Game News Round-Up

US patent office director orders re-examination of Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle

NetEase’s closed studio, T-Minus Zero Entertainment, is back from the dead - name has been acquired by staff. "Reimagined" studio to relaunch as a production company

Xbox Game Pass Games for November

• Arriving
• Dead Static Drive (Cloud, Console, PC) – November 5
• Sniper Elite Resistance (Cloud, Console, PC) – November 5
• Egging On (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series S/X) – November 6
• Whiskerwood (PC) – November 6
• Voidtrain (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series S/X) – November 7
• Great God Grove (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series S/X) – November 11
• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (Cloud, Console, PC)
• Pigeon Simulator (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series S/X) – November 11
• Relic Hunters Legend (Cloud, Console, PC) – November 12
• Winter Burrow (Cloud, Console, PC) – November 12
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (Cloud, Console, PC) – November 14
• Leaving (November 15th)
• Blacksmith Master
• Football Manager 24
• Football Manager 24 Console Edition
• Frostpunk
• Spirittea
• STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl

Sega Sammy's fiscal year ending March 2025

• Net sales: ¥428.9 billion ($2.79 billion, down 8.5% year-on-year)
• Operating income: ¥48.1 billion ($313 million, down 16.8% year-on-year)
• Persona 5 series tops 13 million sales

Nintendo Financial Results

• Net sales: ¥1.1 trillion ($7.2 billion, up 110% year-on-year)
• Operating profit: ¥145.1 billion ($950 million, up 19.5% year-on-year)
• Ordinary profit: ¥236 billion ($1.5 billion, up 60.5% year-on-year)
• Hardware sales (incl. Switch and Switch 2): 12.25 million units
• Software sales (incl. Switch and Switch 2): 82.18 million units