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Bandai Namco's US-based branch recently filed a trademark for something called "Slashy Souls," which its document on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website refers to as some kind of game software. With Dark Souls 3

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The targeted platform for Slashy Souls is inconclusive given the broad nature of the USPTO's categorization system, but it makes mention of computers, home consoles, and mobile devices. It could be any number of things: a mobile Dark Souls spin-off, a companion app, some kind of browser-based social game, or a completely unrelated project.Bandai Namco publishes Dark Souls, so the association wouldn't be out of nowhere, but considering all the recent games containing "Souls" in their title – Titan Souls, Wayward Souls, and Dungeon Souls, to name a few – it also wouldn't be a surprise if Slashy Souls was not directly related to the Dark Souls series at all.We've reached out to Bandai Namco for any word on the title and will update once we know more. You can view the trademark file for Slashy Souls on the USPTO website . Bandai Namco also recently filed trademarks for "Thousand Storm" and "Burning Blood" in the US and Europe respectively, Gematsu points out.For everything we know about Dark Souls 3 so far, check out our Dark Souls 3 wiki page.

Chloi Rad is a Staff Writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @_chloi