Fallout 4 & Fallout:Ultimate Edition

[miss_spuggz 4]

Oooh, looky here.

 

Fallout: Ultimate Edition - http://www.gamechup.com/fallout-ultimate-collection-patent-spotted/

 

Fallout: Shadow of Boston - http://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-19720-Fallout--Shadow-of-Boston-Trademark-Filed-by-Bethesda.html

[Sennex 1,903]

The Hoax Season is upon us, Vault dwellers. A trademark for Fallout: Shadow of Boston has been submitted for registration with the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, by one Ann K. Ford from Paris, on behalf of Bethesda Softworks. VG247 points out it's consistent with the leaks for a similar title from February, the reality is that the title is misspelled (what company misspells its own flagship title?) and the IMDb listing for it is long gone.

 

Why are we calling BS on this? Here's the raisins:

 

• No such trademark has been submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and submitting it there first is the general practice of the company (The Skyrim trademark was filed for in June 2010 at the USPTO).
• Ann K. Ford (DLA Piper) is the U.S. Chair of the Trademark, Copyright and Media Practice of the company. In Washington, D.C., not Paris. http://www.dlapiper.com/en/germany/people/f/ford-ann-k/
• If it was Bethesda, it would be doing it via DLA Piper UK, as seen in this DPMA entry: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerHABM?AKZ=009771775&CURSOR=0
• Not to mention, all Bethesda trademarks are registered to its parent company, Zenimax Media, not Bethesda Softworks. Example: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerHABM?AKZ=008283161&CURSOR=1
• The European Union's Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market only requires the payment for registration to be made within 30 days of filing, not at the moment of submission. Check it yourself.

Bethesda's next installment will be called Fallout 4 or Fallout IV. That's why Skyrim is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, not The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.

Once it's deleted, you can read it here, in case you want to show it to your children. On the odd chance it is actually true and Bethesda does misspell the name of its own game in legal documents, registers abroad first despite being an U.S. company, and goes against its practice of numbering its own games, we'll keep you posted. Until proven true, though, doubt everything.

 

http://fallout.gamepedia.com/Blog:News/Hoax_News:_Fallout:_Shadow_of_Bostion

 

TL;DR

 

Don't believe this news yet

[Dattebayo 446]

Was excited, and then, for some reason, was sad.

 

THANKS, SENNEX

[Sennex 1,903]

I feel your pain.

I went through it as well before remembering that Fallout is worse than Half-life for hoaxes like this

[Sennex 1,903]

[miss_spuggz 4]

Nooo, god dammit Sennex, just let us have a moment

[Playertd 177]

Danm my hopes were so high lol.

[DarkArch3typ3 58]

I was happy for a second. Dammit Sennex just let us have a minute of happiness. =)

[Sennex 1,903]

Well if you all want to believe a lie and have your "moment" then Not only is Fallout 4 confirmed. Its going to be bundled with Half Life 3, as well as a decent Aliens VS Predator game, and in a double whammy twist of fate, Gordon Freeman is now a playable character in both other games. Sadly the Gravity gun won't be.