EA To Resurrect Road Rash, Wing Commander, Others?
Road RashDespite all the new and ultra-successful franchises, we should never forget the titles that helped make the video game industry what it is, and Electronic Arts isn't about to ignore the past.
EA has been around for a very long time, and they have produced many games that no longer enjoy normal circulation. However, they may be planning to bring back a number of them: according to Superannuation, EA has filed new trademarks for several classic properties, including Wing Commander, Road Rash, Populous, and Theme Park. It seems that these "renewed trademarks" were filed on August 5 and the company clarified their previous descriptions, in that EA wants to use those names in various forms of entertainment media. Now, while some of you may want to leap around the room with nostalgic joy, GameSpot reminds us that new games for these titles may be a long ways off. They use the example of System Shock, which EA trademarked back in 2006 but we have yet to see a new incarnation of that popular PC series. Even so, the mere fact that the aforementioned titles still have some relative importance is reason enough to cheer.
We'll let you know when we hear anything; for our part, we'd love to see a new Road Rash. That bad-ass classic would be sweet in next-gen form, wouldn't it?
8/11/2009 Ben Dutka
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Highlander
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 2:46:46 AM
</Kaz Hirai>
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NoSmokingBandit
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 1:33:57 PM
I spent many days of my youth playing Road Rash on my Master System.
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fatelementality
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 10:17:38 PM
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furbiesmustdie
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 10:25:33 PM
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kevinater321
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 10:29:42 PM
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Bugzbunny109
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 12:05:41 PM
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Highlander
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 2:38:37 PM
LOL! I love the lightening rod nature of your post.
Actually, now I pause for a nanosecond to think, I have no problem with the utterly gratuitous bounce and titillation. Obviously one of the Wing Commander pilots needs to be a babe and clearly her flight suit needs to resemble a bikini....
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Bugzbunny109
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 10:33:08 PM
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 10:35:23 PM
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 10:48:29 PM
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 11:23:59 PM
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 11:29:55 PM
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Geobaldi
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 11:52:44 PM
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Lord carlos
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 6:35:27 AM
I'd love to play part 3 of that franchise,loved the horned reaper,he got so pissed off @ anybody he met & then started trashing your dungeon & killing everything in sight,you had to either keep em in your hand or build him an en suite room with a gym/hatchery & lair ect..i miss that game.
'Your minions are getting angry,they've no room to play marbles' LOL
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Highlander
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 12:04:18 AM
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Criterion Games is one of EAs developers and of course Criterion is responsible for Burnout Paradise. Now if you remember Criterion added some game changing content to Burnout Paradise in the shape of motorcycles, but they only added a limited number of bikes and never implemented racing modes or stunt modes for the bikes.
The original development team for burnout Paradise moved on to new work some time ago, and the game has been pretty much on cruise control/support mode for a while now.
The folks at Burnout definitely know how to make a multi-player online racing game, they already have a stellar game engine for Burnout Paradise and they have trialed a lot of the work necessary for a bike based game already.
Am I the only one adding two and two and getting a new iteration of Road Rash developed by the fine folks at Criterion Games?
Regarding Wing Commander, a new Wing Commander game would rule, as long as they kept the same spirit and didn't go all gritty, or uber violent. There was humor and heroism in that game, and that's just what it takes to take down some Kilrathi kitties... Lock and load...
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Fane1024
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 8:27:50 PM
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LowKey
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 12:39:12 AM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 12:57:06 AM
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 12:30:59 PM
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 1:30:12 AM
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coldbore
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 1:34:47 AM
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Yo Bona
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 2:01:36 AM
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Co-op? Differnet online modes like a king of the hill/assassination type destruction derby or projectile weapon pick ups in certain race modes? I'm thinking GoW 3 type coloring and textures... yeah.
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King James
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 6:24:27 AM
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coldbore
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 9:37:03 AM
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Naga
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 5:11:53 AM
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Deleted User
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 6:21:15 AM
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DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP.
but i do small a EA classic collection coming soon
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Naga
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 9:25:58 AM
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Orvisman
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 9:29:46 AM
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Orvisman
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 9:34:19 AM
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Companies have to trademark names, like Road Rash, periodically so they won't lose the rights to them; so it doesn't always mean a game is coming.
That said, I remember a report a while back that claimed EA and Starbreeze (The Darkness and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay) were working on something called Project Redlime, which is rumored to be a new Road Rash; so, the game could be coming sooner than we think.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 11:53:31 AM
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ol scool
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 12:27:45 PM
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Naga
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 9:57:56 PM