Activision Patents Microtransaction-Based Matchmaking

Full patent page here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9789406.PN.&OS=PN/9789406&RS=PN/9789406 After receiving loads of emails about this, I woke up ready to give this patent a good going over. While patents never guarantee real-life implementation, they can be reflective of a business, and boy does this one – a matchmaking system based on selling microtransactions…

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Indie AAA (The Jimquisition)

You want a positive Jimquisition? You want praise? You don’t want to hear about microtransactions for a week?  Just so happens we had something prepped. The Jim giveth as much The Jim taketh, good friends.  Let’s look at Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and delight in the success that could prove a game…

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