September 2010
2 posts
Adieu
As evidenced by the increasingly sporadic posts on this site, it seems the information well has dried up—the trademark registrations, the domain registrations, the Google searches, the LinkedIn profiles, the resumes/CVs, et cetera. I guess it was inevitable that the industry would take note of potential liabilities to their modus operandi, and if anything, I’m surprised it...
“1995 - 1997 Dreamworks Interactive, Belair, CaliforniaTitle: Lead...”
– http://www.comstockarts.com/website/web-content/downloads/CComstock_Resume.doc Wait, there was a Nora Ephron/Steven Spielberg FMV romcom in the works in the early days of DreamWorks Interactive? Woah.
August 2010
26 posts
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PopCap has filed a trademark registration for Vacation Quest. (Please don’t be a hidden object game. By the way, where the heck are Yetitrain and Robodojo?)
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Sony-affiliated studio Broodworks has filed a trademark registration for Superbot. (Also, their job page seems to suggest that the studio is focusing on the PS3 rather than handhelds as initially described.)
Backbone Entertainment has filed trademark registrations for Arkopolis, Armor Up, and Wild East.
“After shipping Battle for Middle Earth II in February 2006, I briefly joined the...”
– http://ejm-3d.net/Pages/Pandemic/Index.htm
Can't be worse than Naughty Bear
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/jeff-hattem/22/969/467Studio Creative Director A2M (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
September 2006 — Present (4 years ) Rango (2011)http://ca.linkedin.com/in/gouelletLevel designer Artificial Mind & Movement (Privately Held; Computer Games industry) February 2007 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Currently working on: “Rango Next...
“Registrant: THQ Inc. 29903 Agoura Rd. Agoura Hills, California 91301...”
– http://whois.domaintools.com/redfactionbattlegrounds.com Sounds like a portable thing meant to be played in short bursts.
“Domain Name: imperatorthegame.com...”
– http://whois.domaintools.com/imperatorthegame.com Could this be back in development?
“Registrant: Namco Networks America Inc. 1740 Technology Dr. Suite 320...”
– http://whois.domaintools.com/antiquesroadshowthegame.com This better be more than a hypothetical.
“Lead Game Designer Electronic Arts Montreal Montreal PQ CAN… Requirements:...”
– http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=23093&accountno=178 EA Montreal collaborating with EALA, er, Danger Close on a game?
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Valve has filed a trademark registration for DOTA. I guess that’s another confirmation.
“Back then, it was not obvious… So, the thought pattern was to get several...”
– http://nicolarticles.blogspot.com/2010/01/tork-prehistoric-punk-was-release-on.html
“ Created on…………..: 2010-05-05....”
– http://whois.domaintools.com/bejeweledcasino.com http://whois.domaintools.com/bejeweledkeno.com http://whois.domaintools.com/bejeweledlottery.com http://whois.domaintools.com/bejeweledlotto.com http://whois.domaintools.com/bejeweledscratch.com http://whois.domaintools.com/bejeweledscratchcard.com...
Trademark roundup: August 4-5
Double Fine Productions has filed a trademark registration for Costume Quest. Of their four projects, I would speculate this is Brad Muir’s game (I’m operating under the hope that Tasha Harris’ project is the long-awaited sequel to Tasha’s Game). LucasFilm has filed a trademark registration for Bounty Hunter that mentions a number of game-related things. A re-release of...
Is the film with Marlon Wayans considered canon?
http://critical-hits.com/2010/08/07/gen-con-2010-dd-new-products-seminar/Atari has an announcement coming about some kind of D&D video game but they couldn’t talk about it here.http://whois.domaintools.com/visitneverwinter.com http://whois.domaintools.com/neverwinter-game.com http://whois.domaintools.com/neverwintergame.com http://whois.domaintools.com/play-neverwinter.com...
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Namco Bandai has filed a trademark registration for City of Football. I am going to envision an open-world sports game.
Gallic novelties, please don't be clumsy
http://www.dont-nod.com/news/?lang=en16. 06. 2010… Signing of a co-production contract : DONTNOD is proud to announce the signing of a co-production contract with SCEE to develop a Blu-ray game for the PlayStation 3. It will give birth to a new IP in an innovation-driven industry!http://www.cindy-brace.com/fiche.cfm?id=186596MOTION CAPTURE: ADRIFT de Sony et Dontnod. Rôle:...
Electronic Arts has filed three new trademark registrations for Syndicate. Could an announcement not too far off? Seems like something that could be a Game Informer cover story in one of the next few issues.
Sophistwii?
One of John McCain and Tom Coburn’s “100 stimulus projects that give taxpayers the blues”
39. Research: Marketing Video Games to the Elderly (Raleigh, NC and Atlanta, GA) - $1.2 million North Carolina State University and Georgia Institute of Technology research scientists received $770,856 and $427,824, respectively, in stimulus grants from the National Science Foundation for...
What is Arkane?
http://www.infinity-game.com/doc/OpusArtz_Koshime.pdf
Zenimax/Bethesda/Arkane Studios: TBA
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgiraudeau.googlepages.com%2FGiraudeauGael_CV_FR.doc
2008 – 2010 Arkane Studios (15 months): Project Manager and Lead Designer on a triple A multiplayer still not announced for 360, PS3 and PC. Released in early...
“ Domain Name: deadspacesabotage.com...”
– http://whois.domaintools.com/deadspacesabotage.com New animated tie-in? They can’t possibly exploit the release of the sequel with another tie-in quasi-game, right?
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Jay-Z’s S. Carter Enterprises has filed a trademark registration for Empire in relation to mobile and social gaming.
July 2010
9 posts
“Responsible for brand plan development for Lord of the Rings: War in the North,...”
– http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=22967&accountno=407 Hobbit games presently in development? It makes sense I guess.
“VOLITION | THQ | 2004 – NOW… TECHNICAL ART DIRECTOR | “Downfall”
Risk...”
– http://www.jason-hayes.com/download/Jason%20Hayes%20Resume.pdf
“Paradox Development / Midway Studios Los Angeles -‐ Moorpark, CA…
...”
– http://xyla.net/miranda/resume/Miranda_Collins_Resume_5-2010.pdf I guess it makes sense that the developer of Thrill Kill would be the developer of this.
“Flex Engineer Electronic Arts (Public Company; ERTS; Computer Games industry)...”
– http://www.linkedin.com/pub/krishnan-ganesan/10/a28/3b8 I guess EA wants to get in some of that Mafia Wars action. There’s also an IMDb page for the game, which claims it is complete.
“Maxis is seeking an experienced Development Director to lead the development of...”
– https://jobs.ea.com/search/view.do?id=a0z50000000IafoAAC Sims for Facebook or something could be a very viable threat to the Zynga empire. (Or SimCity for Facebook.)
“Consultant, Writer and Story Editor for the Untitled Steven Spielberg Video Game...”
– http://adamsigel.com/SigelCV.pdf I have to imagine this has been cancelled, but I suppose there is a faint chance it has not.
“ Created on…………..: 2010-07-08....”
– http://whois.domaintools.com/arkhamcity.com http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanarkhamcity.com http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanashesofgotham.com http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanbrokenground.com http://whois.domaintools.com/batmannewarkham.com http://whois.domaintools.com/batmangranddelusion.com...
“Spark is looking for a senior gameplay engineer for a 3rd Person...”
– http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=22658&accountno=352
Based on Wikipedia’s science-fiction franchise page, I am inclined to believe it is one of the following: Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Predator, Riddick, Men in Black, or Stargate
If this...
“Monolith Productions, a division of WB Games Inc., seeks a Lead Campaign...”
– http://www.lith.com/Jobs/118759BR
Going to say four most likely candidates are The Hobbit, Superman, Batman, and Sherlock Holmes.
“Recently, I’ve worked on world concepts and narrative fiction for a new IP...”
– http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/rees-savidis/16/868/406 Does this mean NFS 2011 is not Shift 2? I don’t remember the first Shift having any sort of story. Mayhap one of these?
“Senior Programmer Slightly Mad Studios (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)...”
– http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/chris-mcclure/2/a93/b06 I wasn’t really paying attention to EA’s E3 presser, but I’m pretty sure this was not announced.
“We are looking for a Senior Client Macintosh Programmer, who will be primarily...”
– http://www.zenimaxonline.com/jobs_senior_mac_client_programmer.html
June 2010
11 posts
“Death Drive
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Racing
Release...”
– http://www.gamefly.com/game/xbox-360/Death-Drive/144270/ Whatever it is, it seems to not be the new James Bond title.
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Concept art for Crystal Dynamics’ Downfall.
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Design documents and prototype miscellanea for Crystal Dynamics’ San Francisco-set “3rd person, survival-horror open world game” Downfall. The rumored direction of the next full-fledged Tomb Raider makes a bit more sense now. (Also: More for the canon of conceptual stuff of Iron Man games that is more interesting—or in this case, likely would have been—than the final...
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Electronic Arts has filed a trademark (or two) for Alice: Madness Returns. It’s a bad pun, but I cannot fathom it being qualitatively worse than Bad Day LA—which is easily the most repulsive, juvenile and absymal game I have ever played. (Don’t get me wrong, this sequel from a textbook hack/borderline con artist that no one—not even the early aughts mall goths who were...
“Neversoft Entertainment, located in Woodland Hills, CA, is currently seeking...”
– http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=980747 “realistic”? I guess it is not one of these. Assisting on Modern Warfare 3?
“Level Artist (January 2006 February 2007)
Company: Ubisoft Entertainment,...”
– http://ca.linkedin.com/in/louisphilippedurand For some reason I’m really surprised by the latter existing.
“Tron Evolution (360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP)”
– http://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmk Going to guess Propaganda is not working on the latter three platforms.
May 2010
30 posts
“designer Crytek
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
May 2008 — August...”
– http://hu.linkedin.com/pub/barnabas-abrai/17/173/244
“Senior IT Manager
Crytek
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
February...”
– http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamesdennett