Bandai Namco leads the way in game and entertainment patents in Japan, taking the crown from Sony Interactive Entertainment

A Japanese analytics agency, Patent Result, has published this year’s rankings of domestic game and entertainment companies by the ‘strength’ of patents they hold, via Automaton. Patent Result values a company’s quality over quantity and the strength of the ideas being brought to the table, so the ranking is based on both “the quantity and…

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Fallout 4’s Creations Bundle stumbles from the Vault to Mostly Negative reviews, as players lament the pack ‘does not work’ and ‘made the game buggier’

Bethesda released a Creations Bundle for Fallout 4 yesterday as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, adding 150 player-created items for the not-so-low price of £17.99. Unfortunately, Bethesda appears to have dropped the birthday cake on its way to the party, as players report some pretty serious issues with the Creation Bundle and its contents….

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“It Should Have Been Ours” – Street Fighter 2 Was Supposed To Be A TurboGrafx-16 Exclusive, Claims Former TTI President

“We had it in our pocket”. When Nintendo secured home console exclusivity for Street Fighter 2 in the early 1990s, it sent shockwaves through the gaming world. Capcom’s one-on-one fighter was the world’s biggest game at the time, and whichever home system got the first port was going to benefit massively – and I imagine…

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