Next Driver Title, Trademarked by Ubisoft

emmetmcl · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 8:10 am

Never noticed that, let's just hope it's Driver.

madness · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 11:01 pm

When i found this out.
I went just typed in www.drivertherecruit.com to see if it existed it didn't.
So then I checked whois information and the domain wasn't registered. I was so close to registering the domain, but didn't want to waste the money.

And for a moment (when Nick brought it to my attention) it appeared they registered it. Imagine if I had registered it first and then they might pay me for it

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But then I realized that the domain was created four days before I created this news topic and my whois provider was probably out of date

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http://www.ip-adress.com/whois/drivertherecruit.com

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domain: drivertherecruit.com[whois]
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bb_42001 · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 11:49 pm

So what does that mean?

madness · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 11:52 pm

It means ubisoft owns drivertherecruit.com
It also means that it is very likely that the next driver is going to be called Driver: The Recruit and now we can check drivertherecruit.com daily until ubisoft put something there

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Pilloman3 · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 12:29 pm

It's great discovery, which had hoped to update the web jeje.
http://whois.domaintools.com/drivertherecruit.com :lol:

emmetmcl · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 3:31 am

It wasn't really that hard to find, I just thought that they were bound to set up a site and typed in Driver the recruit.com... and it worked.

Jorge-Fonseca · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 2:52 pm

hmm don't open the champagne too early this could not be the driver 5 that we are waiting for it could be some portable ds game or some cellphone mobile game.

Nevertheless it is something to keep an eye on. Nice find!

emmetmcl · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 9:42 pm

There is no way that this is mobile/DS game for the following reasons:

Nimrod are involved and they produce music for video games which are on XBOX, PS2, PS3, PSP, etc, not mobiles and DS unless there is a port.

Also, Reflections were looking for people to work on driving games that are for PS3 and 360, and Emergency Heroes (which is also a driving game they made) is only on Wii.

A developer at Reflections I e-mailed said they were working on a new Driver game, and as we know, Reflections don't make the mobile games.

I think this is more than enough evidence to support the fact that this is not a mobile phone game.

Smiler · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 11:05 pm

emmetmcl wrote:

There is no way that this is mobile/DS game for the following reasons:

Nimrod are involved and they produce music for video games which are on XBOX, PS2, PS3, PSP, etc, not mobiles and DS unless there is a port.

Also, Reflections were looking for people to work on driving games that are for PS3 and 360, and Emergency Heroes (which is also a driving game they made) is only on Wii.

A developer at Reflections I e-mailed said they were working on a new Driver game, and as we know, Reflections don't make the mobile games.

I think this is more than enough evidence to support the fact that this is not a mobile phone game.

+1

btw, isn't it GameLoft who make the Mobile Phone versions of the Driver titles?

emmetmcl · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 5:54 pm

Yeah, they made Driver LA Undercover anyway.

madness · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 5:57 pm

Yeah, I agree with what emmetmcl has stated.
and yeah, well gameloft made Driver: LA Undercover before that Glu made the other driver mobile games (Driver: Vegas, Driv3r: Mobile).

But Glu primarily worked with Atari.
While Gameloft works with Ubisoft.
and Gameloft continue to make Ubisoft mobile games as far as I know.

Moonchild · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 9:11 am

http://play.tm/news/24774/c-o-p-the-recruit-trademarked-by-ubisoft/

This may have nothing to do with Driver: The Recruit but with E3 only a few days away, this certainly seems like it could have a possible connection.

Nikusakken · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 12:36 pm

Huh... Is it means that Ubisoft starting a new franchise title entitled "The Recruit?" I hope not...

Smiler · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 4:43 pm

I would imagine that if they've TM'd both Driver TR and C.O.P TR, it could be that C.O.P is a spinoff that'll be released simutaneously...

well, I hope so anyway...

madness · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 11:39 pm

Yeah I just noticed this.
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regs ... y=77740826

Was readin'
http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210351/

Quote:

Ubisoft files Killing Day, Driver trademarks

French publisher puts in USPTO claims for long-dormant first-person shooter, racing franchises.

Ubisoft also filed applications for the names "Driver: The Recruit" and "C.O.P.: The Recruit." In 2006, Ubisoft picked up the Driver license from Atari, which unloaded the IP and its developer Reflections Interactive for €19 million (then $24 million, now $26 million). As part of a BBC interview in June 2008, Ubisoft revealed that Reflections was at work on a new installment in the Driver franchise, the first since 2006's lackluster Driver: Parallel Lines.

As with other applications of this ilk, all three filings carried descriptors for "game software and electronic game programs, namely, software games recorded on CD-ROM and digital video discs for computers." Ubisoft had not responded to requests for comment on the filings as of press time.

Conveniently enough, the filings come as the industry gears up for the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, which runs June 1-4 in Los Angeles. Ubisoft is expected to deliver its E3 press conference at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 1, and GameSpot will be on hand to report on news from the event as it happens.

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