Epic iss Developing a new game called Nano.Strike?

[Squilliam]

Merel said:

Squirty said:

Merel said:
Uh? How exactly do you patent a videogame?

I think they are patenting some wierd face plate for the Xbox 360.

That's still sort of silly, unless they invented a new way to attach a faceplate, but the first link actually leads to  something described as: "Computer game software for use with personal computers, home video game consoles used with televisions, and for arcade-based video game consoles".

Trademark, ok. Copyright, ok. But patent?

 

Who knows? In any case the whole patent industry is broken when it comes to software patents, and trademarks and copyrights probably already offer adequate protection. Patents really only help patent trolls from what I've seen in regards to software.