US Patent Issued to Activision Publishing on March 31 for "Systems and methods for improved corner slicing in a multiplayer video game" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,300, issued on March 31, was assigned to Activision Publishing Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for improved corner slicing in a multiplayer video game" was invented by Juan Morelli (Raleigh, N.C.), Eugene Michael Barnes (Santa Monica, Calif.), Pablo Manuel Ortiz (Culver City, Calif.) and Matthew Kyle Scronce (Marina Del Rey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enabling automated, gradual visual rotation of a player's weapon and arms view model around an edge that the player intends to corner slice include imparting realistic motion and dynamism to the player's weapon and arms view model as...