Gaming News So Small It Gets a Second Thread

[Yakumo]

Ah, yet another Dreamcast game still kicking it on modern consoles. Well, if you can call the switch modern.

[briareos_kerensky]

Remember the whole Unity pay-per-install thing a while back? Well, Unity are scrapping that altogether, while increasing the ceiling for free users but hiking prices for Pro and Enterprise licences.

https://unity.com/blog/unity-is-canceling-the-runtime-fee

[Neon Ignition]

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[importaku]

Only just forund this out myself but for anyone who owned the first 2 volumes of the history of nintendo they sneaked out the remaining volumes 3 & 4 in english they are sat on amazon uk right now, links in the article.
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/09/missing-history-of-nintendo-books-on-the-famicom-and-game-boy-are-now-available-in-english?fbclid=IwY2xjawFRqolleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHX63z F7qcOJvGJ6vOO13lhIelt3TKi2NOF5m9exL2ArTXr2Y6sCRH0V dqQ_aem_vXCUBHtBmuM7YW4sR6axog

Didn't expect to see them done to be honest i gave up waiting years ago but here we are the final books cover nes/famicom & gameboy.

[briareos_kerensky]

Raiden as a twin-stick shooter? Yeah, sure.
Coming to PS5, 4, Switch, and PC on October 31st.

[hudson]

Raiden as a twin-stick shooter? Yeah, sure.
Coming to PS5, 4, Switch, and PC on October 31st.

Is this Vampire Survivors?

[CMcK]

Just no.

[briareos_kerensky]

I haven't played either, but Fight Crab 2 is getting an El Shaddai collaboration.

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[briareos_kerensky]

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have sued Palworld not for copyright infringment, but for multiple patent infringments. The infringed patents haven't been made public.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2024/240919.html

[huxley]

I’m hardly surprised, but would this not fall under parody?

[fuse]

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have sued Palworld not for copyright infringment, but for multiple patent infringments. The infringed patents haven't been made public.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate...24/240919.html

https://hard-drive.net/hd/video-games/pocketpair-hires-identical-lawyers-with-guns/

You just know Hard Drive's had this one in this drafts folder ready to go at a moment's notice

[Neon Ignition]

You never know in the crazy world of legalities but... I wouldn't want to be Pocketpair right now...

[briareos_kerensky]

I’m hardly surprised, but would this not fall under parody?

Nintendo are citing patents, probably a bunch of BS patents like pretty much all of technology's lawsuits, but also with a firmer legal standing than look alikes.

[Neon Ignition]

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Well, he's not wrong. It'll be interesting to see if a sequel ever makes it out.

[Neon Ignition]