Via David Jaffe's blog comes the news that Criminal Crackdown, the nifty-looking downloadable PlayStation 3 game that he showed off at Gamers' Day, has been renamed. It's now called Calling All Cars!
I link this not only because of the awesome artwork Jaffe posted, but because he gives some interesting insight into how the naming process works, over there at Sony:
Unlike some other companies that seem to have no problem giving their games titles that SOUND pretty darn close to other games, Sony likes to give us as much room as possible between our game names and other game names. Which is nice. But challenging as well because there have been
ALOT of video games made over the last 30-35 years so it makes it tough to find a name that is fresh and appropriate and fun, while at the same time being something that will not get you thrown into a court room.
Hmm... to whom d'ya think the God of War director is referring, there?
