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Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair in Tokyo. Pocketpair is the Japanese video game developer behind Palworld, a game people have been describing as a Pokémon parody, featuring cute gun-toting monsters. The game, released in Early Access form on January 18, was an instant hit, selling 15 million copies on Steam and crossing 25 million players within just a month. The Pokémon Company said a few days after Palworld came out that it was going to investigate a game "released in January 2024" and will "take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to Pokémon." Looks like the investigation is over, and it has decided to take legal action. "This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights," Nintendo said in its announcement of the lawsuit. Pocketpair previously said that its game is more like Ark Survival Evolved and Vanaheim than Pokémon. Company CEO Takuro Mizobe claimed that Palworld "cleared legal reviews" and that no lawsuits were filed against Pocketpair regarding its development. While Palworld's monsters would look familiar to Pokémon fans, it takes on a darker tone. You can choose to play as a friend to the monsters known as "Pals" and fight off the poachers trying to kill them. But you can also kill and eat Pals, make them fight to the death and even sell them into slavery.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-and-the-pokemon-company-are-suing-palworld-creator-pocketpair-031320550.html?src=rss
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A new update for Mortal Kombat I (MK1) is less than a week away from release that will add new character skins, new finishing moves and (eventually) new fighters to its kombatant selection screen. NetherRealm Studios released a preview of the karnage thats koming around the korner (OK, well stop with the unnecessary Ks). The new trailer released on Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boons X page shows some of the new stuff MK1 players can expect from the Khaos Reigns pack scheduled for release on September 24 and future updates. The base game costs $49.99 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on Steam and $39.99 on the Nintendo Switch. The Khaos Reigns DLC costs (gasp!) $49.99 for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on Steam and $39.99 for the Nintendo Switch The Khaos Reigns Kollection bundle that includes the Khaos pack and base game will set you back $89.99 for the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S or $69.99 for the Nintendo Switch. Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns arrives Tuesday Sept 24 !!Launch trailer herehttps://t.co/Tog6LsqmEp Ed Boon (@noobde) September 18, 2024 The MK1 add-on adds a brand new story mode to the game in which the newly apotheosized Liu Kang battles the evil Titan Havik with his band of fighters and EarthRealm defenders. The new pack also comes with the Kombat Pack 2 of new fighters available on the release day including the cyborgs Cyrax and Sektor and the shadow assassin Noob Saibot. The pack will also provide access to Ghostface from the Scream movies, the T-1000 voiced by Robert Patrick and Conan the Barbarian once they are released. If you cant wait for a release date or you just dont like watching whole trailers for one moment, footage of one of Ghostfaces fatalities found its way to X. The video shows the infamous Scream villain eviscerating an opponent with the help of another Ghostface killer, a loving nod to Scream VI starring Jenna Ortega and Hayden Panettiere. Mortal Kombat 1 Ghostface Fatality #MK1 #MortalKombat1 pic.twitter.com/zC3Tllh4zB thethiny (@thethiny) September 18, 2024 MK1 is also bringing back an old favorite finisher known as animalities that first appeared in the Mortal Kombat 3 arcade game. Every fighter in the game has a finishing move where they turn into an animal and vivisect their opponent in a number of creative ways. Boon shared a clip of Kitanas animality in whih she transforms into a giant, bloodthirsty hummingbird and turns her opponent into a bloody flesh flower. KitanaMality!#MortalKombat1 #KhaosReigns #Animality https://t.co/xmU7BLVv3N Ed Boon (@noobde) September 18, 2024 This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/get-a-good-gawp-at-ghostfaces-fatality-and-some-new-animalities-for-mk1-233038696.html?src=rss
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X is reportedly back online for many people in Brazil, more than two weeks after the service was blocked in the country. The change, though, isnt because Brazils government has reversed its stance on the Elon Musk-owned platform. Instead, it seems that X has begun using Cloudflares DNS service, which is for now helping the social network avoid the Brazilian governments restrictions, though its unclear how long that will be the case. X has been blocked in Brazil since the end of August, when the Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered internet service providers in the country to block X following months of publicly feuding with Musk over Xs refusal to block certain accounts. The spat also affected SpaceX-owned Starlink, which had its Brazilian bank accounts frozen amid the dispute. Now, The New York Times reports that X is starting to come back online for many people in Brazil, though the service is still somewhat inconsistent.It seems that the companys move to Cloudflare has at least temporarily enabled it to come back online. As it stands, Brazilian ISPs are likely figuring out how to continue to complying with the court order. Should they fail, Brazilian authorities are likely to look for new ways to enforce the block. Regulators in the country have imposed steep fines for users who attempt to get around the countrys ban by using VPNs.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/x-is-reportedly-back-online-for-some-people-in-brazil-225813745.html?src=rss
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