As fans of live escapades and other adults who grew up in front of the camera, we know that Josef Fares is sometimes the man who causes the scandal. However, he is in no way responsible for the curious claim regarding his newest game, It Takes Two.
The case has ticked all the boxes in the great bingo of the video game farce, and yet it wants to be everything that is more real. And omnipresent, if the idea is still valid in 2021. Our colleagues fromEurogamer just discovered that Studio Hazelight, the developers of the very collaborative It Takes Two, was charged with trademark infringement by … the publisher Take-Two. attacked. Perfect.
The duck conflict
the document Filed at the Office for Patents and Trademarks on March 30th, leaves no doubt about this topic:The parent company of Rockstar Games, Private Division or 2K has specifically asked Josef Fares’ studio to give up the It Takes Two brand.
We have submitted a request for your trademark to be abandoned immediately after publication and prior to registration.
As a result, Hazelight Studios were forced to drop the It Takes Two name to avoid lawsuits that would likely have been initiated by one of the giants in the industry. For the time being, the game is still on the under its baptismal name PlayStation store, the Microsoft Store Or on steam.
The Hazelight studio contacted by Eurogamer “was unwilling to comment on an ongoing dispute” while “hoping it would be resolved”. The Swedes can therefore not register the trademark “It Takes Two” for the time being. F-Squared Analyst Mike fodder reacts to this display:
The conflict over the brand means Hazelight cannot protect the name but is not forced to. Counter. You could do that in case you want to register a trademark, but it’s honestly not worth it.
Last June, Hazelight’s second game announced it had sold two million copies, a pretty good score in just three months of its existence. We can bet that if the erratic Josef Fares was one of the guests to appear at the next edition of the Game Awards, there may be some changes as well …
