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All signs are pointing to a new Nintendo console in 2024, widely expected to carry forward the hybrid console idea. A new Nintendo patent gives us a small peek at one idea its had, showing a new dual-screen device that splits in half.

Each year, hundreds if not thousands of video game related patents are submitted by publishers and console manufacturers alike. While most of them are unlikely to come to fruition in any major manner, these patents do give us insight into the minds of those making games. EA has now patented …

Sony’s current implementation of backwards compatibility and emulation of previous generations of systems has left a lot to be desired, however the company looks to be determined to improve it over time. A new patent from Sony shows that the console manufacturer may be planning to bring support for its …

For a while now, we've been hearing rumours that Valve is working on a new standalone, wireless virtual reality headset. Now, a new patent filed be Valve in late 2021 has confirmed this, showing a new HMD design.  The patent was filed in December 2021, so Valve is actively working …

A newly found patent from Apple suggests the company may be working on a keyboard computer similar to the Raspberry Pi 400. Simply put, this device would be like a laptop without a monitor. The patent shared by Tom's Hardware includes various images where we see the keyboard Mac with …

At one point in time, BlackBerry was one of the smartphone industry's biggest forces, but nowadays, the company is merely a name that can be licensed out, and a collection patents. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that a company known as “Catapult IP Innovations” has …

Sony creating the PlayStation 5 with removable faceplates meant that users would inevitably face the desire to replace them with custom plates. Some companies tried, however got into legal trouble with Sony. Now, the console manufacturer has officially been issued a design patent which means that no-one else will be …

There has been a lot of discussion around accessibility features in video games over the last few years, with industry giants chipping in to help make video games easier for everyone to play. EA is joining those ranks today, announcing plans to open some of its patents, making them free …

It is pretty common for Apple to find itself in court battling patent disputes. This time around, Apple found itself on the defensive, as a company known as Optis demanded royalties from sales of iPhones. A jury has now sided with Optis in this case, forcing Apple to pay $300 …

We've known for a while now that AMD plans to switch to a big.LITTLE hybrid processor architecture in the future, but we've seen very little about how this architecture will work. That changed this week, as patent filings from AMD have been unearthed, giving us our first glimpse at the …

AMD's latest patent gives yet another update on FidelityFX Super Resolution technology. The last official word about the release of this technology comes from AMD's Scott Herkelman, who claimed it would come before year's end. However, rumours are much more specific and optimistic, pointing to a release in June.  The …

Season passes are becoming the standard for every online game, but since its inception, most of them have followed the same logic. Generally speaking, all season passes demand that gamers have to grind for what they want, but EA might be about to change that according to its latest patent. …

Two years ago, EA filed a patent for a dynamic difficulty adjustment system, the same patent that spawned a class action lawsuit over claims that EA uses dynamic difficulty to push players towards microtransactions in games like FIFA. That lawsuit was eventually dropped after a conversation with EA's engineers and …

AMD is planning to introduce an active bridge chiplet with integrated cache on an upcoming GPU architecture. A new patent filed by the company has been spotted describing the use of the active bridge chiplet, which seems to offer a significant upgrade over the passive bridge chiplet design showed earlier …

AMD submitted a new patent describing a GPU chiplet design. Besides the thorough explanation of the chiplet design, AMD also mentions the problems that come with it and how to solve them. Found by @davideneco25320, AMD's patent starts by stating multiple problems that come by using a GPU chiplet design. Unlike …

Back in 2015, AMD announced Project Quantum, an interesting mini PC utilising an all new form factor. Since then, there has been silence on the Project Quantum front, but that changed this week thanks to new patent listings.  The patent spotted by @PeteB (via @_rogame) suggests that AMD hasn't abandoned …

Over the last 18 months, foldable smartphones have really begun to take off. Samsung had a rough start with the Galaxy Fold but found its footing with the Galaxy Z Flip. Since then, Microsoft, Motorola and other smartphone companies have also tried their hands at foldable displays. Now behind the …

It looks like AMD has started to do some research on hybrid processor architectures. A new patent filed by AMD describes a technique used to transfer data in a heterogeneous processor that will feature both “high-feature” and “low-feature” processors, similar to ARM's big.LITTLE architecture and Intel Lakefield processors. The AMD …

Nvidia’s DLSS 2.0 has recently overtaken the conversation across the PC gaming sphere thanks to its excellent reconstructive techniques, saving on hardware resources and allowing games to look better, while running better. While Sony has used a similar technique via checkerboard rendering for many of its first-party titles, the console …

Seagate has announced that it will make its patents available as part of the Open COVID Pledge. The pledge grants free access to all of Seagate's patented technologies to help diagnose, prevent, contain and treat COVID-19.  The Open COVID Pledge is a call for companies to make their “intellectual property available free …

Towards the end of last year, Valve officially discontinued the Steam Controller, but that doesn't mean that the project is entirely dead. In fact, new evidence of an updated Steam Controller came to light this week, thanks to a newly filed Valve patent. The patent in question depicts a version …

A company known as Neodron recently filed complaints with the US International Trade Commission alleging that many top smartphone and tablet makers are infringing on touchscreen patents. A series of lawsuits have been filed, targeting the likes of Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Asus, LG, Sony and more, in an effort to gain …

While patents may not be the most reliable way to predict future products, it is always interesting nonetheless to see what mindset companies may be in with regards to the implementation of features in products. A new patent filed by Sony shows that the console manufacturer is at least considering …

While the iMac has gone through some changes over the last decade, the biggest shifts have been found under the hood rather than with the overall design. That could be changing, as Apple's latest patent depicts a brand new iMac built into a curved sheet of glass, complete with an …

While the Nintendo Switch has proven to be very successful for Nintendo, one of its perceived shortcomings when compared to the company’s last generation console, the Wii U, is its lack of an integrated stylus. For games such as Super Mario Maker, a stylus allows for a much greater level …

Over the last couple of years, Apple has been slowly phasing out the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the iPhone and replacing it with Face ID. Touch ID might not be gone forever though, as Apple has been awarded a patent for an under-display Touch ID sensor. Apple will continue …

A couple of weeks ago, we covered the leak of Sony's patent for what looked like a new game cartridge. Now, we have information to which system this new cartridge is for – Toio. This is a console designed for children and is currently available in Japan only. After the …

When Sony introduced the PlayStation 4, it announced the arrival of a feature called ‘Share Play’. The feature allowed users to ‘hand off’ their controller to another player through the internet, giving them access to whatever game was being played at the time. It appears that Sony may be eyeing …

Yesterday, a patent for the PlayStation 5 controller was published on the Japanese patent office website. The published document was created by Masaho Morita, a designer previously referenced in other controller patents, and contains images that show the controller's appearance and a brief description of its design. In early October, …

A new patent registered by Sony Interactive Entertainment was found in the INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial), a government institution from Brazil where the first patent for the PS5 was found. Back on the 26th of June, Sony filed a patent for a new game cartridge for an unknown game system. …