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Weekly analysis plus monthly, quarterly, and yearly intelligence reports on gaming innovation. Track emerging technologies, spot competitive moves, and identify investment opportunities before they hit the market. Built for players who want insider knowledge, developers seeking competitive intelligence, and investors making strategic decisions.

Recent Intelligence
Published Date: May 5, 2026
Niantic, Inc.

Niantic Just Patented How AR Games Handle Your Location Data

A location-based application, such as a parallel reality game, may receive, from a client device of a user of the application, location data represen...

Published Date: Apr 30, 2026
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Wants NPCs to Deliver Your Real-World Notifications

A communication is received from a source external to a video game. The received communication is processed through a first artificial intelligence (...

Published Date: Apr 28, 2026
NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.

NetEase Patents Phone-as-Accelerator Tech That Rivals May Already Be Using

A method for game data acceleration, includes: obtaining game information in a game host device by an accelerator client, the game information includ...

Industry Reports
Published: Apr 8, 2026
Quarterly Report / Filed Patents

What's New in Gaming Patents? Q1 2026 Quarterly Filed Report

Q1 2026 saw 209 patents from 77 companies. AI/ML, hardware, cross-platform, game engine, and VR/AR dominated activity. Common problems address...

Published: Apr 8, 2026
Quarterly Report / Granted Patents

What's New in Gaming Patents? Q1 2026 Quarterly Granted Report

Q1 2026 saw 123 patents from 53 companies. AI/ML, hardware, cross-platform, VR/AR, and cloud gaming dominated activity. Most patents addressed...

Monthly Report / Filed Patents

What's New in Gaming Patents? April 2026 Filed Report

AI, hardware, and audio led April's filings, with personalization as the dominant cross-category theme. Sony, EA, Bandai Namco, and Microsoft each pat...

Monthly Report / Granted Patents

What's New in Gaming Patents? April 2026 Granted Report

Hardware and AI/ML dominated the month, with controller customization, mobile input, content moderation, and character behavior accounting for most ac...

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