The Pokémon vs Palworld legal battle we did (and didn’t) expect | GI Microcast
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The
latest
episode
of
The
GamesIndustry.biz
Microcast
is
available
to
download
now,
offering
you
a
quick
dive
into
the
biggest
news
from
the
business
of
video
games.
This
week,
the
big
story
is
Nintendo
and
The
Pokémon
Company
are
taking
legal
action
against
Pocketpair
developer
Palworld.
We
dig
into
why
this
is
not
the
lawsuit
so
many
consumers
expected
after
the
game
was
originally
announced,
which
patents
may
be
at
the
centre
of
this
dispute,
and
the
potential
motivations
behind
these
two
major
companies
calling
on
their
lawyers.
Elsewhere
on
this
episode,
we
discuss
recent
headlines
such
as
EA’s
investor
day,
Australia’s
new
rules
on
in-game
gambling
imagery
and
loot
boxes,
and
the
return
of
Flappy
Bird.
And
in
What
Do
The
Numbers
Mean?
we
take
a
deeper
look
at
how
well
Astro
Bot
and
Warhammer
40,000:
Space
Marine
2
have
performed.
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playlist.
Episode
edited
by
Alix
Attenborough.
