Someone obviously got lazy. I say FIRE them !!

fuck you Portugal
 
(i'm Portuguese...sorry guys :(

@EJStyleS said:

Make a US account, buy that shizzle with PayPal monies, then login with UK account. Shazam! In your face, copyright law!

That is going to completely fuck with their sales figures and might end up being a reason it sells poorly in Europe. I'd rather wait a little longer.

UK release of "Drenched" confirmed.

This is kind of extra stupid as Trenches, the iPhone game, has been available in the UK for months without any problems. 

that sucks, bought points just to play this game and Bastion. Ah well, I guess that makes Bastion the de facto XBLA GOTY?

Also, it isn't the fault of Monteiro, he hasn't done anything wrong here. Don't see why people are insulting him.

I wonder why this didn't come up before release, This sort of thing is one of many reasons that publishers have a Legal department, right?

I live in Ireland and I for one am delighted that this vile video game wasn't allowed to impinge on my enjoyment of some Portuguese board game I have never heard of! 
 
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@Supercancer: No, but Microsoft does

The portoguese dude should be thrilled that a game with a similar name is coming out, it might bring more attention to his board game.

After waiting a week, I caved in, bought US points and downloaded it on US Live account. Region differences stink, always. At least if you're in Europe.

I'm pretty sure they could still use drenched, because I think it's alright if it's a completely different type of product (such as water and video games, for instance)

Man seeing my country in a news like this is unbeliveble. We rarely are mentioned in the videogame industry..

A week later, "Tr3nched" was released in all affected territories.

@Aishan said:

I wonder why this didn't come up before release, This sort of thing is one of many reasons that publishers have a Legal department, right?

Because I'm pretty sure Double Fine doesn't have a department dedicated to obscure board games in PORTUGAL.

A week later, "Tr3nched" was released in all affected territories.

They will just release it with the alternate title "The Game About Love: A Trenched Story". Or for our Portuguese friends "O jogo sobre o amor: uma história trenched"

Are there very tiny sandbags in the board game?

@Klaimore: You'll have to get your own axe. Oh and bring a spade, we'll need one.

Foxholed

Extremely ridiculous reason; I wouldn't expect anything less hilarious from Double Fine! 
 
Hopefully EU duders get it before or around Summer of Arcade

@rebgav said:

I don't see why they can't re-name it "Double Fine Trenched for Xbox Live" and release it. Or why they don't just come to an agreement with the guy who holds the copyright. This is all really silly.

My 2 cents:

the guy who holds the copyright is a dick and he wants money.

This is the times I'm glad I have a US xbox live account although I'm from Germany!

@rebgav said:

@Jethuty said:

@rebgav said:

I don't see why they can't re-name it "Double Fine Trenched for Xbox Live" and release it. Or why they don't just come to an agreement with the guy who holds the copyright. This is all really silly.

My 2 cents:

the guy who holds the copyright is a dick and he wants money.

That wouldn't stop them from re-naming it though, which is the weirder part. But really, how much money could a Portuguese board game tycoon possibly hold out for? Microsoft should just buy the damned board game outright, then have Rare pump out an XBLA version of that too.

apparently a lot.

also would you give that dick any money?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

well, might as well play some trench, do I need to know Portuguese?

Hahaha a Portuguese guy is the reason why Trenched isn't coming out? Hilarious. I'ma give him a word. For the record, I've never seen a game called Trench.

Trench'd?

Tr3nch3d.

Hey, Portugese guy, stop being a dick and let us play the damned game!

*shakesfist *salute *salute *salute *salute *salute

sadface

suppose i'll set up a US account and get it once I get a new 360 slim at the weekend

@mantasradzas said:

They will just release it with the alternate title "The Game About Love: A Trenched Story". Or for our Portuguese friends "O jogo sobre o amor: uma história trenched"

"O jogo sobre o amor: uma história nas trincheiras" :)

Why are people blaming the guy who holds the original trademark? If anything, blame the publisher for not doing their job and coming up with a proper alternate name ahead of time. This is game publishing 101 stuff here.

The one to blame is Microsoft, plain and simple. I'll just get Bastion once it's out and be happy. There'll be a Trenched DOTW in the future.

The Eurogamer reader "zabou" posted some very interesting information in the comment section of the Eurogamer article. It looks like Microsoft really didn't do their work:

"Apparently Mr. Monteiro created a board game in 2009 and registered the name TRENCH in 2009 in Europe and in Jun 2010 in US (not 2007 as said here). Since nobody said anything against it, it was approved in March 2011 for US,

http://www.trademarkia.com/trench-850661...

He introduced his board game to the professional traders this year at the TOY FAIR 2011 in Nuremberg with some success (I suppose it’s an honest amount of time to release something especially for a small company as they seem to be).

http://www.criacoesasolo.com/?p=530

What seems to have happened is that Microsoft/DF created a video game, decided to call it TRENCHED, announced it all over the world for the 22th of June 2011, but filled only on May 2011 to register the name, and when they finally discovered that they couldn’t use it, they decided to send it out just in US with the name “TRENCHED” (they probably think that the Portuguese won’t get them there) and are trying to find a solution for the European market.

http://www.trademarkia.com/trenched-8532...

To me it looks like Mr. Monteiro followed all the logical and legal procedures in the right order which is probably not the case for Microsoft/DF, and maybe that’s why they have been lying about the reason why they could not launch it in Europe on time.

Let’s see now how this will end. Will David defeat Goliath again, or will it be like Homer Simpsons VS. Bill Gates. Personally I will buy that “famous” board game ASAP."

http://videosift.com/video/Bill-Gates-Bu...

Awww what. Get trenched.

Sorry im European...I mean....get fenced. I really want to play this game! as a videogame and not some obscure boardgame.

I wonder would Double Fine have a case against Microsoft for loss of earnings here? Might not be the wisest course of action but they must be seething over this.

One is a noun, the other is a verb. I don't see the problem.

Release as drenched in Europe, re-skin mech's and walking submarines. Problem solved and a hilarious inside joke will have been taken too far. Two birds, one stone.

That Portuguese guy is kind of a dick. Who here wants to come with me and bomb his e-mail? ;)

This is kind of extra stupid as Trenches, the iPhone game, has been available in the UK for months without any problems. 

Rename it to Foxhole and you're done!

Perhaps they can take solace in the fact that Lucha Fury was released on XBLA in Europe last week with no hassle to speak of.

I wish I could hate you to bald!

*EDIT* Actually, how about calling the game "*****ed: European Extreme" and then bleep out all instances of the word "Trench" in the spoken dialogue?

this is Microsofts fuck up, no one elses, the guy just want to protect his trademark, any other company would do the same

also; copywrite law SUCKS!