Take-Two Interactive, the proprietor of Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Video games, and Remedy Leisure, the studio behind Alan Wake 2, are locked in a trademark dispute over their R-depicting logos.
As first reported by RespawnFirst, Take-Two filed a trademark dispute towards Remedy in the UK over the rebranded brand it launched final yr. Its brand now solely depicts the letter R, or is usually styled with “Remedy” beneath, which Take-Two seemingly believes is simply too just like Rockstar’s personal R brand.
The UK authorities’s web site lists each logos, obtainable here and here, as opposed, with Take-Two named because the opponent.
Remedy’s new brand was unveiled in April 2023 as a “refreshed visible identification” following its departure from being a developer identified for only one recreation. The earlier brand referenced the studio’s first franchise Max Payne with a bullet, however Remedy has since developed the Alan Wake and Management franchises.
“The bullet in the letter R in the outdated brand represented the period of Max Payne, however the Remedy of now could be a lot larger than a single recreation; now we have an entire portfolio of video games, new and outdated,” it mentioned in a blog post. “It was time to replace and redefine our visible identification to convey extra consistency, showcase our evolution over time, and higher specific our imaginative and prescient of right this moment’s Remedy.”
IGN has requested each Take-Two and Remedy for remark.
What makes this trademark dispute much more weird is the very fact Remedy and Rockstar Video games are working collectively on the Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne remakes. The 2 events signed a brand new publishing settlement again in 2022 to remake the primary two Max Payne video games for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X and S, with Remedy dealing with improvement and Rockstar financing the venture.
Alongside its continued help for the last decade outdated Grand Theft Auto 5, Rockstar introduced Grand Theft Auto 6 in December 2023. The sport is not due out till 2025, however that hasn’t stopped followers (together with us) obsessing over each element of the trailer.
As for Remedy, the studio is at the moment engaged on a number of video games in the Management franchise after releasing its psychological horror journey Alan Wake 2 in October 2023. In our 9/10 evaluation of that one, IGN mentioned: “Alan Wake 2 is an outstanding survival horror sequel that makes the cult-classic authentic seem to be little greater than a tough first draft by comparability.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.