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EA Files System Shock Trademark
Gamespot is reporting the EA has filed for a trademark on the System Shock brand. From the article: "Electronic Arts registered a trademark last month on the title 'System Shock' for use in video games. Interestingly enough, it also made note that the trademark was to apply to 'a computer game that may be accessed network-wide by network users,' or 'an online computer game accessed and played via mobile and cellular phones and other wireless devices.' An EA representative was not immediately available for comment as to whether the trademark was a sign that the dormant franchise would soon be awoken, or if it was just a bit of routine upkeep of the company's intellectual property. " Take-Two is still developing the title thought to be the spiritual successor to the System Shock series, BioShock. Their purchase of Irrational Studios was reported yesterday.
Maybe EA sees itself as the new Shodan, commanding an army of helpless cybernetic slaves to do its bidding.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
They might just be pulling a Disney, and trying to keep others from using their product's name. At this point though, we'll just have to wait and find out.
And they said zombies weren't real!