Lucasfilm registers slew of domains for Star Wars Alliance, Bothan Spies, Order 67, Star Wars Rebels, many more

Star Wars

It was announced this week, that Electronic Arts and The Walt Disney Company signed a multi-year video game agreement which allows them to create Star Wars games. Now Lucasfilm, which was acquired by Disney last year, has registered a slew of new domain names that include titles like:  Star Wars … [Read more...]

Electronic Arts registers domains for Battlefield 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20

Battlefield 19

Call it defensive or call it long-term planning, but Electronic Arts has gone out and registered dot-com domains for Battlefield 13 all the way through Battlefield 20. On May 2, EA registered each of the names through the brand protection agency Corporation Service Company (CSC), adding to its … [Read more...]

EA buying up Battledrome domains, game originally published in the nineties

Square Enix

Electronic Arts has been quietly buying up "Battledrome" domains, according to recent name acquisitions made through the brand protection agency Corporation Service Company (CSC). In early January, the domain Battledrome.com (WHOIS) switched owners from a resident of Australia to CSC.  Though … [Read more...]

ZeniMax to launch new online store for games like Doom? (Domains registered)

fallout

ZeniMax Media registered several domains this week around the name "store" through the brand protection agency Corporation Service Company. According to WHOIS records, Bethesda Softworks' parent company ZeniMax picked up names like Bethsoftstore.com, Doomstore.net, ElderScrollsstore.com and … [Read more...]

Lucasfilm (parent of LucasArts) registers Ewok Village domain for unknown project

Ewok Village

It's not everyday that Lucasfilm registers a new domain name. The last time the company picked up anything of note was back in early May when the company registered eight domains related to Star Wars: 1313, which turned out to be a video game that is creating quite a buzz.  So, it may be worth … [Read more...]

EA registers FriendsFinals.com, LiveFriendsFinals.com domains

Electronic Arts purchased two brand new domain names this week: FriendsFinals.com and LiveFriendsFinals.com. According to Whois history records, neither domain has ever been registered before. The domains were registered on July 24 through the internet brand protection company CSC Global, which … [Read more...]

Square Enix registers Just Cause 4 domains; Just Cause 3 not yet released

Just Cause 4

Aside from 2011 rumors of a Just Cause 3 video game in development and a movie, there hasn't been a whole lot of news lately about Just Cause. That may be about to change as Square Enix has registered a slew of Just Cause 4 domain names on May 18, 2012, like JustCause4.com (Whois) and … [Read more...]

Microsoft looking to future, secretly acquires Halo5.com, Halo9.com

Halo 5

Remember last year when Microsoft acquired Halo4.com for an undisclosed amount from its previous owner?   Well, it looks like Microsoft is at it again, this time with the domains Halo5.com and Halo9.com. According to Whois records, Microsoft has secretly acquired Halo5.com (Whois) and … [Read more...]

Apple secures SteveJobs.xxx domain

Steve Jobs

Apple has secured the dot-xxx adult domain SteveJobs.xxx (Whois), preventing anyone else from using the name of the company's late co-founder. This week, Apple officially took control of the domain through the registrar Corporation Service Company (CSC), a company that helps protect many of … [Read more...]

Electronic Arts registers Quicklime Games via brand protection company

Electronic Arts offices

Electronic Arts made an interesting domain purchase this week through CSC, a company that helps businesses protect their brands.  On January 4, EA registered the domain name QuicklimeGames.com (WHOIS). It's unknown why the company registered the name.  The web address currently does … [Read more...]