Month: May 2023

Immersion Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Valve over rumble haptic technology found in the Steam Deck and Valve Index, The Verge reports.

The outlet notes that Immersion filed its complaint in the Western District of Washington, citing seven patents dating back to as early as 2002. The company is accusing Valve of infringing its own patents in the company’s hardware devices, the Steam Deck and Valve Index. Though the complaint also cites several video games that use the technology, including Half-Life: Alyx, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

Immersion has a history of suing companies it claims have infringed on its rumble tech patents.

Xbox’s deal to acquire Activision-Blizzard gets a key approval from the European Commission, even while the UK’s CMA doubles down on its opposition. A quote from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has us wondering what Microsoft might be willing to do in the UK if they don’t get the green light. Plus: Starfield has…jetpack sex? Don’t worry, we’ll explain. And more!

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As Microsoft continues in its efforts to acquire Activision Blizzard and multiple regulators make their decisions on the deal, several publishers have now publicly voiced their thoughts on the situation. Among them, Take-Two Interactive, whose CEO voiced support for the acquisition today in conversation with IGN.

When asked for his thoughts on the deal, CEO Strauss Zelnick expressed that Take-Two had supported the deal for some time, saying that it would be a positive for the company’s partner, Microsoft: “What’s good for them is also good for the industry.

One of the best things about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is that you can pretty much go anywhere and do anything you want. Once you wrap up the first Great Sky Island quest and descend back into Hyrule, you’re free to scurry off in any direction.

That being said, there are quite a few things you should do in TotK first before getting too adventurous. And once you complete the first few quests, you’ll find yourself with 4 new map points as part of the Regional Phenomena questline that will direct you to each of the temples across Hyrule.

Although you can complete the temples in any order you choose, the story naturally pushes you toward The Wind Temple first.

Take-Two has canceled several unannounced games and quietly delayed others amid what the publisher calls a “challenging consumer backdrop.”

Take-Two made the announcement during today’s earnings report, saying that “the development timelines of some of our titles have lengthened, especially as we strive to redefine the creative standards of excellence in our industry, which affect our release slate for the year.”

Take-Two will incur a $54.2 million impairment charge in the fourth quarter “related to capitalized software development costs for unreleased and canceled console and PC titles.

Sega is considering following in the footsteps of Nintendo, Ubisoft, and other publishers and start charging $70 for future titles.

During a financial earnings call held towards the end of April (the translated transcript of which was spotted by VGC yesterday), Sega Sammy CEO Haruki Satomi and CFO Koichi Fukuzawa alluded to the idea of increasing the price of Sega’s upcoming titles when asked why the unit sales price is set higher than usual for the upcoming fiscal year.

“In the global marketplace, AAA game titles for console have been sold at $59.99 for many years, but titles sold at $69.99 have appeared in the last year,” they said.