Nintendo patent tied to Palworld lawsuit stays rejected as JPO shuts down objections in unusually sharp-tongued notice  – AUTOMATON WEST

Last week, Japan’s Patent Office (hereafter JPO) published a notice of rejection of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s divisional patent application No. 2026-019762. Describing an “in-game monster-capturing system,” this patent application is closely tied to the ongoing legal dispute with Palworld developer Pocketpair, so it comes as no surprise that the rejection has…

Resident Evil and Devil May Cry veterans say they explicitly told their team not to make Stupid Never Dies a soulslike  – AUTOMATON WEST

GPTRACK50 recently announced that its upcoming zombie action RPG Stupid Never Dies will launch in Fall 2026, accompanied by new trailer footage. Following a live demo event held in Los Angeles, game director Eiichiro Sasaki (known for…