported by Reuters, a federal ju [...]