Tim Langdell, founder of EDGE Games and former IDGA board member, is evidently not a big believer in freedom of speech — at least, not in respect to the word “edge.”
After managing to remove Mobigames’EDGEfrom the iPhone app store for a few months under the pretense of copyright infringement, Langdell is now going after PuzzleKings’Killer Edge Racing, yet another app to have committed the unforgivable sin of using a word Tim Langdell thinks he has a monopoly on. According togamesindustry.biz, Langdell is now applying for a trademark for the name “Killer Edge Racing” in order to force PuzzleKings to drop the title altogether.
In a charmingly creative move, a slew of indie devs have decided to protest Langdell’s greedy idiocy by using his own whininess against him.Critter Crunchis nowCritter Credge, according to the game’s official Web site; Polytron recently announced that 2.5D platformerFezwill now be calledFedge,Canabaltis nowCanabedge, and so on.
you’re able to find a relatively complete summary of all the indie game name changeshere.
