Kotaku reports that SEGA has renewed trademarks on two rather unexpected properties: Rez and Eighteen Wheeler: American Pro Trucker. That might not be so surprising considering their recent behavior patterns of doing so with other more prominent IPs, but 18 Wheeler, really? Rez, on the other hand, we can understand… though we did see Rez HD not too long ago for the PS3 and 360.
Anyone who follows this stuff knows that while this could possibly mean new installments of both franchises, it could just as easily mean A) simple downloadable ports of the originals for Live! Arcade or PSN, or B) absolutely nothing, and SEGA’s legal department is just playing it safe in case the company decides to fool around with either one in the near future.
Regardless, however, I guess as long as we don’t ever see Desert Bus again, we’ll all be okay.
