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Nintendo’s Patent Application Part of Lawsuit Against Palworld Creator Has Been RejectedThe rejection by Japan Patent Office was done on a non-final basis, and Nintendo is expected to follow up with an amended application.

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Nintendo Denied Japanese Patent For Pokemon-Like Capturing MechanicIn September, Nintendo was granted a US patent for "the fundamental gameplay mechanic of summoning a character and letting it fight another” within a video game. At the time, that was seen as an attempt to block any future Pokemon imitators like Palworld . Nintendo went out for another Pokemon-inspired patent in Japan, but the outcome wasn't in its favor this time. As reported by Video Games Chronicle , Nintendo filed a Japanese patent for a mechanic in a game that allows the player to throw an item that captures a character, like the Pokeballs in Pokemon. However, the application was denied because a third party submitted evidence from Ark, Craftopia, Monster Hunter 4 and more to prove that the mechanic isn't limited to Pokemon games and that it already exists. GamesFray first noticed the rejection, and added that it's plausible that the third party was Pocketpair, the developer behind Palworld. While that would make sense, it's conjecture for now. Pocketpair is still engaged in a legal battle with Nintendo over Palworld's alleged infringement on Nintendo's preexisting patents. That led Pocketpair to remove Pal Spheres and other features from Palworld that fell under the patents held by Nintendo. Continue Reading at GameSpot

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Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's Monster Capture Patent Rejected, May Signal Problems for Their Palworld LawsuitNintendo has run into another issue during its ongoing legal battle against Pocketpair’s open-world survival game Palworld. As reported by GamesFray, one of the Nintendo patents related to the case has been rejected by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) for lacking originality.

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Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit may be in trouble after Japan rejects Pokemon creature-capture patentNintendo’s ongoing lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair could be facing new challenges after Japan’s patent office rejected one of the company’s key creature-capture system patents for lacking originality. According to reports from GameRant and Windows Central, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) denied Nintendo’s application no. 2024-031879 in late October 2025. The patent, which belongs to...

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Almost two weeks from release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 isn't in Steam's top 150 wishlisted games. Is it time for Activison to worry? Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 currently has less wishlists on Steam than the Palworld dating sim. It's ranked 173rd as of writing, behind the Killer Bean game at 73rd, and the Gothic remake in 17th place. Battlefield 6 seems to be hogging the spotlight right now, and with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 set to come out in roughly two weeks, should Treyarch and Activision Blizzard be worried? Read more

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'If You're Big on AI Stuff Or Your Game is Web3 or uses NFTs, We're Not The Right Partner,' Says Palworld Publisher PocketpairPalworld developer and publisher Pocketpair has confirmed it will not be publishing any games that feature NFTs, Web3, or "big AI stuff," revealing the company "doesn't believe" in them.

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Palworld studio Pocketpair won't publish games with AI - "we don't believe in it" Palworld studio Pocketpair won't be publishing games with AI, Web3, or NFTs in them, because the company "doesn't believe in it". Read more

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Once Human is basically Pokémon now, if you can believe it. Is that a lawsuit I smell coming? I was utterly hooked on Once Human last year, and really loved the horror vibes and tense gameplay. Sadly, as I figured out some builds and got more powerful, enemies became minor annoyances instead of tangible threats, and the magic was largely lost. That doesn't mean I don't give it a go every now and then, just to see what's happening. So, color me surprised when I opened the game recently to find that it now has a Pokémon -like scenario running. Yep, you can now capture and battle Deviations in true creature-collector style, and the gameplay is a lot like Palworld . Which makes a lot of sense, considering the coming Palworld x Once Human crossover coming at the end of this month. https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/1npwxl2/once_human_palworld_collab_event_starts_october_30/ I don't know why seeing the Manibus and the Wanderer (the walking bus) roll up on a Cattiva excites me so much, but it looks pretty dang epic. So, in this scenario, you'll select your starter Poké Deviation and then create a few Binding Grenades, which are super cheap and easy to make. You then head out into the world and battle other Deviations in the wild. If, like me, you're tempted to take one on with nothing but a knife, don't. Get your Deviation out and make a crossbow, at least. Some of them can be pretty tough and will one-shot you. Screenshot by Destructoid Once you've weakened the Deviation, chuck a Binding Grenade at it, and voila, it's yours. You'll need to add it to your stock manually, or else it just stays a normal deviation that functions like it used to. Once you've captured a Deviation and added it to your PokéDex Symbiosis, you need to battle other Deviations to level up. So yeah, it's really familiar, except that you can have three Deviations active at the same time, so that's a nice twist. So, should we expect a lawsuit? One of the patents Palworld got sued for is the ability to throw balls and release creatures contained within, which is why Pals now spawn out of thin air when we summon them. I see that Once Human has taken the same approach with that mechanic. That alone likely won't stop Nintendo, though, and you can bet that if the company finds anything worth suing for, it probably will. We all know how Nintendo operates with such things, so it's probably only a matter of time. Regardless, it does little good to speculate about such things. In the end, Once Human has turned into SCP Palword , and it's actually recaptured my interest for the time being. Definitely not something that was on my bingo card, but we knew all along that the potential was there for Once Human to take this sort of approach eventually. Honestly, I'm only surprised that it took them so long. But I'm really keen to hear from you guys—will you be checking out Once Human again? And do you think this latest move opens them up to a potential lawsuit? The post Once Human is basically Pokémon now, if you can believe it. Is that a lawsuit I smell coming? appeared first on Destructoid .

DestructoidOct 14

This new demo, a delightful mix of Valheim and Minecraft, is available this week only Is it just me, or is the survival-crafting genre having something of a golden age these last few years? We've had countless titles—including Palworld , Enshrouded , and Runescape Dragonwilds —as standout entries. But while this new title clearly draws inspiration from many others, it feels most like a satisfying mixture of Minecraft and Valheim , with enough unique twists to make it feel brand-new. I never played Enshrouded , to this day, but I can safely say that the combat in Palworld —and most modern crafting-survival games—feels a little too easy for the most part. So color me surprised when I had some trouble with Everwind , a new title by developers Enjoy Studio S. A. and publishers Bohemia Interactive. Here's how it all went. I spawned into the world, which I aptly named "the world" given how I'm such a creative genius, and dove straight into ignoring all the tutorial messages, because who has time for that? I cut through a few enemies and made my way down a tower, finally emerging into the world. I'd taken a slight beating, but I was in pretty good shape. Until the skeletons outside saw me. I guess they didn't take kindly to me slaying all their comrades inside. What felt like a never-ending horde of them attacked me, though it was only really about four of them. These things are tough; they don't go down easy, and they seem to hit harder than I do. Thankfully, I survived this encounter and limped my way over to an archery range to take stock and hopefully cook some food. Some animals gave up their pixels so I could get meat, and I cooked up some eggs I found. With this, I headed out into the water to find a... flying ship? Screenshot by Destructoid Yes, it is as cool as it sounds. It's a literal flying ship. And I quickly figured out how to fly it, and then set off for a curious question mark that had appeared on my screen, up above, on a floating island. Yeah, did I mention this game has flying ships, challenging combat, and floating islands? Uh oh... I can see a lot of my future free time getting sucked into this title. It took a long, long time to get to the island. It turns out ships aren't all that good at flying upwards, who knew? I reached my destination, quickly bested two more skeletons, and then opened the door to a tower to find something called a Skeleton Champion. I'll admit it, I panicked. I even ran when I realized I was outmatched. It's at this point that flying ships get a little less cool. Screenshot by Destructoid You see, most of the ship is underwater when it's in the water, so you can actually get on the thing. But when you've parked your flying ship on land, well, there's no easy way back up. Of course, there's a way to teleport back to your ship, but remember, I've been ignoring the tutorial messages, so I've no idea how to do that. So, in the end, the only option was to fight. This thing tracked me like a bloodhound on steroids, and short of jumping off the island and to my death, I couldn't shake it. So, fight I did, and after my sword broke, I just went on punching it in the face. Very satisfying, but inevitably, this led to my untimely death. Screenshot by Destructoid Well, I'm hooked. Maybe, backed up by a few friends, I'll pay Mister Skeleton Champion another visit in the future, but for now, I think I've had quite enough. If you'd like to prove you're a better gamer than me and cut down the Skeleton Champion with a wooden sword, all while wearing an old wooden cutting board and some rope as "armor," please, be my guest, and share your story in the comments. You can grab the demo on Steam , and it's available this week only, until Oct 20. Maybe it becomes available again in future, but if I were you, I wouldn't take that chance. It really is a must-play. The post This new demo, a delightful mix of Valheim and Minecraft, is available this week only appeared first on Destructoid .

DestructoidOct 13

Top 20 Most Popular Steam Games Of All TimeWildly popular Steam is the world's most popular destination for PC gaming, so if a game makes it to the top of the platform's charts, that's saying something. Recently, EA's Battlefield 6 launched on October 10 and reached more than 745,000 peak concurrent players. That makes it the No. 14 biggest Steam game of all time based on concurrent players. It's the second time that Battlefield 6 ranks in the top 20 as well, as the game's open beta stands at No. 2 with more than 520,000 peak concurrent players. In this post, we're rounding up the top 20 most popular games of all time on Steam based on peak concurrent users. The data was supplied by SteamDB . There are some important things to know about this list. It includes both free-to-play and paid games, along with the non-traditional "game" called Banana where players continuously click the banana until they get a new one. Another thing to know is that the numbers in this list do not represent a game's entire reach, as the figures pertain only to Steam games on PC. Plenty of the games on this list are available via other PC storefronts, on console, or Game Pass. Finally, the nature of concurrent players means it's only a snapshot of one moment in time. The peak gaming hours in North America and Asia, for example, do not overlap. Finally, you might expect GTA 5 to show up on this list, but it does not, despite being one of the best-selling video games in history . That's because GTA 5 on PC via Steam recently split into two games--GTA V Legacy and GTA V Enhanced . The peak concurrent records for those games are 364,548 for GTA V Legacy and 187,059 for GTA V Enhanced. Combined, this would amount to more than 551,000 people, which would squeeze into the top 20. 20. Battlefield 6 Open Beta - 521,079 Record achieved on August 9, 2025. Preorder on Steam 19. Path of Exile 2 – 578,569 Record achieved on December 8, 2024. Get on Steam 18. Hollow Knight: Silksong - 587,150 Record achieve on September 6, 2025. Get on Steam 17. Apex Legends – 624,473 Record achieved on February 18, 2023. Get on Steam 16. Marvel Rivals – 644,269 Record achieved on January 11, 2025. Get on Steam 15. Goose Goose Duck – 702,845 Record achieved on January 12, 2023. Get on Steam 14. Battlefield 6 - 747,440 Record achieved on October 10, 2025. Get on Steam 13. Baldur's Gate 3 – 875,343 Record achieved on August 13, 2023. Get on Steam 12. Hogwarts Legacy – 879,308 Record achieved on February 12, 2023. Get on Fanatical 11. New World: Aeternum – 913,634 Record achieved on October 3, 2021. Get on Steam 10. Banana – 917,272 Record achieved on June 20, 2024. Get on Steam 9. Elden Ring – 953,426 Record achieved on March 5, 2022. Get on Fanatical 8. Cyberpunk 2077 – 1,054,388 Record achieved on December 10, 2020. Get on Steam 7. Dota 2 – 1,295,114 Record achieved on March 6, 2016. Get on Steam 6. Lost Ark – 1,325,305 Record achieved on February 12, 2022. Get on Steam 5. Monster Hunter Wilds – 1,384,608 Record achieved on March 1, 2025. Get on Fanatical 4. Counter-Strike 2 – 1,862,531 Record achieved on April 12, 2025. Get on Steam 3. Palworld – 2,101,867 Record achieved on January 27, 2024. Get on Steam 2. Black Myth: Wukong – 2,415,714 Record achieved August 22, 2024. Get on Fanatical 1. PUBG – 3,257,248 Record achieved on January 13, 2018. Get on Steam

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