Warner Bros will retain the rights to Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system until 2036; The system was set to be used in Monolith Productions' Wonder Woman game; Warner Bros shut down Monolith this ...

Warner Bros application for a patent on Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor’s Nemesis System has finally been granted.. IGN reports that the US Patent and Trademark Office released an issue notice on ...

Founded in the 1990s and part of Warner Bros since 2004, the studio was best known for Shadow of Mordor and its follow-up Shadow of War, which both used the studio's patented Nemesis system.

In 2021, Warner Bros secured a patent for the Nemesis System, which gave the company could have exclusive rights to it until roughly 2035. That’s why we’ve never seen something similar used in ...

Nemesis System Still Owned By Warner Bros. Despite Monolith Productions Shutting Down. February 26, 2025 by Dennis Patrick. The patent doesn’t expire until 2036.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. (WB press image) Analysis: In what has proved to be a controversial move among game developers, Warner Brothers has secured a U.S. patent for the Nemesis System ...

The Nemesis system, founded by Warner Bros titles Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, is a feature the gaming community has always wanted other developers to utilise since its inception ...

But Warner Bros isn’t the only culprit and the Nemesis system patent isn’t an isolated incident. Other developers have tried patenting their own gameplay features in the past.

Here are some Warner Bros games that could reinvent their respective genres with the help of the Nemesis system. Picture Hitman games with targets that learn to counter you (Image credit: IO ...

As pointed out by Mark Brown in his latest Game Maker's Toolkit video, Warner Bros. Interactive have applied for a patent on the nemesis system used in Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, Shadow of ...