Blizzard trademarks "Cataclysm"
A few days ago Blizzard filed a trademark for "Cataclysm" on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website. Cataclysm was registered for :

* Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; providing computer games that may be accessed via a global computer network; and providing on-line information in the field of computer gaming entertainment
* Comic books, computer game strategy guides, trading cards, coloring books, adhesive stickers, rub-on transfers, notebooks, stationery-type portfolios, posters, greeting cards, calendars, instructional leaflets in the field of computer games, computer game instruction manuals, catalogs in the field of computer games, advertisement boards of paper or cardboard, photographs, art prints
* Computer game software and related instruction manuals and guides sold together as a unit; downloadable computer game software; interactive multimedia computer game program; mousepads


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So ... What does it mean? Well, Wrath of the Lich King was trademarked a few weeks before the Blizzcon, we're not going to jump to conclusions here but WoWWiki will most likely give you a few things to think about on their Great Sundering article.

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 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.

A few days ago, one of our users also spotted a test server named "Maelstrom 3 Test" in the US server list (it only showed up for a few seconds, see This post). If the expansion is indeed The Maelstrom/Cataclysm, we can expect to see a few things here:

* Sargeras and/or Deathwing
* Azshara
* Goblins!

This may or may not be related to the pending untitled MMO that will be the start of an entirely new franchise that many of us have been tracking and reading about for the last couple of months. With three other projects still in full swing, World of Warcraft, Diablo III, and Starcraft II, this can only show how much Blizzard is boosting up their production schedule in light of the nearly dead past ten years.

ММО-то няма да бъде обвързано с УоУ

Pandaria - 1 to 10
Hiji - 10 to 20

В нортренд, близард представиха нещо което нямаше АБСОЛЮТНО НИКАКВО МЯСТО в нортренд, а именно викинги и всичко имаше викингоподобни имена. Затова предлагам в новия експанжън всички врагове да са НИНДЖИ и имената на местностите да са взети от истински азиатски такива, с леки промени.

Това всъщност е намигване на Близз към една от първите им игри, The Lost Vikings. Не знам дали си я играл, но май дори не си чувал за нея.

http://www.blizzard.com/us/blizzclassic/vikingsdemo-pop.html

Според мен не е от липса на идеи. Близ по принцип вкарват във всяка своя игра нещо от другите (хидричката във WC3 примерно), това си е нещо като традиция. Не виждам какво лошо има

Викинги и хора моржове НЯМАТ място в нортренд, който е описван като пуста и мрачна земя с пронизващ студен вятър в Warcraft. В УоУ слизаш отк ораба и те посрещат усмихнати моржове - е не, мерси.