A
Trademark Registration from
Valve Corporation dated yesterday is for a computer game called
DEADLOCK
(thanks
Tyler
McVicker). This fits in with recent
fairly
rampant rumors that Valve is
creating a 6v6 multiplayer third-person shooter using that very title. This all
seems too pat to be coincidental, but nothing is confirmed yet, although
we are heading into the most announcement-heavy time of year. Here's the
boilerplate description from the filing:
Mark For: DEADLOCK™ trademark
registration is intended to cover the categories of entertainment services,
namely, providing online video games; provision of on-line entertainment,
namely, on-line computer games; entertainment services, namely, providing
on-line computer games and on-line video games; electronic games services
provided by means of the Internet; providing information in the fields of
computer games and entertainment via the Internet; organization of competitions
relating to video games, video game education, and video game entertainment;
providing information in the field of on-line computer games and on-line video
games and computer games.