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Double Fine has a good heart, but lawd they have no idea how to market a game/deal with publishers. See the Brutal Legend fiasco, and their other very quite releases.
I'm not seeing a problem, here. Sure, Double Fine has a game called Trenched...The board game is called Trench. Two different words, on two different mediums.
What the fuck is the problem here?
What the fuck is the problem here?
@Shin
When people file trademarks, they generally file more than just the one proper name. They most likely have a trademark on anything with the root "Trench" in it - which includes "-ed".
When people file trademarks, they generally file more than just the one proper name. They most likely have a trademark on anything with the root "Trench" in it - which includes "-ed".
Jesus! The Portuguese ruin everything!
No seriously, Trench and Trenched are kind of different (I don't know if it's too hard to tell in Portuguese the endings of English words, but whatever) but lawyers would of course argue against sense.
Why doesn't Double Fine just license/buy the name from the board game company. Probably cheaper than changing the name in the packaging/game/etc. [which is also not unheard of].
Seriously though. If you come up with a product, do you check out trademarks in every country around the world where the game will be released? Japan, absolutely. UK, sure. France, Germany, Australia, sure... big enough markets. Portugal? Ehhh...
No seriously, Trench and Trenched are kind of different (I don't know if it's too hard to tell in Portuguese the endings of English words, but whatever) but lawyers would of course argue against sense.
Why doesn't Double Fine just license/buy the name from the board game company. Probably cheaper than changing the name in the packaging/game/etc. [which is also not unheard of].
Seriously though. If you come up with a product, do you check out trademarks in every country around the world where the game will be released? Japan, absolutely. UK, sure. France, Germany, Australia, sure... big enough markets. Portugal? Ehhh...
Call it Entrenched. This is not a problem at all. And if that doesn't work, "Brown Game with Giant Robots 57"
Sucks the game had to be ditched like that. Can they rebrand it Gulched, Gullyed, Gorged, or Troughed?
Not much to say about the trademark issue, but I can say that Trenched is a really fun, original game.
It is a shame to see almost zero buzz on it. Giant robots and tower defense games are two of my favorite things.
It is a shame to see almost zero buzz on it. Giant robots and tower defense games are two of my favorite things.
after MS's E3 and the fact that there hasn't been a single exclusive 360 game I care for since the release of Reach, I was ready to sell the good old box. Than, there was Trenched. Well, ebay here I come...
after MS's E3 and the fact that there hasn't been a single exclusive 360 game I care for since the release of Reach, I was ready to sell the good old box. Than, there was Trenched. Well, ebay here I come...
Let's play a "fun" game: So assuming that Double Fine doesn't want to pay up, to what should they rename the game?
"Mobile Trench Defense"? "War Walkers of the Early 20th"? "The Big Red Mech"?
I know, how about, "Gutted"?
"Mobile Trench Defense"? "War Walkers of the Early 20th"? "The Big Red Mech"?
I know, how about, "Gutted"?
I mentioned this yesterday in the xbla article about this weeks releases. No one knew a damn thing about the issue.
Shame its taken a week for you guys (destructoid) to even comment on the issue.
Shame its taken a week for you guys (destructoid) to even comment on the issue.
That's a rather obtuse assessment. It got about as much of a marketing push as Stacking, which was Double Fine's last game. They also seem to be doing much better now that they have moved away from large retail releases, and toward smaller downloadable titles. Brutal Legend had a significant marketing budget and still performed poorly.
Well if they want to break copyright, why not take the real deal.
Gundamned for instance, Armored Cored, Geared of Wared or Demon's Souled.
Gundamned for instance, Armored Cored, Geared of Wared or Demon's Souled.
Mas não comentam que em Portugal só se usa nomes em português? Neste caso a Double Fine poderia dar o troco e renomear o game para "Entrincheirado".
As a Portuguese guy I can say that I'm sorry for all this. We do some pretty stupid stuff sometimes.
Also, shut up Spectreman.
Also, shut up Spectreman.
@nashuim
No need to apologies. Double fine dropped a bollock and didn't do their job properly, Portugal is innocent in this fiasco.
No need to apologies. Double fine dropped a bollock and didn't do their job properly, Portugal is innocent in this fiasco.
Sigh.
Why would you make a word into a name?
that's like saying windows- oh wait.
Fuck, I'm a huge fan of Mech games, and now that one's out it can't come in europe?
Why must you curse me so much god? Why!?
Why would you make a word into a name?
that's like saying windows- oh wait.
Fuck, I'm a huge fan of Mech games, and now that one's out it can't come in europe?
Why must you curse me so much god? Why!?
Double Fine has NOTHING to do with distribution. The game is published by Microsoft making them 100% respnsible for distribution and marketing. MS dropped the ball on this one and didn't even bother to do the research or tell DF what was up in the first place.
Let's not forget that p until last month Microsoft would not tell Indie devs exactly when their title passed screening and went up. For some people, by the time their game was released it was too late to advertise because 50 farting games came out and buried it.
Let's not forget that p until last month Microsoft would not tell Indie devs exactly when their title passed screening and went up. For some people, by the time their game was released it was too late to advertise because 50 farting games came out and buried it.
They should change the name of the game to "Mechanical Edge: Double Edge Software presents an Edgy Edge production: On the Edge"
Haha eat shit Tim Langdell
Haha eat shit Tim Langdell
EA completely and intentionally advertised the game as Jack Black's Inferno forcing Tim Schafer to get the word out that it was the sequel-to-Sacrifice all on his own, and nobody listened. How is that his fault?
Wow so that's the reason? I was wondering why it wasn't released here in Portugal, and thought it was the usual stuff (MS Portugal being crap and not caring), but it's even worse. All the trademark / copyright stuff is so confusing, I'm an indie developer and i've struggled with this. I hope I don't make mistakes about this when I release the game. Also hope they get this sorted out, really want to try out Trenched.
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