Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

Palworld is an open-world survival game with creature collecting and base-building mechanics, but if you're describing it to your friends, you'll most likely just tell them its 'Pokémon with guns'.

Nintendo has caught the attention of the gaming world in a different way than usual this week, with a patent that could cause issues for other developers. The patent, designated U.S. Patent No. 12,403 ...

The US Patent Office has revoked a Nintendo patent that previously gave the Big N IP ownership over the concept of summoning a character to fight in battle (ala Pokemon). After a re-examination by the ...

The USPTO granted patent 12,403,397 to Nintendo on September 2, 2025. The patent covers scenarios where a summoned character fights, follows, or engages in auto-battles. Critics warn that the patent ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Nintendo's character-summoning patent in a non-final but impactful ruling. While the company behind Pokemon and Zelda is infamously litigious, many ...

Nintendo's new U.S. Patent number 12,403,397 is full of legal jargon, but at its core, it protects the concept of a video game character summoning a creature to battle enemies, or follow the player ...

The US Patent Office has just revoked a summoning patent used by Pokémon, but it might not be the game changer everyone thinks it is. First off, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company did not and could not ...

Miller Reynolds is a Writer at DualShockers specializing in news, reviews, guides, interviews, and lists. He began covering games professionally in 2025, bringing a journalism background and more than ...