Or better yet: Nukem' Maiden! :D

No. It's just devs didn't want to risk going to court with the game due to release in a couple of months. Because in that case more than several months hearing would mean delay release of the game.
It's not water. It's despair of going into oblivion.

Doubt they won exactly. I assume 3Drealms just weighed the pros and cons of a expensive lawsuit.

There's something to be said about walking gracefully into the sunset when the time comes.

What's the point of tarnishing an otherwise impeccable legacy when you only have a handful of years left, Angus Young? Was it worth shitting on Brian Johnson like that after nearly 40 years? Did you get another cool million to put on top of the other 50 you already have, you snivelling piece of... sorry, wrong retarded band.

Carry on.

That means they won by default, forcing the change of the name and once again demonstrating their idiocy.

I wonder if the band even owns the band or if they're just property / employees of some big label.

The band owns their trademark under Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.

Just a note in case anyone is interested:

3DRealms is also offering a big box version of the game with some additional goodies on their site for $60 + delivery.

Link.

EDIT:
Here is what it contains; straight from the site:

"A unique high-quality '90s style Big Box release.
This edition includes a Bowling Bomb-shaped USB Drive loaded with a DRM-Free version of the game and Soundtrack, a poster, a keycard based on the ones Shelly finds in-game, a making-of booklet, a Bowling Bomb sticker set, and of course Ion Fury, all for $59.99."

EDIT2:
Decided to do it and my Big Box edition pre-order is in. I think that is my first ever :P

Oh good, so it is proper to blame them personally for it.

If that's the case then good. I just hate it when things are made more expensive just because they come out of development. Older stuff shouldn't cost more than newer stuff.

I have a sneaky suspicion there will be a mod to change references from 'fury' back to 'maiden'.

1. It was still made up BEFORE the band and whomever did so likely has more rights to the name/any suits.

2. With the amount of drugs some them take it might be possible.

Lol, maybe they are making a game like KISS made years back?
Then we could discuss UK politics to some extent under the guise of a new game...brilliant.jpg

Not really. Obviously the band themselves don't personally oversee such a thing but a team of lawyers and employees do.

I mean, if you want to hate the band, that's your buisness and I or anyone else would be an ass to try to stop you - but in this case it really does seem like the legal side jumped on the lawsuit choo-choo vs. someone in the band spending time out of their day to land on a video game's page and go "Well damn, people might think we made this and we won't get the money for it!"

It's not unlike those people buying one letter off URLs and other crud tactics that are clearly done to try and make quick cash when they know the entity behind the genuine article is flush with the moolah. Unfortunately the legal team made way too many assumptions against the game in this particular example, since it seems far fetched to think Voidpoint set out to stick it up Iron Maiden's tailpipe by siphoning what is ultimately going to amount to a drop in the bucket as far as total sales are concerned away from any money the band makes through their endeavors.

There's already a Furi game in the catalogue. This is going to cause confusion. Better rename.

All aboard the shotgun train!

There is no way the band had any actual chance of winning this case. A play on words is not copyright infringment, nor is there even a scintila of evidence anything in the game is based on Eddie. Is Iron Maiden now the sole proprieter of those words?? Do history textbooks dealing with torture now have to pay residuals to the band?? Ridiculous nonsense, and makes me lose all respect for the band.