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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)

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Electronic Arts readying Origin API for developers? Registers origin-api.com

Origin API

Last week Electronic Arts said it planned to host third-party content on Origin, its direct download service that lets you purchase and play EA games.  The move would better position Origin to compete with services like Steam that offer third party titles.

While no word on titles or availability has been given, Electronic Arts has registered the domain name origin-api.com, in a possible move to release something like a Steamworks API, to help developers with developing and publishing a game or mod on Origin.

Origin-api.com was registered on Friday, September 16, 2011 and doesn’t resolve to a web site at the time of this posting.

Registrant:
      Electronic Arts Inc.
      Domain Administrator
      209 Redwood Shores Parkway
      Redwood City, CA 94065
      US
      Email:

   Registrar Name….: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
   Registrar Whois…: whois.corporatedomains.com
   Registrar Homepage: www. cscprotectsbrands.com

   Domain Name: origin-api.com

      Created on…………..: Fri, Sep 16, 2011
      Expires on…………..: Sun, Sep 16, 2012
      Record last updated on..: Fri, Sep 16, 2011

   Administrative,Technical Contact:
      Electronic Arts Inc.
      Domain Administrator
      209 Redwood Shores Parkway
      Redwood City, CA 94065
      US
      Email:

   DNS Servers:

   swdns.ea.com
   sedns.ea.com

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PopCap registers casino-style domains that hint at new versions of hit games

bookworm

Is PopCap Games planning casino-style versions of many of its popular games like Bookworm?

Based on domain name registrations that the company has made in the last few days, that’s what it looks like. 

PopCap has purchased variations of many of its games that include the words: casino, slots, and poker.  Names such as bookwormcasino.com, bookwormpoker.com, and bookwormslots.com.

Here’s a look at all the domain names purchased in recent days.

bigmoneycasino.org
bigmoneypoker.net
bigmoneypoker.org 
bigmoneyslots.net
bigmoneyslots.org  
bookwormcasino.com  
bookwormcasino.net
bookwormcasino.org  
bookwormpoker.com  
bookwormpoker.net
bookworkpoker.org 
bookwormslots.com  
bookwormslots.net  
luckygemcasino.com  
luckygemcasino.net
luckygemcasino.org  
mpicasino.com  
mpicasino.net  
mpicasino.org
mpipoker.com  
mpipoker.net  
mpislots.com  
mpislots.net
mpislots.org 
mysterypicasino.com  
mysterypicasino.net
mysterypicasino.org  
mysterypipoker.com  
mysterypipoker.net  
mysterypipoker.org
mysterypislots.com  
mysterypislots.net
mysterypislots.org

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Ubisoft moves to trademark Drawsome Sketch Quest and Drawsome with USPTO

Ubisoft Tablet

Game developer and publisher Ubisoft, which is rumored to be developing a tablet for its own games, has moved to trademark ‘Drawsome Sketch Quest’ and ‘Drawsome’.

Earlier this month, the company purchased domain names around the word ‘Drawsome’ that included DrawsomeTablet.com and DrawsomeSketchQuest.com.

The trademark application for Drawsome (Serial Number: 85416006) covers: Computer game controllers for electronic video game machines; computer game programs; computer game software; computer hardware; electronic game machines in the nature of video output game machines for use with external monitors or televisions.

The filing for Drawsome Sketch Quest (Serial Number: 85417329) covers: Game software and electronic game programs, namely, software games recorded on CD-ROM and digital video discs for computers; software games recorded on CD-ROMs, digital video discs, and cartridges for console and individual, portable gaming systems; software games that are downloadable from a remote computer site.

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Square Enix registers another Army Corps of Hell domain after teaser launch

Army Corps of Hell game

It appears the new Square Enix teaser site called “A Brand New Title of Hell” will be for a previously registered European trademark “Army Corps of Hell”. 

Following the launch of the teaser site, Square Enix has apparently registered the domain name armycorpsofhellgame.com through Corporation Service Company (CSC), a corporate domain registrar that provides trademark services — further solidifying rumors that the teaser site is for “Army Corps of Hell”. 

Square Enix has been using CSC for several of its domain purchases, as reported earlier in the week with its finalfantasyxiii-3.com purchase. 

Square Enix already owns armycorpsofhell.com, a name it registered in 2010 according to Whois records, however at the time this story being published, there is no website online for either armycorpsofhell.com or armycorpsofhellgame.com.

Domain Name: armycorpsofhell.com
Created On: 2010-11-17 04:35:10.0
Expiration Date: 2012-11-17 04:35:10.0
Status: ACTIVE
Registrant Name: Yoichi Wada
Registrant Organization: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Registrant Street1: 3-22-7 Yoyogi
Registrant Street2: 
Registrant City: Shibuya-ku
Registrant State: Tokyo
Registrant Postal Code: 151-8544
Registrant Country: JP