Splinty Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Combat Mission Hamstertruppen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 CM: Wafflehamsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 No love for the Gerbiljägers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Combat Mission: Cowbell Hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Combat Mission: This is Getting Silly! Best regards, Thomm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpark Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Combat Mission 2: The Wrath of Bocage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yair Iny Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Combat Mission: The Sideshow Hey, it would sell well in Russia with that title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Ha, nice one benpark! Cowbell fever, catch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 souldierz, Combat Mission: ETO (European Theater of Operations) Combat Mission: Liberation of Europe Clavicula_Nox (really appreciate seeing your service pics and remarks!), MarkEzra, Smaragdadler, Good ones! Piecekeeper, (Do you carry off game components? Couldn't resist!) I like Combat Mission: Normandy as a title very much, but I'm pretty sure Steve said that wouldn't be used. OTOH, that might've been disinformation for the "benefit" of potential competitors. Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wengart Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Combat Mission: Normandy is quite a nice title very clean and humble about itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 The first WWII game will cover the Western Front from just after Overlord to just before the winter weather arrives, so the name has to be something appropriate to represent that time frame. It also has to be something marketable and something that hasn't been used before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkEzra Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 The first WWII game will cover the Western Front from just after Overlord to just before the winter weather arrives, so the name has to be something appropriate to represent that time frame. It also has to be something marketable and something that hasn't been used before. And what does THAT have to do with Cowbells!? Could you stick to the topic pleeeeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon river crossing Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Makes me wonder why there's a 300 reply limit on threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 CM: Saving Private Ryan. Nothing to do with Pvt Ryan but it was a best seller and so BF will earn enough with this title to give us all CM WW2 sequels we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinacchi Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Combat Mission: Liberty Day or Combat Mission: Liberty Days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 CM: Saving Private Ryan. Nothing to do with Pvt Ryan but it was a best seller and so BF will earn enough with this title to give us all CM WW2 sequels we want. The sequels would be CM: Cease and Desist and CM: The Lawsuit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 The sequels would be CM: Cease and Desist and CM: The Lawsuit I wonder. Last I heard you couldn't copyright a title, although the law on that might have changed during the intervening years. Registered trademarks are also another kettle of fish. If the studios went that route, then yes, they have it locked up. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clavicula_Nox Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I wonder about that. For example, I know of two seperate books titled The Forever War. Caused a considerable amount of confusion when all I wanted to read was some Sci-Fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I wonder about that. For example, I know of two seperate books titled The Forever War. Caused a considerable amount of confusion when all I wanted to read was some Sci-Fi. There is that. A lot of books share a title. But more germane to this discussion is that during the '70s a whole lot of boardgames took their titles from books covering the same topic Lost Battles being but one example. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I wonder about that. For example, I know of two seperate books titled The Forever War. Caused a considerable amount of confusion when all I wanted to read was some Sci-Fi. The other book is non-fiction about Afghanistan civil war, apparently. I think this is within limits - eg. there are many books titled "Star Wars" that are all about Reagan's political gimmick, the SDI. Or maybe George Lucas should have sued the White House. Incidentally, back when Lucas Arts released their Star Wars Battlefront game, they negotiated an agreement with Battlefront.com that BFC won't go sueing them if Lucas Arts puts a link to BFC's website on the SWBF website. So it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaragdadler Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 ... Combat Mission2: Beyond Overlord. That would be not very imaginative, but the best choice from a marketing standpoint, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 There is that. A lot of books share a title. But more germane to this discussion is that during the '70s a whole lot of boardgames took their titles from books covering the same topic Lost Battles being but one example. Michael But film industry is, especially in these days but already in the 1980's (ET, anyone?), far more concerned about their intellectual rights over a given franchise. They make a lot of money by selling licenses to game publishers who then proceed to make games that have very little to do with the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 That would be not very imaginative, but the best choice from a marketing standpoint, I think. Or perhaps not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaragdadler Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 It's the 'Beyond Overlord' what will catch. The 2 you can make to a II or 3 or 'reloaded' or what ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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