{"id":1318957,"date":"2025-09-09T19:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4a7MSr5ZKXZVKit68JTn6A"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:35:44","slug":"the-indie-horror-game-that-fought-back-against-monster-energy-trademark-trolling-and-won-is-now-being-made-into-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-indie-horror-game-that-fought-back-against-monster-energy-trademark-trolling-and-won-is-now-being-made-into-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"The indie horror game that fought back against Monster Energy trademark trolling (and won) is now being made into a movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The indie studio that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/monster-energy-drinks-try-to-bully-indie-dev-out-of-using-the-word-monster-but-chose-the-wrong-guy-to-pick-on\/\" target=\"_blank\">took on the might of Monster Energy<\/a>, and won, is having the hit game at the center of the dispute adapted into a movie. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/dark-deception-video-game-adaptation-film-1236513124\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline reports<\/a> that Glowstick Entertainment has inked a deal for its survival horror game Dark Deception to be adapted into a feature film by indie production outfit So It Goes Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Dark Deception is a horror game based around a Resi-style mazy hotel filled with lots of horrible monsters that has, per So It Goes, sold over six-and-a-half million copies and had 58 million players. The game was created by Glowstick CEO Vincent Livings, and will be adapted by Adrian Speckert and Cory Todd Hughes: there&#8217;s no news yet on any casting or director.<\/p>\n<p>Glowstick&#8217;s Dark Deception may have plenty of monsters, but it was a spinoff that led to a public spat with Monster Energy, the ubiquitous energy drink brand owned by Coca Cola. Part of Monster&#8217;s marketing is aimed at the gamer demographic but, outside of official tie-ins like Death Stranding, this means it has been somewhat litigious within the games industry: it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/ubisoft-renamed-immortals-fenyx-rising-after-trademark-dispute\" target=\"_blank\">even took on Ubisoft<\/a> over Immortals: Fenyx Rising (which was at one stage called Gods and Monsters).<\/p>\n<p>Monster throws its considerable weight around whenever it catches a sniff of the word &#8220;monster&#8221; being used to describe something that, y&#8217;know, has monsters in it.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, it&#8217;s another brand that thinks it owns the generic word it&#8217;s adopted. This time, however, it picked the wrong target. In early 2023 it took aim at Glowstick for the great crime of making a multiplayer game called <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1266690\/Dark_Deception_Monsters__Mortals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Deception: Monsters &#038; Mortals<\/a>. But CEO Vincent Livings immediately started posting about the legal threats and the absurd settlement offered by Monster, which would&#8217;ve banned the studio from ever again using the word &#8220;monster&#8221; or variations in a game name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s well known that Monster Energy is a notorious trademark troll,&#8221; said Livings at the time. &#8220;Unfortunately, they&#8217;re at it again. For a company that likes to target their drinks at gamers, they also like to try to bully and bankrupt game studios with lengthy high dollar litigation. Monster Energy&#8217;s lawyers are coming after us right now, because [Dark Deception: Monsters &#038; Mortals] has the word &#8216;Monsters&#8217; in it. They claim that our game is confusingly similar to their energy drink. Yep, that&#8217;s really their claim.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"NRCep9Z3Nsf2NLP4vxmRPf\" name=\"ss_6dfcc13a48c5a5479b419cf11495b05a1efc2148\" alt=\"A pink monster moves to attack the player, who sees it from a first-person perspective.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-indie-horror-game-that-fought-back-against-monster-energy-trademark-trolling-and-won-is-now-being-made-into-a-movie.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Glowstick Entertainment)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Livings declared his intention to fight Monster in court rather than &#8220;roll over&#8221;, and also shared various documentation publicly in order to help anyone else facing those Coca Cola lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, when matters actually reached the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), it resulted in glorious victory for Glowstick, which can now make as many games as it likes with &#8220;monster&#8221; in the title: or, come to that, movies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great news,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VincentLivings\/status\/1695312010710499487\" target=\"_blank\">said Livings<\/a> in August 2023. &#8220;We&#8217;ve officially won our trademark battle against MonsterEnergy, The USPTO board ruled in our favor today. &#8216;Monsters &#038; Mortals&#8217; belongs to us! They will never own the word &#8216;monster&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"9e7c10bc-c954-44c5-ab83-abb42e4cd375\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-indie-horror-game-that-fought-back-against-monster-energy-trademark-trolling-and-won-is-now-being-made-into-a-movie-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"9e7c10bc-c954-44c5-ab83-abb42e4cd375\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-indie-horror-game-that-fought-back-against-monster-energy-trademark-trolling-and-won-is-now-being-made-into-a-movie\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The indie studio that took on the might of Monster Energy, and won, is having the hit game at the center of the dispute adapted into a movie. Deadline reports that Glowstick Entertainment has inked a deal for its survival horror game Dark Deception to be adapted into a feature film by indie production outfit So It Goes Entertainment. Dark Deception is a horror game based around a Resi-style mazy hotel filled with lots of horrible monsters that has, per So It Goes, sold over six-and-a-half million copies and had 58 million players. The game was created by Glowstick CEO Vincent Livings, and will be adapted by Adrian Speckert and Cory Todd Hughes: there&#8217;s no news yet on any casting or director. Glowstick&#8217;s Dark Deception&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-indie-horror-game-that-fought-back-against-monster-energy-trademark-trolling-and-won-is-now-being-made-into-a-movie\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1318958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-1318957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The indie horror game that fought back against Monster Energy trademark trolling (and won) is now being made into a movie | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The indie studio that took on the might of Monster Energy, and won, is having the hit game at the center of the dispute adapted into a movie. 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