Summary
A recent filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office revealsTHQ Nordic’s pending trademark on the titleMad Dogs of Motorcity. Having announced an upcomingnewTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesgame, THQ Nordic may also have another big title in development.
First founded in 2011,THQ Nordicis a video game publisher based out of Vienna, Austria and is the primary publishing branch for Embracer Group. The studio has released a number of popular titles including theDarksidersseries, theDestroy All Humansremakes, andSpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, which bodes well for the potential new IP.
RELATED:Cult Classic RPG Is Coming to Nintendo Switch
Filed with the USPTO on September 18, THQ Nordic’s trademark application forMad Dogs of Motorcityis very likely to be for a new online multiplayer game. The application, which was formally processed and marked “pending” as of September 21, notes THQ Nordic GmbH as the trademark owner and details the trademark classifications.
According to the trademark filing,Mad Dogs of Motorcityis registered to include, but is not limited to, the following:
Based on these classifications, it would seem thatMad Dogs of Motorcitywill feature online multiplayer and could potentially be alive service game.
The specifics of the filing repeatedly note online services, multiplayer, and a global communication network. This could be alluding to online game servers for peer-to-peer or client-server functionality, or perhaps the classifications apply to anMMORPG-style game. While THQ Nordic has made no official announcements regardingMad Dogs of Motorcity, the trademark filing does give a hint as to where the game may currently be at in development. Most trademark filings with the USPTO take around one year to be fully processed and approved, which meansMad Dogs of Motorcityis likely far from a release window.
As more studios announce their games well in advance of release, interested fans may want to keep an eye out for future publishing updates from THQ Nordic.Online multiplayer gamesare among the most popular with gamers, and are also highly profitable for studios, so those curious about the new title will want to be on the lookout for future trademark filings and updates onMad Dogs of Motorcity.
MORE:The Most Important Changes That AEW Fight Forever Needs to Make
