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A recent article on ShackNews has revealed that Blizzard has filed claims to a new trademark in the name of Cataclysm:
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Originally Posted by Chris Faylor Acclaimed developer Blizzard Entertainment (World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft) has filed new game-related trademarks for "Cataclysm," and that's about all we know.
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.
As noted, nothing else is currently known about the trademark.
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It is also becoming increasingly possible, more so, even, that this new trademark is the name of the anticipated up-coming World of Warcraft expansion. More details on that here.
In reply to the weeks-long rabid desires of Diablo fans everywhere, Bashiok has posted on the Battle.net board about the long-anticipated and prolonged release of patch 1.13:
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"Many of you are wondering what's up with the patch and the ladder reset. While I've sprinkled some information around, it's about time it was all mashed up in one easy-to-read location.
The Story - Once upon a time our internal legacy development teams wanted to put some much needed love into Diablo II. Diablo II doesn't have tournaments with millions of dollars swirling about them, so it generally took a back seat to the patch development time of our other legacy titles. But one day the planets aligned, and it was finally time to give the old girl a new coat of paint and break a bottle of champagne over her bow with the release of a patch. This went well. Meetings were held, the community was involved and polled, and an extremely long list of ideas and changes was created. That list was then cut down to changes felt to be either necessary changes, or easily implemented to ensure development time was efficient. This also went well.
Not long after, the alarm bells sounded. The patch was progressing quickly, and the release was potentially imminent. Early on it was decided, and somewhat of a no-brainer, that a ladder reset with coincide with the patch release. With the patch progressing well, a potential release of two weeks was estimated, and as always this is the exact amount of forewarning given to players and the community before a ladder reset. An announcement was made quickly and immediately to ensure a full two week notice was given. There are many reasons for this standard two-week notice, not the least of which is that most players don't understand the meaning of ladder and non-ladder, and how a reset affects their characters. Following any reset our support departments are flooded with issues related to the change of their characters, so we attempt to inform beforehand and avoid any unnecessary confusion.
This was all well and good, the community was excited, and the developers were having fun and enjoying being able to work on Diablo II again. Then, as it tends to do, reality struck. (http://forums.battle.net/thread.html...49346&sid=3000) Work had to be swiftly and immediately realigned and has and continues to be focused on addressing issues for a different title to resolve a very serious issue.
The Now - The Warcraft III patch is now on the Public Test Realm (PTR) and testing is progressing. Once that patch is released work can shift back to Diablo II and the 1.13 patch, and we'll be working to getting that patch up on its own PTR as soon as possible. This could be a matter of weeks. Once it's up and in a testing state for all of you, it's then going to be a matter of ensuring the features are good and it's a solid patch. The more people we have testing the patch and providing valid feedback, the better the patch will be, and hopefully the quicker it will be released. So that's my challenge to you. You've been waiting a long time, you want an awesome patch, you want a reset. To get all that, we need good solid testing and feedback, reproduction steps for bugs, detailed descriptions of issues or errors, etc. So once this goes live on the PTR, I expect some crazed-youruinedtheeconomy-testing."
As previously predicted here, the other higher priority issue that was prolonging work on the patch was, indeed, the Warcraft III patch, which is now entering its final testing stage. As noted, Bashiok has said that we will most likely be seeing Diablo II's patch in a PTR (Public Testing Realm) in as little as a few weeks- a short amount of time in light of how long we have been waiting. Whether this can be trusted like his previous post about the patch being released as early as the end of April is yet to be proven.
On a similar note, suspicion continues to rise among fans as a previously-held stickied thread by Bashiok on the official Diablo II forum on the Battle.net board here was unstickied- one that was clearly labeled by Bashiok as the official patch information thread. Whether this will doll out to become a fact of significance only time will tell.
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince - Official Trailer
Release Date: Jul 17, 2009 Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham-Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helen McCrory, Hero Fiennes Tiffin Director: David Yates Writer: Steve Kloves Studio: Warner Bros.
Plot: J.K. Rowling's sixth novel about the boy wizard appears on screen in this film from David Yates, the director of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson are back as the beloved Hogwarts students, and Oscar winner Jim Broadbent joins the cast as Horace Slughorn.
Release Date: 31 July 2009 Genre: Comedy Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan, Leslie Mann Director: Judd Apatow Writer: Judd Apatow Studio: Universal
Plot: When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship cause him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.
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