New trademarks by Valve sure do seem to be hinting at something. But what ever could it be?

March really started off with a bang for Counter-Strike fans when Nvidia included references to something called Counter-Strike 2. Specifically, the drivers starting with 531.18 included profiles for "Counter-strike 2 (cs2.exe)" and "Counter-strike 2 (csgos2.exe)."

Since that time, the Counter-Strike community has gone a bit rabid in their desire for a Source...

The Day Before devs share more excuses.

The Day Before's future is still in question as developer Fntastic (not Fnatic) released another public statement about the whole trademark issue they're contending with. The latest from Fntastic comes to us from Twitter where the studio says that the trademark for The Day Before was picked up for use with a mobile calendar app.

Though not directly stated by Fntastic in their Twitter statement, it seems pretty safe to assume that...

Indicative of nothing.

Microsoft has renewed the trademark for Fable. This comes shortly after the company kind of downplayed the significance of a Fable placeholder Twitter account.

The fact that Microsoft has renewed the Fable trademark signifies literally nothing. However, this is also something that I know a number of people will be interested in knowing. Companies renew trademarks all the time. For instance, Nintendo held on to the Eternal Darkness trademark for God...

Prey for the Gods was a game that was in development by a three-man Indie studio called No Matter Studios. Prey is an upcoming game from Bethesda. Zenimax, Bethesda's parent company, didn't like that another game had "Prey" in the title and decided to seek legal action against the Indie studio.

To cut to the chase, the Indie developers may not have "Prey for the Gods" now, but they do have Praey for the Gods or for you fancy types. The devs mention this change...

Prey for the Gods was a game that was in development by a three-man Indie studio called No Matter Studios. Prey is an upcoming game from Bethesda....

Remember when a really stupid thing happened in the gaming industry? That's too vague. Remember when that stupid thing was EA and Ubisoft were on the verge of hot legal action over the use of the word "Ghost?" Guess what? The dispute has been resolved!

EA has pulled one of their trademark filings for "Ghost." EA still has Ghost Games, developer of recent Need for Speed games and Ubisoft still has Ghost Recon. Everyone is happy. Details on the resolution are unknown but an...

Remember when a really stupid thing happened in the gaming industry? That's too vague. Remember when that stupid thing was EA and Ubisoft were...

Could we maybe go like one damn week in 2016 without having to waste time on these idiotic trademark legal battles? This time it's Atari and Hazy Dreams of Infinity who are about to go toe to toe at an upcoming United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hearing (February 26). All of it will be over the words "Haunted" and "House."

Atari apparently holds a trademark for those words due to some old Haunted House games, the first of which seems to have come out in the...

Could we maybe go like one damn week in 2016 without having to waste time on these idiotic trademark legal battles? This time it's Atari and Hazy...

According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the trademark for The Last Guardian has been abandoned by Sony.
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According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the trademark for The Last Guardian has been abandoned by Sony.
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Hold onto your butts, Sony just filed a trademark for Vib-Ribbon in Europe. Sadly, the trademark filing doesn't include any additional information, so nobody is really sure why Sony filed for this trademark. It's entirely possible it's just part of some general record upkeep at Sony. Then again, there has been a big push to see the return of Vib-Ribbon ever since Sony teased the hell out of it at E3. We'll just have to wait and see if Sony actually has plans for this fan favorite ti...

Hold onto your butts, Sony just filed a trademark for Vib-Ribbon in Europe. Sadly, the trademark filing doesn't include any additional information,...

Perhaps feeling the heat of the Internet, King is now filing for express abandonment of its trademark on the word "Candy."

The Candy Crush Saga developer confirmed the move to Kotaku.
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Perhaps feeling the heat of the Internet, King is now filing for express abandonment of its trademark on the word "Candy."

The...