According to the users of the NeoGAF forum, the United States Patent and Trademark Office have recently registered another trademark belonging to Microsoft. This time it is Batteltoads. The registration took place on November 5th, Market Leader reports.
Apparently, this means that the software giant is planning to resurrect the popular game series. The format is unknown. The patent request included 2 categories – gaming software and online video games. Even though there is no 100% guarantee that Microsoft is going to start developing another game of the Batteltoads series, surely the corporation recollected it with something in mind.
For reference sake, the Batteltoads series was created by the UK-based studio named Rare. The first release took place in 1991 and was aimed at the NES console. In 2002, Microsoft bought Rare and was reluctant to revive the series until recently.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is working on the DRM technology under the name of Microsoft PlayReady, which is going to be used in Sony gaming consoles, including PlayStation.
At the same time, Microsoft’s stock came out of the green zone earlier today, thereby losing 0,02% of its value. At this point, the price is fluctuating around $48.70 per share.
