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Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s shock move to launch legal action against Palworld looks to hinge on a patent relating to how players throw Pokéballs.

Yesterday, Nintendo confirmed it was suing Palworld maker Pocketpair for the infringement of “multiple” patents – but did not detail which ones. Later in the day, Pocketpair itself said it was still to hear which patents it stood accused of breaching.

Now, fingers are being pointed at a recent Pokéball-throwing patent jointly filed this summer by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Indeed, the companies requested this patent was given an accelerated review process – perhaps in preparation for this legal action now.

The detail here comes from Japanese patent attorney Kiyoshi Kuri…

The Nintendo Switch version of Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged has been delayed by another month.
Revolution Software’s remaster of the original point-and-click adventure will still be released on PC (Steam, GOG), PlayStation and Xbox on 19th September as planned.
The Switch version has been delayed “to ensure the quality of play remains equally high across all versions of the game”.

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged | Release Date Announcement Trailer

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Sony has updated yesterday’s blog post on the forthcoming Welcome Hub to remove an image of a PS VR2 charging icon that caused speculation of a possible wireless model.
The Welcome Hub allows users to customise their own tab with various widgets, including the battery charge of accessories. However, the image used in the blog post included a controller, earbuds, and what looks like a PS VR2 headset.
But the PS VR2 is wired and doesn’t require a battery charge. So why was this icon included?

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Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has asked fans to not mod “anything offensive or inappropriate” into the PC release of the game.
Speaking to PC Gamer, Final Fantasy 16 director Hiroshi Takai was asked about goofy mods he’d like to see in the game, but Yoshida stepped in to answer instead. And it’s clear he’s protective of the team’s work.
“If we said ‘It’d be great if someone made xyz’, it might come across as a request, so I’ll avoid mentioning any specifics here!” he said. “The only thing I will say is that we definitely don’t want to say anything offensive or inappropriate, so please don’t make or install anything like that.”

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The team behind gaslamp fantasy survival game Nightingale is about to release its previously-promised big update, known as Realms Rebuilt.
Earlier this year, Inflexion Games’ CEO Aaryn Flynn admitted the studio was “not satisfied with where the game is at”, and resolved to address this with an update towards the end of the summer.
Now that time is almost here, with the studio’s Nightingale: Realms Rebuilt update, which is set to go live tomorrow, 12th September.

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Sony has revealed its PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games for September.
From 17th September, Extra members will be able to get their hands on:

The Plucky Squire | PS5
Under The Waves | PS4, PS5
Night in the Woods | PS4, PS5
Chernobylite | PS4, PS5
Wild Card Football | PS4, PS5
Space Engineers | PS4, PS5
Road 96 | PS4, PS5
Ben 10 | PS4
Far Cry 5 | PS4 (this is a PS Plus rerelease)

The Plucky Squire | Release Date Trailer

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Remedy is set to update its original version of Alan Wake on PC, removing David’s Bowie’s Space Oddity from the credits in the process.
This, the developer has said, is due to “changes in licensing”. Once this update goes live, players will instead be met with an original song by Petri Alanko, known as Strange Moons.
Alanko has also composed music for a number of Remedy’s other games, including Alan Wake 2 and Control.

Let’s play Alan Wake – Late to the Party

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Flaming Fowl Studios – the developer that announced then shelved a game on the same day back in April amid financial difficulties – has unveiled its latest project, a comedic sci-fi auto battler called Konfronto that’s due to release on PC later this year.

Flaming Fowl, which was founded in 2016 by former members of original Fable developer Lionhead Studios, first made a name for itself with the release of card battle Fable Fortune, but it’s perhaps known for its acclaimed digital adaptation of popular board game Gloomhaven.

The studio’s third release, a co-op RPG with turn-based combat called Ironmarked, was revealed back in April, but it wasn’t exactly a moment for celebration. Instead, Flaming Fowl’s unusual announcement came with the news the project was …

Amazon is offering its Prime members over 20 games throughout September, which can be scooped up at no additional cost.
These games include a number of Lord of the Rings-themed entries, as well as Shadow of the Tomb Raider, GreedFall: Gold Edition and Kerbal Space Program.
Meanwhile, if you were one of the admittedly few people who went to see the Borderlands movie last month and thought a trip to Pandora looked up your street, Amazon also has a selection of Borderlands games on the way.

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UPDATE 3/9/24: Ballistic Moon has now acknowledged the redundancies previously reported by staff earlier this week.

“As the games industry continues to face complex challenges, we at Ballistic Moon are confronted with some difficult realities,” reads a statement posted to LinkedIn. “It is with deep regret and a heavy heart that we must make the tough decision to significantly scale down our team to secure the future of our studio. This comes after our development of Until Dawn for PS5 and PC.

“We want to express our sincere gratitude to every team member for their hard work, dedication, and unwavering commitment to Ballistic Moon. Saying goodbye to such a talented and passionate group of people is incredibly difficult, and we are profoundly sorry for the impact …