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Blizzard trademarks Cataclysm

By James Orry - 02/07/2009 - 9:24am GMT

Fans speculate that it may refer to the next WoW expansion.

BlizzPlanet reports that Blizzard has filed three trademarks relating to Cataclysm, with the details of each trademark seemingly pointing to a new game or game related service/platform.

According to BlizzPlanet, fans believe Cataclysm is the next World of Warcraft expansion, to be announced at BlizzCon 2009 in August. The name is said to match perfectly with the theme of the Sundering, an event that happened ten thousand years ago in Azeroth.

BlizzPlanet notes: "A permanent scar of such cataclysm is known as the Maelstrom. Event that happened when the Well of Eternity imploded when Queen Azshara and her Highborne failed to open a portal to allow the entry of Sargeras and the Burning Legion into Azeroth. If Cataclysm is the next expansion that might mean the South Seas theme is underway."

There's also been some talk that Cataclysm is to be the actual name for Blizzard's Battle.net 2.0 gaming platform.

Any better ideas? Share them in the comments section below.

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Posted at 10:14 on 02 July 2009
renegade	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post If im honest, this is not some thing to do with WoW I mea Burning Crusades is to do with the Burning Legion and our Crusade on them, Wrath of the lich king well, it is about just that. But Cataclysm does not seem like much of a Blizzard name to me I think it is there new IP maybe even the MMO we will see Report Reply

Posted at 13:47 on 02 July 2009
FantasyMeister	0 0 In response to renegade's post If im honest, this is not some thing to do with WoW I mea Burning Crusades is to do with the Burning Legion and our Crusade on them, Wrath of the lich king well, it is about just that. But Cataclysm does not seem like much of a Blizzard name to me I think it is there new IP maybe even the MMO we will see » Go to renegade's original post I think seeing as Blizzard have said they've been working on their new MMO for years that we should be looking at patents filed from years ago for more clues as to what it is. The fact that they only filed the Cataclysm patents very recently makes me think that any project it refers to is still years away, possibly a future future future expansion for WoW or something else entirely. Report Reply