According to videogame patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon, the USPTO granting Nintendo these latest patents isn’t just a moment of questionable legal theory. It’s an indictment of American patent law....
Battledield now throwing an error because Valorant is already sitting in kernel memory. Time to buy your EA Battlefield PC but don’t forget your Valorant PC
Yes, obviously, and you don’t typically have trouble with display drivers either nowadays, I suppose we were both jesting.
The right way to do it would probably be either to spin a dedicated partition, or to add a boot entry that sets up a dedicated environment for the game (I haven’t really thought about it but it’s probably doable). In both cases it’s a bit silly, when the whole anti-cheat thing is apparently mostly useless anyway.
Updated: 8/1/2025 4:18 p.m. ET: In a statement to Kotaku, a spokesperson for Valve said that while Mastercard did not communicate with it directly, concerns did come through payment processor and banking intermediaries. They said payment processors rejected Valve’s current guidelines for moderating illegal content on Steam,...
Because in the US, you guys aren’t really consumers (which would give you a status), you’re merely walking and vaguely sentient (hopefully enough to click on “add to cart”) wallets that the corporations pluck money from at every opportunity. This is your legally enforced reality.
I thought Borderlands was lots of fun, but not four games (for now) and a movie (for now) worth of fun. Even two games was pushing it a bit. You can only stretch things out so much.
However, there could be a fairly simple explanation there: Morpheus dies in the MMO game The Matrix Online. That specific event in the game is considered canon because the writer-directors, the Wachowskis, gave their approval to the game.
I went ahead and bought a bunch of indie games, picked up Darkchaser, Oxygen Not Included, and UFO50, and also grabbed Cities: Skylines. Got used to the launch prices of some AAA games, buying these discounted low-priced games really doesn’t hurt much....
Arma (or Flashpoint before it). Although it’s gotten slightly better in that regard, I think. Haven’t run it in quite some time. It’s still probably the best there is for milsims though.
Otherskin is a third person shooter that plays like your favorite, obscure, janky action adventure game from the PS3 era. It has a lot going on, with unique powers you absorb from defeated enemies, an array of weapons and power-ups, and a story that feels a lot like Returnal.
It has the potential to be an amazing game. But it probably never will be.
I fire it up once or twice per year. It looks great. Beyond that… it’s kind of fun to explore a bit, but that’s pretty much it. Not sure if anything will ever become of it.
'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop' (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
According to videogame patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon, the USPTO granting Nintendo these latest patents isn’t just a moment of questionable legal theory. It’s an indictment of American patent law....
Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent (www.forbes.com) angielski
If only necromancy were real. They could summon and battle Gygax in court....
Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games? (www.theguardian.com) angielski
Begun the kernel wars have angielski
Battledield now throwing an error because Valorant is already sitting in kernel memory. Time to buy your EA Battlefield PC but don’t forget your Valorant PC
Any Xbox 360 can now be hacked in less than one minute (youtu.be) angielski
[Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games (kotaku.com) angielski
Updated: 8/1/2025 4:18 p.m. ET: In a statement to Kotaku, a spokesperson for Valve said that while Mastercard did not communicate with it directly, concerns did come through payment processor and banking intermediaries. They said payment processors rejected Valve’s current guidelines for moderating illegal content on Steam,...
Phone call campaign to tell Payment Processors to stop censoring adult content | Details inside (lemmy.blahaj.zone) angielski
One-tap dial phone numbers:...
Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA (en.as.com) angielski
The Star Wars Outlaws flop - Guillemot blames waning interest in the franchise (www.gamereactor.eu) angielski
Ubisoft Confirms a New First-Person Ghost Recon Game is in Development (insider-gaming.com) angielski
Fuckin nuisance angielski
Warhammer 40,000 Maker Games Workshop Is Doing So Well It’s Giving $27 Million to Its Staff (www.ign.com) angielski
$80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide (www.theverge.com) angielski
Xbox first party titles expected to hit $80 USD this holiday; Game Pass pricing currently unchanged.
Morpheus Actor Laurence Fishburne Reveals He Was Turned Down for The Matrix Resurrections — So He Might Not Be Back for Matrix 5 Either - IGN [Morpheus' character dies in The Matrix Online] (www.ign.com) angielski
However, there could be a fairly simple explanation there: Morpheus dies in the MMO game The Matrix Online. That specific event in the game is considered canon because the writer-directors, the Wachowskis, gave their approval to the game.
Nintendo ‘warned to expect 145% tariff on Nintendo Switch 2’ (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Oh boy 3AM! angielski
What is all this daily pain and suffering for if I don’t do what I was meant to do? We die eventually… fuck it!
Trump tariffs threaten the future of physical video games, analyst warns (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
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PSN Is Still Down After 14 Hours And No One Knows Why (www.forbes.com) angielski
(18 now actually)
Wonder Woman Game is "Years Away From Release" As Warner Bros. Gaming Division Struggles (insider-gaming.com) angielski
Cyberpunk 2077: Patch 2.21 (www.cyberpunk.net) angielski
Most notably Cyberpunk is the first game to have DLSS 4 and the new multi-frame generation.
Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale?
I went ahead and bought a bunch of indie games, picked up Darkchaser, Oxygen Not Included, and UFO50, and also grabbed Cities: Skylines. Got used to the launch prices of some AAA games, buying these discounted low-priced games really doesn’t hurt much....
What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? angielski
“You Must Construct Additional Pylons”
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's launch has been marred by long load times, server issues and now it has overwhelmingly negative reviews (www.rockpapershotgun.com) angielski
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will NOT have Denuvo on PC (www.dsogaming.com) angielski
Otherskin Preview - Your New Favorite Janky PS3 Game (youtu.be) angielski
Otherskin is a third person shooter that plays like your favorite, obscure, janky action adventure game from the PS3 era. It has a lot going on, with unique powers you absorb from defeated enemies, an array of weapons and power-ups, and a story that feels a lot like Returnal.
Star Citizen devs report drying funds, micromanagement, overspending, and episodic release for Squadron 42 (massivelyop.com) angielski
Subnautica 2 - Official Teaser Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
Epic detail plans for Unreal Engine 6 and share vision of a metaverse spanning "Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite" (www.rockpapershotgun.com) angielski
I love how even the author has no idea what they’re talking about because it’s just a soup of buzzwords.
Help me to settle on a face design for the character I've just added to my game, called The Humorless Toaster. (It's only here to make toast, not listen to your nonsense.) (lemmy.world) angielski
Higher difficulties in every single RPG. angielski
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Star Citizen Pushes Through the $700 Million Raised Mark and No, There Still Isn’t a Release Date (www.ign.com) angielski
What’s Even The Point Of Xbox Game Pass Now? (kotaku.com) angielski
Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
How times change (lemmy.world) angielski
After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com) angielski
Feeling old (lemmy.world) angielski