Following a bit of a tease at least year’s BlizzCon, Blizzard has given Overwatch 2’s 41st hero the full reveal treatment. And that’s not all! Juno, as the shooter’s new Martian space ranger is known, is available to play today for a limited-time.
When Blizzard first teased Juno last year, she was known only by the codename Space Ranger. It was, however, confirmed, she’d be Overwatch’s first Martian character, as well as a “highly mobile support hero”. Eight months later and we now have a much clearer idea of who Juno is, as well as what she can do, thanks to a brand-new gameplay trailer showcasing her abilities.
Sporting a kind of retrofuturistic look, complete with jet-infused roller-boots and a slinky ray gun, Juno leans heavily on speedy traversal. Her pa…
Read moreClive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum is a truly iconic bit of 80s computer design, and readers of a certain age will have the opportunity to relive a youth spent palpating its rubber keys this November, when it returns to homes – with a bunch of included classic games and modern niceties thrown in – courtesy of Retro Games, the team behind this year’s Atari 400 Mini.
The Spectrum (as Retro Games is calling its new bit of old-school-inspired hardware) takes its design cues from the unforgettable 48K, with its rubber keys and iconic rainbow stripe – but, as per VGC, its innards are a little more multi-generational, capable of emulating all the classic Spectrum variants: the 16K, 48K, Spectrum+ (AKA my first home computer), and 128K.
Notably, The Spectrum’s rubber keybo…
Read moreFollowing last week’s shock announcement Nintendo is suing Palworld maker Pocketpair for the infringement of “multiple patents rights”, an IP expert has claimed it’s “exceedingly plausible” Nintendo crafted its patent applications specifically to target Palworld.
Writing for Gamesindustry.biz, Andrew Velzen – an associate at law firm MBHB – started by summarising some of the intellectual property discoveries legal experts have made so far since word of Nintendo’s lawsuit surfaced last week, starting with four key patent applications highlighted by Japanese attorney Kiyoshi Kurihara.
These patent claims, explains Velzen, all relate to different aspects of catching and/or riding “combat characters, “airborne rideable characters”, and “field characters” using “…
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