Danial Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 I can never keep up with who owns the X-COM property and so I thought an easy way to find out would be to do a whois lookup on the domain x-com.com, and when I did, the Registrant came up as Rockstar Games, makers of the GTA series! I wonder why they would have it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Don't let that confuse you, Rockstar seems to be a publishing label of Take 2, much like 2K Games. The ownership of the IP seems to be spread out between Take 2's publishing labels, 2K Games and Rockstar included. I did that same whois a few days ago, but basically came up with nothing useful. I guess we'll have to see what ex-Irrational's new project is to be able to have those rumours confirmed or denied. Irrational recently got new web pages (2kboston.com and 2kaustralia.com) so I'm expecting some kind of news pretty soon. I think they're still working on the patch for Bioshock, so I guess some of their focus is on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infael Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 You mean Atari no longer owns the Xcom rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 You mean Atari no longer owns the Xcom rights?That is correct. 2K Games (or Take Two) are the current owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danial Posted November 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 You mean Atari no longer owns the Xcom rights?From what I've read on Gamespot, Atari aren't doing too well at the moment and are selling off a lot of their intellectual properties and are getting out of the production biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danial Posted December 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 For those that are interested, I just came across a link to the United States Patent and Trademark Office that lists Atari as giving the following trademarks to Take Two:CIV CIV II CIV II FANTASTIC WORLDS CIVILIZATION SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION X-COM X-COM APOCALYPSE X-COM INTERCEPTOR XCOM TERROR FROM THE DEEP X-COM UFO DEFENSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Quite interesting! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Bob Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Looks like Atari is finally getting what it deserves. Hopefully Electronic Arts is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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