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Microsoft trademarks 'Iron Brigade' for video game use

by Griffin McElroy on Aug 3rd 2011 1:00PM

Either Microsoft is planning on releasing a new military shooter, or it's really getting into organizing its heavy metals into tightly regimented platoons. The company recently filed a trademark with the USPTO for computer game software titled "Iron Brigade," a possible reference to a Union army unit which served during the American Civil War.

As tech news site Fusible points out, though more modern units share the name, the trademark lines up nicely with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Then again, logic can't always be applied to the naming of games; we could just as easily be talking about a future robot dating simulator or something.

Via: Fusible
Source: USPTO

Tags: american-civil-war, civil-war, microsoft, pc, trademark, uspto, war, xbox

Reader Comments (35)

When I saw the picture, I thought of Age of Empires. Please?

@ShokLoc Same. Been hoping they'd release a real one rather than the joke of AoEO.

I think it can easily be a reference for a general military brigade as opposed to the one from the civil war. Though, it would be nice to have a really good civil war game made. (Though we have become pretty impatient with those slower weapon load times these days).

@Duke

Check out Mount & Blade With Fire and Sword, its a fairly competent title set in the same time period, though Eastern Europe.

@Duke

Best ACW game available these days is Gettysburg Scourge of War, http://norbsoftdev.net/

Hell yeah, i would love a Civil War shooter. Muzzle loaders and cannons and horses and swords and bayonets and no anesthesia.

tactical third person rpg shooter with turned base strategy. valkyria chronicles but civil war theme.

General Lee is so KAWAII!!!

@aconrad777

Hang yourself for this.

or it could me a steam punk mech game, similar to ring of red but in real time.

@(Unverified)
if you want something with a red ring in it go buy a old 360

@ansalon
If you wanna pretend you're a troll go live under a bridge.

@Dr Changsteen
If you want to feel better about yourself, insult someone else.

I'm kind of hoping for good a first party title that isn't Halo or a Kinect title for a change. MS needs to start building their first party base if they want to stand a chance next generation

@Prboi
But they do have tons of exclusives if you count XBLA Exclusives.

This has to be a rebranding of Trenched for Europe right?

I know I'll only be getting my hopes up, but this would be great if it took place during the Roman conquest of Britain.

Future robot dating simulator? Awwwwww yeaa-uuuh!
I got a nice big 10g flash drive I can stick into her USB Port!

I'd be all over a good strategy game of the Civil War for any Microsoft platform.

So if it's a Civil War game, who will you be shooting? Southerners? I'm not sure I like that.

@343 Guilty Fart

Hating on the right wing is all the craze right now.

Course, if you did the same with hating the left wing, you'd be accused to fermenting violence.

The derp, it burns.

@343 Guilty Fart

I think it would be cool if they had a split campaign where you play as the 2 opposing sides. If it had an interesting story and decent gameplay it might be a really fun game.

@DasMadHatter

Ugh, let's keep the politics out of here...

Has enough time passed since COD5 for people to stop hating on historical shooters?

@DavieD123

I think the hate was aimed at WW2 shooters. Of which there have been a whole lot of. People seem to be really excited for Red Orchestra, so I think enough time has passed (if you bring something new to the table rather then the arcade action of the COD franchise).

Iron Brigade vs Copper Platoon

FIGHT!

The last thing they need is another military shooter. I think it's something else.

Who is 'they'?

@Epoque

Microsoft? 360 is pretty much defined by its shooters.

@Laivindil And yet Microsoft hasn't published a single one, and all the ones on 360 I can think of are.multiplatform

Military shooters that is.

@Epoque
Ummm, Halo? It is technically a military shooter

@bradphillips204 Then I suppose Metal Slug and Vanquish are technically military shooters ...

Am I the only one to think this could be for Trenched's new title to bring it to Europe?

I hope this really is a civil war game. There have not been a lot and the only good one I can think of in recent years is Take Command but it's for computer. It's historically accurate but very hard.

it's only 5 bucks here http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-PDX11ENG/take-command-2nd-manassas-eng

Well, crap. I work in the Army for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team on Fort Carson (aka. The Iron Brigade). I do not want to start putting stupid little TM annotations on all our publications.

http://www.facebook.com/3BCT4ID

So... squad based shooter franchise that follows their descendants through history? Conspiracy? Politics? Intrigue?

Assassin's Creed: Modern Combat

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