Month: <span>August 2026</span>
Analysis
Blizzard’s 2021 Patent Focused on Restoring Gameplay from a Point in Time
Blizzard’s response to save-scumming: “Why not just rewind?”
Activision Blizzard
blizzard
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Interactive
Analysis
Patent Arcade’s Kirk Sigmon Talks to PC Gamer about Kingdom Come Trademark Filing
Kirk's comments focused on why the trademark registration for "KINGDOM COME SALVATION" didn't necessarily mean that the game will be multiplayer.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come: Salvation
Kirk Sigmon
Analysis
Mattel’s Foray into Play-on-the-Go Console Technology
This 2009 patent has echoes of the Sega Dreamcast in its DNA...
console
Draft
dreamcast
mattel
Analysis
Nintendo’s Updated Pokéball Patent
Identifiers on the catching apparatus to match the enclosed creature’s elemental type.
creature capture
Design
Draft
franchise
Analysis
Mattel’s Patent for a Fold-Out, Handheld Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game
Now, where have I seen this pyramid-shaped eye before...?
breakout
Draft
frogger
game
Analysis
Mattel’s Stackable, Character-Shaped Game Console
We guarantee this is the most interesting looking game system you’ll see today!
action game
Amiibo
console
Draft