Battlefront3.net

Post by **Wenis** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:57 pm

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regs ... y=85402319

Its a trademark for the term 'Battlefront' that was filed yesterday by Lucasfilm for "Interactive entertainment software and accompanying instruction manuals sold as a unit, namely, computer game software and manuals sold as a unit, video game software and manuals sold as a unit; video game software, computer game software"

Post by **Terrabyte20xx** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:01 pm

Nice! But... Shouldn't this be in News and Rumors?

Post by **Wenis** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:03 pm

Probably.. oh well

Post by **Scott** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:04 pm

Wenis wrote:http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=85402319

Its a trademark for the term 'Battlefront' that was filed yesterday by Lucasfilm for "Interactive entertainment software and accompanying instruction manuals sold as a unit, namely, computer game software and manuals sold as a unit, video game software and manuals sold as a unit; video game software, computer game software"

Wenis, you may not come here often, but when you do you always put a smile on my face.

Terrabyte20xx wrote:Shouldn't this be in News and Rumors?

Yes. Move complete.

Post by **Kelevra** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:56 am

Its a trademark for the term 'Battlefront' that was filed yesterday by Lucasfilm for "Interactive entertainment software and accompanying instruction manuals sold as a unit, namely, computer game software and manuals sold as a unit, video game software and manuals sold as a unit; video game software, computer game software"

Who cares about that? I could sure as hell go for that Battlefront 'toy modeling dough kit and accessories for use therewith'

Post by **drunken hutt** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:21 am

Looks to me LA are planning on rebooting the Battlefront games. Though, one would think LA would have already filed a trademark for the series given that the first game came out years ago.

Post by **Wenis** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:20 pm

drunken hutt wrote:Looks to me LA are planning on rebooting the Battlefront games. Though, one would think LA would have already filed a trademark for the series given that the first game came out years ago.

They have, I'm not sure why they filed it again though. But they've also recently filed Starfighter and Bounty Hunter trademarks too, which they have already had trademarked. It is also rumored that they are working on new versions of those games as well. Makes me wonder if the new Bounty Hunter game will be that open world RPG that has just been found via job listings. Heres the link to the Starfighter rumor (about a year old) http://www.computerandvideogames.com/24 ... G-News-RSS . Again im not sure why they trademarked again.. but usually when theres smoke theres fire

But I don't think it'll necessarily be a reboot of the original Battlefront. Although its not trademarked as 'Battlefront III', there is no trademark for Battlefront II either, I assume they didn't feel the need as they already had Star Wars Battlefront trademarked. Maybe the old trademark was just too old or something.. not sure...im just thinking out loud at this point

Edit #2: Actually I think i found out why it was trademarked again. Originally lucasarts had 'Star Wars Battlefront' trademarked for 'computer games, dvds, etc.' only, but the new 'Battlefront' trademark not only has the 'computer games' section, but also 'toys', 'online social networking', 'books', and whatnot. I guess that way they can also use the trademark for all that stuff as well, sort of like what they did with TFU franchise.

Post by **Terrabyte20xx** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:30 pm

Wenis wrote:
drunken hutt wrote:Looks to me LA are planning on rebooting the Battlefront games. Though, one would think LA would have already filed a trademark for the series given that the first game came out years ago.
They have, I'm not sure why they filed it again though. But they've also recently filed Starfighter and Bounty Hunter trademarks too, which they have already had trademarked. It is also rumored that they are working on new versions of those games as well. Makes me wonder if the new Bounty Hunter game will be that open world RPG that has just been found via job listings. Heres the link to the Starfighter rumor (about a year old) http://www.computerandvideogames.com/24 ... G-News-RSS . Again im not sure why they trademarked again.. but usually when theres smoke theres fire

But I don't think it'll necessarily be a reboot of the original Battlefront. Although its not trademarked as 'Battlefront III', there is no trademark for Battlefront II either, I assume they didn't feel the need as they already had Star Wars Battlefront trademarked. Maybe the old trademark was just too old or something.. not sure...im just thinking out loud at this point

Edit #2: Actually I think i found out why it was trademarked again. Originally lucasarts had 'Star Wars Battlefront' trademarked for 'computer games, dvds, etc.' only, but the new 'Battlefront' trademark not only has the 'computer games' section, but also 'toys', 'online social networking', 'books', and whatnot. I guess that way they can also use the trademark for all that stuff as well, sort of like what they did with TFU franchise.

I think you're onto something...

Post by **Kelevra** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:36 pm

If there's enough material in Battlefront to warrant books and toys, I'm going to guess they're moving away from a simple arcade shoot-the-hell-out-of-everything formula to something more story-oriented.

Not sure if that's a good or bad thing. I guess if there's some kind of story driven campaign, it'd be alright. So long as I get to ignore the hell out of it and hang around in "Instant Action" forever.

Post by **Scott** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:02 pm

If we can assume that all of this is true (in the sense that they are looking into the different avenues) then it looks like BF is not only getting a sequel but a complete franchise reboot.

Games
Books
Toys
...etc

With that kind of dedication before any announcement it could be assumed they are pouring lots of money into it. LA has had little of anything lately so they must be looking for money again finally.

Can't say I'm not excited

Kelevra wrote:So long as I get to ignore the hell out of it and hang around in "Instant Action" forever.

Agreed.

Post by **Kelevra** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:45 pm

I'm maintaining cautious optimism. Last time they dumped cash into something like this, we got The Force Unleashed.

I'm really hoping they don't think that just stamping BATTLEFRONT on the boxes will give them an excuse to half-ass stuff.

Post by **Scott** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:54 pm

Kelevra wrote:I'm really hoping they don't think that just stamping BATTLEFRONT on the boxes will give them an excuse to half-ass stuff.

I have a feeling that won't happen. I think that they realized with TFU that you need lots of money and creative ideas. Sure, TFU wasn't that great in execution, but the ideas were there. For Battlefront, the execution shouldn't be that hard but new ideas are an obvious must.

Who knows though. They could still screw it up. Who's to say it will even be announced/released? I'm always optimistically doubtful.

They better have a good community manager.

Post by **Calvanater** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:14 am

Scott wrote:
Kelevra wrote:I'm really hoping they don't think that just stamping BATTLEFRONT on the boxes will give them an excuse to half-ass stuff.
I have a feeling that won't happen. I think that they realized with TFU that you need lots of money and creative ideas. Sure, TFU wasn't that great in execution, but the ideas were there. For Battlefront, the execution shouldn't be that hard but new ideas are an obvious must.

Who knows though. They could still screw it up. Who's to say it will even be announced/released? I'm always optimistically doubtful.

They better have a good community manager.

But think about it. If there isn't any new ideas. Like, if they release Battlefront 2 in HD for next gen consoles, we are all still gonna buy it. So, it's not REALLY essential.

Post by **Grpeephole303** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:53 am

i would buy it only for the online support

ive played battlefield 1943 online and its got a good community

but i would much prefere better graphics with new maps and possible new heros and eras

But ya thats just dreaming who knows what we will get

Post by **Scott** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:09 am

Grpeephole303 wrote:i would buy it only for the online support ive played battlefield 1943 online and its got a good community

I was referring to someone who talks to the community before and after development. If you weren't responding to my mention of a community manager then disregard what I just said.

Grpeephole303 wrote:but i would much prefere better graphics with new maps and possible new heros and eras

But ya thats just dreaming who knows what we will get

You seem to be the exact opposite of the guy who came here with those huge ideas that were seemingly impossible. I hope for a lot more than just new graphics and maps.