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[AAMARMO]

Mod:Can you remove Rumour

Source: GribbleGrunger - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=205716139&postcount=3860

 

[Bringer Of Bacon]

NX exclusive hype

 

[pizzacat]

Agent RDR crossover

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

How is that a rumor? Lol, trademarks aren't rumors

 

[Acquiescence]

Ermagerrrd!

 

[skynidas]

I mean, it's not a rumour, you can see it here: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86014006&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch

The thing is that nobody knows if this is relevant because they have renewed the trademark multiple times before.

 

[AAMARMO]

How is that a rumor? Lol, trademarks aren't rumors

To be on the safe side.

 

[HMD]

Oh it's getting the FFVersusXIII treatment, isn't it?

 

[Guymelef]

They are renewing trademark since forever it's not a rumor and could mean nothing, just like every past year.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

NX exclusive hype

Ew.

 

[Foffy]

Agent RDR crossover

Doesn't RDR have a "crossover" with Mafia III? At least the prequel in development.

 

[TimPV3]

It's great to see the PS3 still getting exclusives this late in the game

 

[Bedameister]

They are renewing trademark since forever it's not a rumor and could mean nothing, just like every past year.

exactly

 

[ps3ud0]

Seems to be renewed every May/November so doesnt look like anything but a standard renewal.

ps3ud0 8)

 

[Hot Coldman]

if this game ever comes out I'm going to do the DK Rap backwards on youtube

 

[5taquitos]

Trademarks for old and dormant franchises and titles get renewed all the time, I don't think anything should be read into this. Just them protecting a trademark.

 

[Honome]

Rumor renewed confirmed!!

 

[Spring Drive]

How much does it cost to endlessly renew a trademark you're not even using?

 

[Tratorn]

We get the same info every year again and some people still take it as a hint for a re-reveal lol.

 

[Metalingus5150]

YEAR OF DREAMS 2.0

 

[SRTtoZ]

I'm guessing its easier for them to renew a trademark rather than not and have a ton of questions thrown at them for cancelling.

 

[ActWan]

Let's prove all the doubters from the Sony E3 thread wrong, Sony!

 

[DriftingSpirit]

lol I like the predictable skepticism.

It will make the reveal that much sweeter.

 

[Turkoop]

OH SHIT IT'S HAPPENING GUYS!!!! IT'S HAPPENING
SOMEONE HOLD ME

 

[GeoramA]

Dat pre-E3 smoke...

 

[Pandy]

if this game ever comes out I'm going to do the DK Rap backwards on youtube

Saved this post.

 

[5taquitos]

How much does it cost to endlessly renew a trademark you're not even using?

I think it just costs a few hundred dollars to renew.

http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/trademark-faqs#161964

 

[WhateverItTakes]

It's not happening. It'll never be happening.

 

[Turkoop]

One week before E3, this can't be a coincidence

 

[Magicman103]

I can confirm that aGENT (it's last known internal name) has been shelved for YEARS now and hasn't been worked on by any Rockstar studio, they'd have had to have picked it up again within the past year and been working like crazy to be able to show or talk about it this E3 but with all the internal conflict going on and other projects that are much more of a priority, I doubt aGENT will be making a showing any time soon.

I worked with an outreach of their web team from 2007 - 2015, we had a few contacts within Rockstar and would share information, what we were allowed to pass on or spread amongst websites and fansites and such, I can verify if needs be. Either way I do think it's funny the way people bring up aGENT or other rockstar titles with the stories I heard from the other side.

These two quotes are from the Sony E3 Conference thread.

Take them as you will.

 

[Kerned]

One week before E3, this can't be a coincidence

It 100% can be a coincidence.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I'm not sure how these renewals work, but if Rockstar and Sony really have been working to revive Agent and debut it at E3, wouldn't it have made sense to renew the trademark sooner than June 1st?

 

[kennyamr]

hmmm It's interesting but do they really invest that much dev time into an exclusive?
I don't think they would do that, maybe as a multiplatform though.

 

[Kerned]

I'm not sure how these renewals work, but if Rockstar and Sony really have been working to revive Agent and debut it at E3, wouldn't it have made sense to renew the trademark sooner than June 1st?

They probably renew it whenever it is about to lapse. This news doesn't mean much of anything.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Its happening again! E3 OF DREAMS 2.0! ......hopefully.

 

[Milennia]

This game will forever be nonexistent to me until i'm actually playing it.

Just like last guardian and kh3

 

[Noisepurge]

Renewed past November? Seems just like they want to hold on to it so no one else makes a game called Agent just yet.

 

[5taquitos]

Did it mean anything when Extension 3 was granted in June 2015?

This is nothing.

 

[Liamc723]

OH SHIT IT'S HAPPENING GUYS!!!! IT'S HAPPENING
SOMEONE HOLD ME

Lol, no it's not.

 

[stryke]

Pretty sure i made a similar thread years ago.it doesn't mean anything.

 

[pizzacat]

Doesn't RDR have a "crossover" with Mafia III? At least the prequel in development.

wut?

First I've heard of this

 

[Bedameister]

We'll probably still have threads like this in 5 years.

 

[5taquitos]

wut?

First I've heard of this

There's a rumor swirling because the leaked map of RDR 2 has a town that shares the same name as a Mafia location (can't remember which).

Must be New Bordeaux

That's the one

 

[Sponge]

Dreams 2.0 here we come.

 

[Ivan 3414]

NX exclusive hype

As opposed to not existing at all? I'll definitely take it.

 

[Kerned]

We'll probably still have threads like this in 5 years.

Definitely. People still think HL3 is coming FFS.

 

[Turkoop]

There's a rumor swirling because the leaked map of RDR 2 has a town that shares the same name as a Mafia location (can't remember which).

Must be New Bordeaux

 

[Freeman76]

One week before E3, this can't be a coincidence

Lol of course it can. Not to mention that renewing one week before would have little significance anyway.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I mean if real can it realistically be exclusive anymore?

 

[JaseC]

I'm not sure how these renewals work, but if Rockstar and Sony really have been working to revive Agent and debut it at E3, wouldn't it have made sense to renew the trademark sooner than June 1st?

I sincerely doubt Agent is still a PlayStation exclusive. Tretton later switched gears and began saying that the matter of whether or not Sony still has exclusive rights to the game is a question better suited for R*, which means the ball is in R*'s court, which itself all but confirms a move to multiple platforms as a developer as large and well-funded as R* releasing a big-budget, third-party exclusive with zero incentive from the platform holder makes zero sense.