Namco Plans Racing Evolution Sequel?

Namco has registered a trademark for the title "R: Racing Rivals" in Japan, searchers of the Japanese patent and trademark database discovered today, suggesting that we may diocese a sequel to last year's R: Racing Evolution more [i]or[/i] less time soon. That title, registered November 4 is the greatest in quantity notable of the latest circular of trademarks registered in the past sum of two units months by Japanese game companies.

In late October, Konami registered three rather interesting non-specific logo shown below. It's not clear what "Muscle Navi," "Forced Rep" and "Giga Drake" might be, although they give not on a distinct aura of pachinko. They may be names for fresh models of gambling machines produc by means of Konami's gaming division.

Sony Computer Entertainment, upon November 4, registered a rugged draft of its logo for the PSP handheld. No surprise here -- it's a spinoff of the PlayStation 2 logo just with another stylized "p"

Sega's registered sum of two units odd-sounding titles in late October. "Madou Taikai," registered through the Sega Wow development studio, is a punny name meaning something like "Puzzle Tournament," while "Fighting Tsumo" is more difficult to parse. We direct the eye forward to learning more about whatever these titles might mean -- if indeed they mean anything -- above the coming months.

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