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Square Enix files “Solo Remix” trademark

Solo Remix

According to a recent trademark filed by Square Enix, it looks like you may be able to remix your own music from Square Enix games like Final Fantasy XIII, soon.

The game publisher submitted trademark applications, which cover a wide variety of goods and services, both in Europe (Application number: 010823672 – .PDF) and the United States (Serial Number: 85611715) for “Solo Remix”.

The European trademark filing offers more details about the upcoming product.  And it appears Solo Remix may be more than just an app that involves music.

Computer game software; video game software; sound
recordings in the form of optical discs, magnetic discs, semiconductor ROMs featuring
music and/or fictional stories; audio visual recordings in the form of optical discs,
magnetic discs, semiconductor ROMs featuring music and/or animated fictional stories;
prerecorded compact discs featuring music; prerecorded video discs featuring music
and/or animated fictional stories; prerecorded video cassettes featuring music and/or
animated fictional stories; decorative magnets; mouse pads; straps for cellular phones;
sunglasses; blank memory cards; memory card cases; CD cases; computer keyboards;
joysticks; downloadable wallpapers for computers and/or mobile phones; downloadable
screensavers for computers and/or mobile phones; downloadable video recordings;
downloadable musical sound recordings; downloadable ring tones for mobile phones;
electronic publications in the field of computer games, video games, cartoons and/or
general entertainment.

Computer game strategy guidebooks; video game strategy
guidebooks; books featuring fictional and/or fantasy stories; graphic art books; song
books; musical score books; comic books; magazines featuring video games and/or
cartoons; posters; stickers; paper banners; calendars; postcards; stationery; collectors’
cards; trading cards; photographs.

Providing amusement facilities; amusement arcades;
providing on-line computer games; providing on-line video games; providing information
on computer game strategies and/or video game strategies via computer networks and/
or global communication networks; providing information on entertainment in the field
of computer games, video games, card games, animated cartoons, comics, novels
and/or magazines; providing on-line non-downloadable comics; providing on-line nondownloadable
magazines in the field of computer games, video games, cartoons and/or
general entertainment.

Square Enix has been diving into music lately.

In April, it unveiled a free streaming music service that offers music for such games and franchises as Xenogears, Drakengard, Final Fantasy XIII, Sengoku IXA, SaGA and El Shaddai.

This July, Square Enix releases its first rhythm game called Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.

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Square Enix Ltd. files ‘Core’ trademark for the provision of online game services

Square Enix

Square Enix Limited has filed a curious trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “Core”. 

The goods and services covered by the filing (serial no. 85421330) include “Entertainment services, namely, the provision of online computer game services; online computer game services provided by means of an internet portal; information and advisory services relating thereto.”

Could the company be renaming its online store to ‘Core’ and enhancing it as well, similar to what Electronic Arts did with Origin? 

Unlike previous filings out of Tokyo, Square Enix Ltd. is the European division of Square Enix Holdings Co. based in London, and it publishes content from the Square Enix Group.

(Photo of Square Enix at Tokyo Gameshow ’08 via Kennosuke Yamaguchi)