We missed you, Bad Mr. Frosty.

Could we see Clayfighter’s clay snowmen fighting clay Elvis again? That’s a whole big bag of “maybe,” but Interplays re-registering of those game’s trademarks could give us some fun hope for the next-gen updates of these classic franchises.

Further signs that Interplay is restarting its development studio include the recent (December 2007) registering or re-registering of trademarks related to its past games, including Descent, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, Die By The Sword, Clay Fighter, Run Like Hell, Virtual Chess, Stonekeep, Lionheart and Messiah.

Extra points if you caught the fact that they re-registered the Die By The Sword trademark, a game created by Mark Nau, who Chad just interviewed about his work on the new Incredible Hulk game. Do I sense an updated Wii swordplay game coming?

[Thanks Mork]

Tags: Baldur’s-Gate:-Dark-Alliance, Clay-Fighter, Descent, Die-By-The-Sword, Interplay, Lionheart, Messiah, Run-Like-Hell, Stonekeep, Virtual-Chess

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2 Comments » Arro on January 7, 2008 2:56 pm Clayfighter 63 1/3 was one of the best crappy games I’ve ever played. Krispy Demon on January 8, 2008 1:48 pm Interplay used to be so awesome. I hope they come back with at least some of their awesomeness intact. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.