EA Abandons Skate Franchise
Skate franchise was abandoned by Electronic Arts. According to data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the rights of the American giant to the trademark have expired.
video games
Agnes Adamus
November 8, 2019
Sony Applies for PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 and PS10 Trademarks
Sony has applied for trademarks in Japan for PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 and PS10. There are of course only placeholders, but it is worth noting that the company only once registered more than one trademark. It was in 2006 with PS4 and PS5.
Tech
Konrad Serafinski
October 29, 2019
Riot Games May Create a Social Networking Website With Mods
Riot Forge trademarks registered by Riot Games indicate that the studio works on a social networking website that would brings together people playing games from the developer. Most likely, you will also be able to create and share mods.
video games
Paul Wozniak
October 16, 2019
Sony Creates Its Own Version of Google Assistant on PlayStation
Sony is working on its own intelligent assistant. Information about Sony's new patent, PlayStation Assist voice alarm system, has appeared on the Internet. It is supposed to help us in difficult moments, proposing solutions to a given problem.
Tech
Agnes Adamus
September 30, 2019
Mafia 4 in the Works? A Trademark was Registered
Take-Two Interactive has registered a trademark that most likely refers to the new installment of the Mafia series. However, we did not get any more details on this subject.
video games
Paul Wozniak
September 25, 2019
Switch Gets Bent Controllers? Nintendo Patents New Joy-Cons
Nintendo may introduce new, more ergonomic Joy-Cons for the Switch console. May, but it doesn't have to, because so far the patent for bent controllers has only been filed online.
Tech
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
September 9, 2019
Sony's New Patent Reveals the Appearance of PS5? [Updated]
An infographic included in Sony's new patent, showing the potential appearance of the upcoming PlayStation 5 console, has been published on the web. This is probably not the final design of the device, but it shows the overall concept adopted by the manufacturer.
Tech
Conrad Hazi
August 22, 2019
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville Trademark Registered
Electronic Arts has registered the trademark for Plants vs. Zombies in Europe: Battle for Neighborville. Fans bet that it will be the title of the next shooter from the devs of the Garden Warfare series.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 10, 2019
Total War Saga - New Installment Set During the Trojan War
Creative Assembly Studio has registered the Total War Saga: Troy trademark, which is associated with the next and unannounced spin-off of the popular strategy game series. As the title suggests, the game will take place during the mythical Trojan War. The title may be revealed during the upcoming gamescom fair.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
August 9, 2019
Valve is Probably Working on Steam Controller 2
A patent registered by Valve introduces a new version of Steam Controller, featuring pressure-sensitibe buttons in the grip. The device also appears in the Steamworks Developer Toolkit files.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
July 4, 2019
Samsung Copyrights Smartphone With Foldable Screen
Samsung is planning to produce a smartphone that we can fold and put on like a watch. The world has not forgotten about the infamous case of Galaxy Fold, and the Korean giant is already patenting new technology.
Tech
Konrad Serafinski
June 13, 2019
Valve Registers Dota Underlords Trade Mark
Valve has registered the name Dota Underlords as a trademark of a computer game. We do not know the details yet, but it seems that Gabe Newell and the company are preparing to announce a new game.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 15, 2019
Diablo on Netflix not Far Away? Blizzard Registers Trademark
Will Diablo join the other video game adaptations and become an animated TV series on Netflix? Blizzard registered a relevant trademark, thus confirming some of the rumors about such a project, which were lately making rounds on the Internet.
movies & tv series
Michael Kulakowski
March 15, 2019
Unannounced Google Game Controller Leaked?
Google has registered a patent related to notifications in the company's original game controller. A gamepad equipped with this function will not only send notifications but also offer a bunch of various facilitations.
Tech
Jacob Blazewicz
March 10, 2019
Until Dawn Devs Register House of Ashes Trademark
The developers of the adventure game Until Dawn, Supermassive Games, have registered a House of Ashes trademark. The game may be a part of The Dark Pictures Anthology, which the developer announced last year.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 27, 2019
Bethesda vs The Book Breeze - Battle Over Redfall Trademark
Bethesda argues with The Book Breeze publishing company. The publisher objected to Bethesda's attempt to register the Redfall trademark, referring to its rights to a book series under the same title.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 20, 2019
Fortnite Dance Affair - US Goverment Denies Carlton Dance Claim
US patent office responded to Alfons Ribeiro's claim of alleged copyright infringement in Fortnite using the Fresh emote. According to patent examiners, a short, simple dance does not fall under copyright law, rendering the claim invalid.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 17, 2019
Watch Dogs 3 on Next-Gen Consoles?
New rumors on Watch Dogs 3 are surfacing on the web. This time, the gamers have noticed the freshly-revealed request from Ubisoft to register a trademark.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 11, 2019
Online Jade Empire is Coming? EA Registers Trademark
Electronic Arts registered a Jade Empire trademark, related to a 2005 BioWare RPG. According to the description, the trademark will be used for an online game.
video games
February 3, 2019
Sony Registers a Backward Compatibility System for PS5
Sony patents a backward compatibility system for PlayStation 5.
Tech
Michael Kulakowski
February 2, 2019