{"id":139,"date":"2026-08-07T04:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reviewgamestoplay.xyz\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-08-07T04:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:05:57","slug":"new-kingdom-come-trademark-filings-mention-online-virtual-worlds-but-we-shouldnt-assume-warhorse-is-making-a-multiplayer-game-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewgamestoplay.xyz\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/new-kingdom-come-trademark-filings-mention-online-virtual-worlds-but-we-shouldnt-assume-warhorse-is-making-a-multiplayer-game-just-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kingdom Come trademark filings mention ‘online’ virtual worlds\u2014but we shouldn’t assume Warhorse is making a multiplayer game just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A videogame IP attorney says the filings are “far from a promise that the next Kingdom Come videogame will feature multiplayer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last month, we covered Warhorse Studios’ European trademark filings for Kingdom Come Salvation<\/a>, which provided an early indication of what title we can expect for the third “Kingdom Come adventure” that Warhorse announced was in the works<\/a> in May. Beyond the name, the filing featured tantalizing language about “services for matching users with computer games,” leading to speculation that the next Kingdom Come could include online functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, additional Kingdom Come Salvation trademark filings have emerged in the US (via Phrasemaker<\/a>), containing expanded language about online services. But while it’s tempting to read the trademark classification as a promise that there’s jolly medieval Bohemian camaraderie in our future, we checked with a videogame IP expert who said we shouldn’t get our hopes up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In both the European and American trademark filings, the sections stirring up speculation are the goods and services classifications<\/a> specified for the trademark. In addition to the IC 009 classification typically used for videogame trademarks, the filings also classify Kingdom Come Salvation under IC 041<\/a>\u2014a classification that the World Intellectual Property Organization says covers “services having the basic aim of the entertainment, amusement, or recreation of people,” including online gaming services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the European filing, the language for the IC 041 classification is fairly general, referring to “online interactive entertainment” and “electronic games services provided by means of a global communication network.” While the US filing uses similarly broad terms, it also includes these two eyebrow-raising service descriptions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n