Ubisoft abandons Watch Dogs trademark

Thanks to Rösti & Aquamarine on Neogaf for providing the screens.

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At first it seemed like a computer error but as we can see the CEO himself has signed the abandonment of the Watch dogs trademark. Many people have been saying they are moving to Watch_dogs but no trademark has been filed for that. The game it self is no means been cancelled but it will probably be re branded and marketed.

I hope this game comes out it was supposed to be Ubisoft's next big IP.

Well hoooly shit.

What the fuck is going on with that game?

Assassin's Creed V

@flappy: Tom Clancy Jrs the Watchdawgz

Watch Cats.

I thought it was a dumb name anyway. So hopefully the new one will fit better.

Well fuck. I want that game to be good.

Imagine.

May have something to do with the underscore in the name of the game.

It might not be completely cancelled. It could be one of those cases where Watch Dogs died so that (some other game) might live.

The fuck?

Watch_Giant_Bomb

Interesting stuff, but it smacks of 'publicity stunt,' to me. I could totally see this being remodelled and incorporated into the Assassins Creed franchise.

If I'm not mistaken, Abstergo has already been mentioned within the game, somewhere along the lines, so it really wouldn't take much.

Actually I think @flappy: is on to something. I could see them rolling this into the Assassins Creed fiction.

Man_what?

Well that's odd. I'm hoping it's just a name change, and not an overhaul of the game, since that would end up setting it back hard. I mean, unless Ubisoft sees something we don't (not hard to imagine), the game was looking pretty damn promising. I would definitely like to know what this is all about...

That's because they are hopping on the internet may-may bandwagon and changing the name to Watch_Doges

Jeff can get that AC game he always wanted.

PSU have a little story up about it, they think it may just be a change of name (here's hoping) http://www.psu.com/a022384/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PlayStationUniverse+%28Latest+PlayStation+News+-+PSU.com%29

Reading that page -

During early development, The Last of Us was initially conceptualized as a more realistic interpretation of the Jak & Daxter universe. As such, Jak was to be a regular human being, and Daxter would function like an ordinary weasel -- most notably lacking the ability to talk. This idea was eventually scrapped, and Naughty Dog quickly settled on creating a new IP instead.

This was definitely my first thought. They're just going to go ahead and drop any pretense that this isn't an AC game.

Yep they were really trying to do that.

How was Dead Space related to that though? Never heard of it as anything else.

Something to do with System Shock 3? EA own the IP apparently and it was said to be under development at Redwood Shores which turned into Visceral Games. http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/07/ea-does-give-a-sh-t-about-system-shock-3-says-pc-gamer-uk/

I want to know what originally Gears of War was supposed to be, an Unreal game?

Remember the PS4 unboxing and Jeff stated that the one game on the PS4 box that would never come out was Watch Dogs? He said that every console box has one game represented that will not be released. What if he ends up being right?

@psylah said:

That's because they are hopping on the internet may-may bandwagon and changing the name to Watch_Doges

Rorie's GOTY.

Yep gonna be the new assassins creed game.. bad call

Probably just a name change, not a cancellation... though if it's a name change to Assassin's Creed, you can cancel my pre-order.

Well if I had a pre-order I would cancel it.

Intrigue!

I doubt this particular goose is cooked though. Probably just being souped up with some sauce à l'orange. Needed more pirates and sea shanties. #FocusTesting

Fuck.

Scoops needs to scoop this!

Sleeping Dogs 2: Watch Dogs Sleep

Snoop Dogg Presents: Way Of The Watch Dogg

The Watch Dog (the first gritty reboot to be the first game in the franchise)

I think we are all jumping the conclusions here about AC!

Don't forget Tom Clancy's Watch Dogs.

It can tie into the next Splinter Cell game and will feature cross game vs mode!

I hate myself :(

Changing it to be the next Assassins Creed makes too much sense and I hate that.

What other franchise could they shove Watch Dogs into? The Division? I hope it's not AC.

Trademark Watch

Trademark Dogs

Ubisoft IS King

I'm going to call it that this isn't a big deal.

So I guess the delay was just so they could cut out the main guy's hat and replace it with a assassin's hood.

I want to say the idea that this will turn into an AC game is utter craziness, but I don't know...that would be pretty ridiculous if it happened, in a way that would be fun to watch how hard people freak out over it.

that would be INCREDIBLE if watch dogs is the modern day assassins creed. but i just cant believe that is happening.

a wuhhhhhh

Time to speculate wildly!!

@psylah said:

That's because they are hopping on the internet may-may bandwagon and changing the name to Watch_Doges

haha, Oh well this is pretty funny, sums up my perception of that game.

If this name-change means that's going to be called Assassin's Creed: The Dogs Must Watch. It wouldn't surprise me at all, ever since I watched the first trailer, I thought this was the new direction Assassin's Creed was heading.

how badly would the internet implode if they actually renamed it to Assassin's Creed V?

Reminds me of Dark Sector. That was one of the first games shown for the PS3 and 360 but took years to come out.

@psylah said:

That's because they are hopping on the internet may-may bandwagon and changing the name to Watch_Doges

This meme is great.

@vinny_says: Haha, it would be great!

I'm guessing this will turn out to be no big deal, really. It's strange though. My guess would be that it's some sort of technicality with the trademark, don't know enough about this to speculate to what that may be though.

What the fucking shit. Well hopefully its just a name change.

There's zero chance of this being cancelled so I'm not too worried.

Maybe there's a plot point that ties Watch_Dogs to the Assassin's Creed franchise, and they're undecided on whether that should be a surprise plot twist, or a tease to look forward to.