EA trademarks 'The Ripper,' could be Visceral's next game
by Griffin McElroy 
on Oct 6th 2009 10:15AM
It's a well-known fact that for the past year or so, Electronic Arts has developed an insatiable addiction for
new intellectual property. Rather than kick the habit, the company's making moves to further feed its franchise fixation -- EA recently
filed two trademarks reserving the title "The Ripper" for use in a computer game (or other "entertainment service").
Now, this title could mean one of two things: It may be a Visceral Games-developed action title based on Jack the Ripper, a project which was hinted at by
anonymous EA sources to the LA Times back in July. It could also be an interactive biography of the life of
Rip Taylor, which has
no supporting evidence behind it whatsoever, but would make us happy for the rest of our lives.
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