Screenshot: WB Games
After trying multiple times since 2015, WB Games has successfully secured a patent on the nemesis system featured in Shadow of Mordor and its sequel,
Shadow of War. The patent goes into effect later this month.
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As reported by IGN, on February 3 the US Patent and Trademark Office released an issue notice confirming that WB Games’ patent on the system was approved and would become effective officially on February 23, 2021.
(That issue notice link wasn’t working at the time of publication.)
The nemesis system first appeared in 2014 s open-world-stab-athon
Shadow of Mordor, and would be expanded on greatly in the 2017 sequel