Amidst its ongoing Japanese patent lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair, Nintendo thoroughly stirred the legal pot on this side of the Pacific when news broke in September 2025 that the United States Patent and Trademark Office had granted the publisher US patent 12,403,397—a patent describing a system for battling summoned characters. Despite concerns about how…
20 years after Garry’s Mod changed pretty much everything, Facepunch Studios has revealed that the sandbox successor s&box (yes, pronounced “sandbox”) will finally launch on Steam on April 28. The news arrived not with a big announcement or flashy marketing push, or any kind of fanfare at all—it just popped up quietly in a Steam…
A new Tangrowth. We all need a little bit of lightness in the world at the moment, right? Pokémon Pokopia has been providing a lot of people that on Switch 2, but if you’re out and about in London between now and 30th September, there’s another way you can get some adorable Pokémon goodness in…
The only way to make a decent April Fools’ joke these days is pretend you’re making something totally ridiculous and then actually make that thing. That’s the route Treyarch took with its seasonal goof in Black Ops 7, which it unveiled today with an X post depicting a map no larger than a single room….
The decision is “non-final” but Palworld battle continues. Nintendo has been hit with another blow in its ongoing legal battle with Palworld, as the US Patent Office has rejected its controversial ‘summon character and let it fight’ Pokémon patent. According to Games Fray‘s Florian Mueller (via VGC), the non-final rejection — meaning Nintendo has two…
April Fool’s Day is back again, offering a slate of jokes, gags, knee-slappers, and occasional bouts of confusion as those of us who have to wrangle this stuff are forced to expend way too much mental energy debating whether an announcement is real, or just not very funny. It’s rough out there, folks. Each year…
Gabe Newell remains the CEO of Valve, but it’s no secret that he stepped back from actively running the company some time ago: he says himself he’s been “retired for a long time.” Newell now divides his days between various other pursuits, including Starfish Neuroscience, a company he co-founded that focuses on neural interfaces, and…
On leaving Tango Gameworks in 2023 industry legend Shinji Mikami started up a new development studio called Unbound. This was the third studio Mikami has co-founded or founded, after PlatinumGames (2007) and Tango itself (2010), not to mention his leadership of Capcom’s iconic Production Studio 4 and later Clover Studios. Unbound was recently in the…
Long journeys are a part of life in the UK, whether you’re commuting by train or heading off on holiday. While Wi-Fi is improving across the UK on public transport, it can still be unreliable – and it’s rarely strong enough to stream videos. This makes classic, low-effort games a dependable way to stay entertained…
The PlayStation 2 has so many games. The PlayStation 2 has so many good games. So how do you choose? Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. shares some fun ones you might have missed. Fire Pro Wrestling Returns: This game already has a niche audience, but without a pro wrestling license and Agetec (a bargain…