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Another Patent Filing Speaks Of Rumble-Enabled DS

A newly published patent application lends additional credence to what Nikkei reported last month, that Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS handheld will feature force feedback.


April 3, 2010
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Apple Considering Motion Sensing, Rumble, Dual Screen And Button Add-ons For IPad, IPod, IPhone

Gamers complaining about the lack of buttons on the iPhone, iPod and iPad may see a solution in the near future through the help of a frame for the devices that will be packed with features, control pads and buttons.


March 23, 2010
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Look, Somebody Actually Made A Wii Football Controller

Last year, a patent was uncovered for a Wii football. It had been designed by Nintendo, and ye, it was stupid. Well, looks like somebody else has beat the Big N to the market.


March 7, 2010
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Nintendo Patent Implies A New DS Cartridge Design

Siliconera found a patent application from Nintendo that is one of either two things – a new cartridge for existing DS configurations, or a new cartridge for a new DS. Or it could be both, come to think of it.


March 5, 2010
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Sony’s "Degradable" Video Game Demo Patent

Sony has patented a new form of trial or demo for video games that, rather than presenting us with a small piece of a title, gives us the whole thing, then takes bits away as time goes on.


February 22, 2010
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Activision Going To Court Over Guitar Hero Patent Claims

Activision, the publisher of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero, is being taken to court over claims that the trademarks registered over its popular music titles have little to do with the operations of the actual products.


February 21, 2010
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Patent Filing Hints At DS Vibration Feedback Through Stylus

Rumours of a new DS make this kind of news a little juicier: Nintendo at the end of last month filed an addendum to a 2005 patent that describes a vibration feedback system, this time coming through the stylus.


January 11, 2010
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Namco Files Patent For Wiimote Drumming Game

A pair of attachments would turn two Wiimotes into a set of sticks, presumably for an air-drumming game, according to a patent filed recently by Namco Bandai.


December 31, 2009
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Google Bringing Games To YouTube?

Google applied for a patent earlier this year called “Web-Based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos”. Translation: bringing games to YouTube. Interesting.


December 20, 2009
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Microsoft Patents The Exercise Guilt Trip

Microsoft’s filed a patent that would make avatars more realistic and less idealised, with the point of getting your husky arse out to exercise if what you’re seeing in the dashboard is a more realistic presentation of yourself.