Earlier this week, the district court of the Western District of Washington favoured Valve Corporation in its 2023 lawsuit against Leigh Rothschild and his associated companies, on all counts, including breach of contract and the violation of Washington's Patent Troll Prevention and Consumer Protection Acts. Rothschild is an inventor with a huge array of patents to his name, granted and pended, covering an extremely broad range of fields. He also owns or leads a host of companies that manage the business side of patents. In this particular legal case, Valve alleged that Rothschild himself, Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems LLC, Display Technologies LLC, Patent Asset Management LLC, Meyler Legal LLC, and Samuel Meyler were guilty of "bad-faith assertions of patent infringement", amongst other things. The patent in question is US8856221B2, a 'system and method for storing broadcast content in a cloud-based computing environment'. Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems (RBDS) owns the rights to that patent, and in 2016, Valve obtained a "perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license" for it and others in Rothschild's portfolio.

> FINAL FANTASY VII - 2013 Edition owners can redeem the new version at no extra cost. > The world has fallen under the dominion of the Shinra Electric Power Company, a sinister corporation that has monopolized the planet's very life force as Mako energy. In the urban megalopolis of Midgar, an anti-Shinra rebel group calling themselves Avalanche have stepped up their campaign of resistance. Cloud Strife, a former member of Shinra's elite SOLDIER unit now turned mercenary, lends his aid to the rebels, unaware that he will be drawn into an epic battle for the fate of the planet, while having to come to terms with his own lost past. This new release is an upgraded version of FINAL FANTASY VII – 2013 Edition with additional features (there are no changes or additions to the story). > > ...

Just finished it up - really enjoyed it, doesn't take itself too seriously or punishes the player with difficulty. Definitely didn't drag as much as the original. The french dwarf dude wasnt as annoying. Will have to replay the original to see what was cut. Curious as to what others thought.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/448494 > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/448485 > > > New Summoning Salt speedrun history video! It's the story of a really dominant runner in the Mario Kart 64 community and the new game-breaking tricks that threatened to change up the scene. It's a long video, but Summoning Salt is always worth it.

Warning - there are no spoilers in my question, but there will probably be gameplay mechanics spoilers in any answers (hopefully). I'm downloading Lies of P now to give it a shot. I'm not a big fan of RPG elements in these types of games (blasphemy I know), I prefer a focused experience; for example I liked Bloodbourne but never finished it because of all of the options, but I absolutely loved every minute of Sekiro. Basically I can't be bothered with experimenting with builds and crunching numbers, it's not for me. I know any actual advice will depend on what I want the gameplay to feel like, so I guess all I can say is take Sekiro as an example - I'd probably be focusing on anything that will help speed and parrying (if any stats affect that?) and decent dodging. So, do you have any advice on things I should focus on, things I should avoid or wait to upgrade, weapons to aim for etc? I don't mind spoilers.

Curious about y'alls opinions on this. I like the idea of getting new people to experience an older game by aligning it to modern graphics and accessibility standards. But capitalizing on nostalgia with quick updates to that make it look modern rather than making new games seems like just more of studios trying to squeeze money out of us.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/647291 I had a lot of fun with this game but the developers have made the very weird decision of temporarily shutting down the game until next year. The devs said they're going to rebuild parts of the game and add way more content and do a sort of "soft reboot". They announced this plan in March, but the game has officially shut down today.

Hi! I was wondering if there is any site or service where I can subscribe to a specific chosen game's release news? Let's say I want to get notified once the latest Metro game got released - or maybe the sequel to Atomic Heart. It could be in one year or in 5. In any case I'd like to not miss such a release and get notified (maybe) by mail. I'm not looking for a newsletter however. I remember "bandsintown" has this with my selection of bands and their events near me. I'd really appreciate any news about that! Thanks <3 PS: If this kind of content doesn't fit here please just remove it.

Blizzard is the company behind Overwatch, StarCraft, Diablo, Warcraft games

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/15797053 > If anyone can make a compilation of news and articles in the facts, that would be great. > > For those who don't know, Roblox is a publicly traded company and they are down almost 2bn dol on the stock market because they are being accused of facilitating the sexual exploration and grooming of children. > > They just banned a player who was groomed by a roblox developer and then started a catch a predator project that resulted in the arrest of 6 adults accused of predating on children using the game. > > Chris Hansen contacted the player and they are doing a documentary on the sexual predation that occurs on the plataform. There is a class action, so if you are in the US and know someone who has been abused on roblox, you should contact them. > > I don't know much about the situation, I just watched a couple articles about it. > > To top it all off, the CEO announced that roblox is pivoting to becoming a dating website. This is not the onion, fellers.

Hi, I will possibly be hosting a semi public Minecraft server (it would be whitelist only, but more or less with strangers). The players would be predominantly from the EU, so GDPR protections would apply. To reduce possible liability and the amount of work when someone requests their data, I would like to limit logging of personally identifying information. Do you have any experience or possibly know if a guide that you could point me towards? Not asking for legal advice, just technical.

I think bars should have [#gaming](https://mas.to/tags/gaming) [#karaoke](https://mas.to/tags/karaoke) nights; people take turns playing whatever [#videoGames](https://mas.to/tags/videoGames) they are good at on a projector for the whole bar to watch. Get a drag queen to be "Master of Controllers" describing the action and calling up new players. [@gaming](https://lemmy.ml/c/gaming) [#games](https://mas.to/tags/games) [#events](https://mas.to/tags/events) [#videoGame](https://mas.to/tags/videoGame)

Tinykin is a fantastic 3D platformer that experiments with the genre by taking elements of other games and seamlessly combining them with parts of the genre we know and love. Part Pikmin, part Mario, and full of charm, Tinykin is one of the best 3D platformers I've played in years.

Can I get a Rock And Stone?!

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2482778 > He's Paccing, Man > > Hallelujah

Коди до усіх рівнів та секретів гри SpongeBob's Truth or Square для усіх версій гри, включаючи Xbox Series S та X.

What is all this daily pain and suffering for if I don't do what I was meant to do? We die eventually... fuck it!

Hi mates, I am new to linux knows very very basic linux like using it for more then year know how to sort little issues etc. I have my laptop with me having specs as following: **Hp Elitebook 840 G4 Core i5 7th Gen 8gb Ram 256 gb SSD Full Hd 1080 maybe resolution Currently using Fedora KDE Edition ** Use for basic working sometimes it gets load sometimes but still a good one. Help me if you can install Tekken 7 or if not then tekken 3 will work for me as well. I dont litterly know anything fully technical so kindly if you gonna tell me explain it to be with step by step detailes please and let me know each thing. It'll be great help 🤞 Note: If Tekken 7 can't be installed on fedora or need anything else to change, kindly recommend me, mostly i have used debian based systems and rest i have is fedora so if anything is nkt suitable, let me know please. Gonna post in multiple communities to get extra help. Thank you

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1606023 > what

Hi guys. I'm Toasteh and I've been working on a spiritual successor to the cult classic Black & White. If you have questions, you can post them here or on the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WGvT3vUyj8). About the game: Deus Novum is a spiritual successor to Black & white, much like Stardew Valley is to the Harvest Moon series with a learning creature, a variety of powerful miracles, and villagers to convert. However, it differs from Black & White in a number of ways such as a focus on fighting against goblins and other enemies as opposed to trying to fight other gods for the worship of humanity. These goblins will launch a variety of targeted events on your villages, inspired by Rimworld. Kidnapping children, burning your crops, stealing from your storehouse, and more! I've also tried to focus more on gameplay as I felt that was the weak point of Black & White. There are more miracles, different buildings that can empower your villagers, and you can set up prayer power networks using conduits which allows for some automation. Overall, I've tried to use what worked in Black & White, replace what didn't, and add new exciting features. Deus Novum is available on [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2086280/Deus_Novum/).