Cataclysm Blizzard new game ?

Blizzard files trademark for "Cataclysm" by Mike Schramm Jul 1st 2009 at 4:15PM

Is "Cataclysm" the name of Blizzard's next-gen MMO?
This Tumblr blogger has uncovered trademark applications filed by Blizzard in the fields of computer games, paper-based products, and online entertainment services. Those trademarks are on the USPTO's website, and we can confirm that Rod A. Rigole has been employed by Blizzard as legal counsel previously, so these trademark applications, all filed late last week on June 26th, are all real.

Of course, that doesn't confirm that we're actually talking about the next-gen MMO, or that Blizzard is planning on releasing a game called "Cataclysm" at all (StarCraft: Ghost was also trademarked, and we all know what came out of that). It could be another WoW expansion (though you'd think that WoW would be in there somewhere if that was the case), or it could be a completely separate game. Not that we know of one, but Blizzard certainly is working on all kinds of projects that we haven't yet heard about officially.

So. "Cataclysm." Trademark Blizzard Entertainment. Keep an eye out for it at BlizzCon this year.

Thanks, Ryan!

Update: We noticed the domain wowcataclysm.com expired on June 26th, 2009. The domain was previously held and parked out in Australia. June 26th is the same day the trademark was filed with the US Patent & Trademark Office. The domain is also now held by GoDaddy, who we know handles Blizzard domains. That's just a little too much coincidence for us to stay quiet about. It's entirely possible Blizzard just acquired the domain name.
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http://www.wow.com/2009/07/01/blizzard-files-trademark-for-cataclysm/

Para mi es la próxima expa del WoW:

The Great Sundering, also known as simply the Sundering or the Cataclysm was a world event which reshaped Azeroth approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the War of the Ancients. This event was triggered due to the Well of Eternity being destroyed.

Prior to the Sundering, there was only one continent on Azeroth, referred to as Kalimdor. In the catastrophic explosion, eighty percent of the land mass was destroyed,W3Man #? leaving behind the major continents and scattered islands that are known today: Northrend, Kezan, the Eastern Kingdoms, and the remnant still referred to as Kalimdor.

The site of the Well of Eternity became a swirling vortex of power known as the Maelstrom.

O sea, Maelstrom.

Copado, quiero pero dejenme gearearme primero hijos de putaaaa!!..

Btw me salio el Green proto drake por fin la puta madre!

Despues de cuantos?

Bueno, confirmado: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm

TL;DR: Deathwing deja Azeroth a la miseria.

Puta madre, me voy a tener que hacer un worgen..
¿Por qué no se los pusieron a la horda?


edit: ya fue.. acabo de imaginarme un worgen DK y casi me meo encima. Claramente, voy a tener que seguir lvleando al DK y, cuando esté mínimamente armadito, me garpo el servicio de cambio de facción y lo hago Worgen.

Ya no hay lugar para otro continente ...

Por eso hacen concha los que ya estaban y listo.

Era maelstrom nomás! :D