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Koei Tecmo Files for 'Baseball, Tennis, Soccer Musō' Trademarks
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Game developer Koei Tecmo Games filed trademarks for "Baseball Musō," "Tennis Musō," and "Soccer Musō" on January 5. The trademarks were made public on January 23.
Musō is the series title for Koei Tecmo Games' series of hack-and-slash action games, and is titled Warriors in the West. Omega Force develops most of the Musō/Warriors titles under Koei Tecmo Games.
KOEI released the first Sangoku Musō (Dynasty Warriors) game in 1997 for the PlayStation as a spinoff of its Romance of the Three Kingdoms strategy game franchise. Since then, KOEI and Koei Tecmo have released seven more games in the main series, and numerous spinoffs (including the Samurai Warriors series), with a ninth game slated for February.
Many of the spinoffs involve collaborations with other franchises, such as Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage, One Piece Pirate Warriors, Dragon Quest Heroes, Arslan: The Warriors of Legend, Hyrule Warriors, and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk. Koei Tecmo also released the Warriors All-Stars crossover game last August.
[Via Otakomu]
