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The Nemesis system is, simply, a stroke of genius.

Enemies can remember your previous encounters and respond accordingly.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

It’s such a good system that perhaps it’s unsurprising that Warner Bros. wanted to patent it.

Not every game company uses patents to outright prevent others from using their systems.

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A brightened screenshot from the reveal trailer for the Monolith Productions Wonder Woman game.

Wonder Woman in the new game from Monolith and Warner Bros games

A zoomed-in and brightened screenshot of Wonder Woman in the reveal trailer for the untitled Wonder Woman game.

Oblivion Remastered "Sir Vancealot"

Skyblivion

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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No Rest for the Wicked

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer still showing the D-Rex

Solo Leveling anime

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2