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Glaiel-Gamer: Fun Fact: Tim Langdell Showed up to Indiecade this weekend. Everyone was too weirded out by it to do anything but take pictures from afar. He watched ... more »
aaronc78000: I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further... more »
Mike_DeVine: It's funny- big companies like EA are easy to rip on when they step on the little guy, but they're even easier to applaud when they step up for him. M... more »
RawSteelUT: Not a bad idea this. I imagine this will be the short term answer until EA grinds Tim Langdell into dirt. Really, it's not like Langdell really has ... more »
Koda89: Makes me wonder who the bigger "villain" in the gaming industry is right now, Bobby Kotick or Tim Langdell. Kotick is a douche and all, but at least ... more »
Bouchart: Tim Langdell is a stinking disgusting pile of Tim Langdell. more »
the7k: Mirror's Edge by DICE. Soul Edge by Namco. Not the best solution, but hey - everybody is just going to call it "Edge" anyway. I mean, Langdell is s... more »
Komrade Kayce: Every time I read about how EA has decided to step in and forcefully bend Tim over, I can't help but think of the US from this clip, haha. more »
Archaotic: Langdell's such a piece of shit. I hope EA's lawsuit shames the bastard and crushes him into dirt. more »
Gaffadin: I've been expecting something like to happen for a while. You poke a bear like EA at your peril, and clearly they ran out of patience fielding Langde... more »
CMay: Psycho delusional egotistical weasel business con artists like this need to be born with a self destruct feature. The problem gets serious when they ... more »
Swirlbeard: This is the first article involving Langdell that doesn't have his stupid face as the main picture. I hadn't realized how angry that face made me. more »
Luziphir: The real villain here is the US Patent and Trademark Office. How the fuck is it legal to trademark a common English word? more »
WolfmanWalt: EA doing something that not only I approve of but is benificial to people? Say it isn't so! While I have no doubt EA is mostly doing this for themselv... more »
SadafAte: We have been going over interesting issues revolving around copyright and trademark laws in one of my classes at school (called Legal Issues in Techno... more »
Antisniper's Antisniper who Anti-Snipes Snipers: Here are some good words to trademark for the game industrry. The For 2 3 War Wars Grand Life By trademarking those words, you'll be king of the gam... more »
ColinStein: Basically, all I got from that is, you can't use the word edge anymore for any video game. more »
(Vashified) Ratosai: The enemy of my enemy is my friend... I'm with ya' EA, I'm with ya'! more »
tiberseptim: I hope Langdell gets what's coming. He's like the Michael Moore of the game world: A fat, loud-mouth idiot who pretends to be a champion of the little... more »
4xis.black: I am still PO'd about EA's shameless ripoff of the original Edge Games (TM) production, "Mirrors by Edge (TM)". If EA had bothered to simply Google "E... more »

#mobigame

Mobigame's "Edge" is Back on iTunes
Edge, the iPhone game that kicked off the latest and nastiest battle over over trademark rights to the word in video games, is back up on the iTunes App Store as "Edge by Mobigame." More »
#controversy

Electronic Arts Sues to Cancel Langdell's Trademarks
Electronic Arts is asking the United States to cancel five trademarks held by Tim Langdell's Edge Games, saying the marks have been effectively abandoned. In comments to Kotaku, EA portrayed its actions as done on behalf of the development community. More »
#igda

Tim Langdell Resigns from IGDA Board [Updated]
Tim Langdell, the CEO of EDGE Games, which has been at the heart of many controversies regarding trademark rights to the word "Edge" in video gaming, has stepped down from the board of directors of the International Game Developers Association. More »
#controversy

Tim Langdell Defends Self in Open Letter to Mobigame
Tim Langdell's released a lengthy statement - including e-mails between himself and Mobigame - presenting his version of events in his efforts to protect the trademark "Edge," and defending himself against the portrayal of his actions by the gaming press. More »
#innovation

And The Edge Interactive Innovation Award Nominees Are...
Edge Magazine has revealed the shortlist for its 2009 Interactive Innovation award, which recognizes titles that have done the most to steer videogaming in a new direction. So who made the list, aside from LittleBigPlanet? More »
#trademarktroll

Anti-Langdell Email Raises Ire of IGDA [Update]
IGDA members yesterday received an email, purportedly from an IGDA address, asking them to vote on removing Tim Langdell from the association's board. Today, the organization denied any official connection and said it was investigating. More »
#e3expo

GameStop's New Rewards System Could Be Your Ticket To E3
GameStop is currently surveying customers about a new points-based rewards system for customers that could be your ticket to the E3 Expo. More »
#art

The Mean Streets Of Video Game City
In an attempt to drum up a few more subscriptions, storied Brit magazine Edge offered this wonderful poster - by Gary "Army of Trolls" Lucken - as a gift to subscribers. More »
#outrage

Trademark Troll Gets Mobigames' EDGE Taken Down
This story really sets my teeth on edge. Whoops. Sorry, I forgot to ask Mr. Game Developin' Industry Founder Dude Tim Langdell (left) for permission to use that word. More »
#rumor

Is Edge Teasing Pikmin 3?
The newest issue of Edge magazine may give us our first look at Bizarre Creations' newest racer, Blur, via the cover; but it's the teaser nestled near the back that may generate the most excitement. More »
#rumor

Thief 4 Revealed Next Week
According to a teasing ad in the latest issue of Edge Magazine, it looks like Eidos Montreal might finally be ready to officially announce Thief 4 next Monday. More »
#printisdead

Edge Online Team Quits, Replaced By Mag Staff
The primary editorial team responsible for Edge Online has quit in response to the magazine's "old media thinking, rampant cost-cutting and ego-driven control mechanisms" former editor in chief Colin Campbell announced today. More »
#review

Edge Micro-Review: Elegance, Cubed
Edge, for the iPhone and iPod Touch, may remind you of Marble Madness with its otherdimensional motifs and tactile controls. But is it more than just pushing around a cube where spheres once rolled? More »
#heylisten

Edge Picks "The 100 Best Games To Play Today"
The latest issue of Edge—which happens to be the magazine's 200th—not only features 200 different magazine covers, it lists "The 100 Best Games To Play Today," compiling the best of what's still extremely playable. More »
#kotakumagu

Happy 200th Issue, Edge
Game magazines come and game magazines go, but there's one game magazine I've bought on a regular basis since I picked up the first issue all the way back in 1993. And that's Edge. More »
#playstation3

Killzone 2 Review Party Crashed By Edge Bullies
Things seem to have been going smashingly on the Killzone 2 review front. Outlet after outlet has bestowed its highest honors upon the highly anticipated PlayStation 3 shooter. And then there was Edge. More »
#iphone

iPhone Dominates Independent Games Fest Mobile Award Finalists
Maybe Apple's iPhone really is "the future of gameplay." This year's Independent Games Festival Mobile finalists are almost entirely comprised of titles for iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, with just one Nintendo DS entry appearing. More »
#boringwhoring

2008 Alternative Edge Awards Highlight Deficiencies In Fallout 3's Whoring
Edge's 2008 Alternative Edge Awards celebrate the best and worst moments in 2008 gaming from a slightly skewed perspective, driving home a point that many reviewers missed: Fallout 3's whoring sucked. More »
#kotakumagu

Warning: Edge Picks Its Top Thirty From 2008
You already know about Edge's top three games of 2008 (LittleBigPlanet, Fable II, Grand Theft Auto IV) but what about its top thirty? The venerable games mag does right by list-obsessives with its extended list. More »
#kotakumagu

Edge's GOTY Awards Surprise (OK, Not Really)
Respectable British print mag Edge have, in their latest issue, published their list of what they believe were 2008's best games and studios. You may be surprised with the results. More »

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