Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. By now, I’m sure most of you know the big news of the week: Blizzard’s registered Mists of Pandaria as a trademark related to computer games. Could this be the title of our next expansion? Can we all expect to be rolling monks or deciding whether to make our new panda on the Alliance or Horde side within the next year or two?

It’s tough to say for sure. Faked leaks aside, I’m on a wait and see approach. As it is, I don’t think this guarantees anything. It could be for something completely different, or it could be a «just in case» thing. I’ve seen enough trademarked Harry Potter titles that never saw the light of day not to be wary. Then again, it could just be my own bias creeping in. I’m still hoping for an expansion that’s pure Alliance vs. Horde. But hey, if nothing else, at least we got that sweet panda sketch from Anne.

So we definitely have more Mists of Pandaria speculation than you can shake a stick at, but there’s plenty of other news to peruse as well, such as the debut of patch 4.2.0a. Maintenance today will be the usual 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT, so you should have time to browse. Check it all out after the break.Continue reading Tuesday Morning Post: Panda skeptics editionFiled under: Realm Status, News itemsTuesday Morning Post: Panda skeptics edition originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. By now, I’m sure most of you know the big news of the week: Blizzard’s registered Mists of Pandaria as a trademark related to computer games. Could this be the title of our next expansion? Can we all expect to be rolling monks or deciding whether to make our new panda on the Alliance or Horde side within the next year or two?

It’s tough to say for sure. Faked leaks aside, I’m on a wait and see approach. As it is, I don’t think this guarantees anything. It could be for something completely different, or it could be a «just in case» thing. I’ve seen enough trademarked Harry Potter titles that never saw the light of day not to be wary. Then again, it could just be my own bias creeping in. I’m still hoping for an expansion that’s pure Alliance vs. Horde. But hey, if nothing else, at least we got that sweet panda sketch from Anne.

So we definitely have more Mists of Pandaria speculation than you can shake a stick at, but there’s plenty of other news to peruse as well, such as the debut of patch 4.2.0a. Maintenance today will be the usual 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT, so you should have time to browse. Check it all out after the break.Continue reading Tuesday Morning Post: Panda skeptics editionFiled under: Realm Status, News itemsTuesday Morning Post: Panda skeptics edition originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments