What could it possibly mean when Blizzard files a trademark registration for something called “Mists of Pandaria”?<\/p>\n
The Pandaren panda-people of the Pandaren Empire were originally introduced as one of Blizzard’s elaborate April Fools jokes, but later added to a WarCraft III expansion due to popular demand, and strongly rumoured to be featured as a new playable Alliance race in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade. That didn’t happen, but perhaps they were only biding their time.<\/p>\n
Whatever “Mist of Pandaria” actually is, its trademark registration isn’t all that helpful, describing the product as, variously:<\/p>\n
Computer game software; computer game discs; computer game software and related instruction manuals and guides sold together as a unit; downloadable computer game software; computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; downloadable electronic games via the internet and wireless devices; interactive multimedia computer game program; mousepads<\/em><\/p>\n And<\/p>\n Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; providing computer games that may be accessed via a global computer network; providing online news and information in the field of computer games; entertainment services, namely, conducting contests online and providing a website for organizing, planning and executing events between computer game players and interest groups
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