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Ubisoft registers Ubiloud.com domain

Ubisoft

Ubi-this.  And Ubi-that.  Video game publisher Ubisoft has registered a new domain name this week: Ubiloud.com.

According to Whois records, Ubisoft Entertainment purchased the name on March 29, 2012.

It’s unknown what the future will bring for Ubiloud.  As of right now, the domain name does not resolve to a web page.

In a recent interview with Pocket-lint, Chris Early, head of digital at Ubisoft, said the company will launch a cloud-based storage system that will allow players to save game data across multiple devices such as an iPhone and iPad.

Could Ubiloud be the name of the new cloud-based storage service?

That’s probably a stretch.  But with Ubicloud.com already owned by someone else, anything is possible, including the name being nothing more than a defensive purchase to prevent others from owning the name.

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Microsoft Corporation registers XboxFL.com, XboxFL.net domain names

Xbox FL

Early this month, I wrote about Microsoft secretly acquiring the domain names Halo5.com and Halo9.com.

Now, the company has made two more interesting domain purchases this week.  On March 28, 2012, Microsoft Corporation registered XboxFL.com (Whois) and XboxFL.net (Whois).

So, what on earth is “Xbox FL”?

Your guess is as good as mine.

At the time of this story, both domain names redirect visitors to Bing.

[Updated March 31, 2012 10:57am EST:. Microsoft added another domain to the list.  The company registered registered XboxFL.cz on March 30.  .cz isthe country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Czech Republic.]

Discussion: Gamespot, Joystiq, ComputerAndVideoGames.com, Neowin.net, Game Rant, ITProPortal, GameRevolution, Gaming Examiner, This is Xbox, Gaming Bolt, The Tech Report, LLC and Geeky gadgets

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Is Activision launching a blog? Game publisher registers ActivisionNews.com

Activision Blizzard logo

Activision Blizzard logo

Could Activision be launching its own blog sometime in the near future? 

It very well could be according to a recent domain registration by Mary Tuck, Activision’s legal counsel.  On March 19, the company registered the domain name ActivisionNews.com (Whois) through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor.

While Activision already has a Press Releases section on its website and its social media manager Dan Amrich runs a blog called One of Swords that covers Activision happenings, unlike some of its competitors such as Electronic Arts, Activision has no company branded blog that covers anything and everything Activision.

Of course, ActivisionNews.com may be nothing more than a defensive registration, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see if anything turns up online.

As of today, ActivisionNews.com does not resolve to a web page.

Discussion: Joystiq

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Middle-earth Enterprises registers Legends of Middle Earth game domains

Legends of Middle Earth game

Could another video game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth literary writings be released?

Well, according to three new domain registrations by Middle-earth Enterprises (a division of The Saul Zaentz Company), a new game called “Legends of Middle Earth” may be in the works.

On March 12, The Saul Zaentz Company registered LegendsofMiddleEarthgame.com (Whois), LOMgame.com (Whois), and LOMEgame.com (Whois).

At the time of this story going online, none of the domains resolve to a web page.

Discussion: GameSpot and HardGamers

(Image of Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2 Rise of the Witch King via EA.com)

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Electronic Arts files trademark applications for ‘Full Contact Bingo’

Full Contact Bingo

This may be one of the stranger trademark filings I’ve seen by Electronic Arts, but it should make for an interesting game.

On March 5, 2012, EA submitted two trademark applications (Serial Numbers 85560267 and 85560275) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “Full Contact Bingo.”

Serial Number 85560267 covers, “Entertainment services, namely, providing an on-line computer game; Provision of information relating to electronic computer games provided via the Internet.”

Serial Number 85560275 covers, “Computer game software; Downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices; Video game software.”

As of today, Electronic Arts has made no announcement on releasing Full Contact Bingo.

Discussion: Game Informer, Kotaku, VG247, Hard OCP, Shacknews, HardGamers, AusGamers and Kotaku Australia