A trademark application went in from Warhorse Studios on July 23, and whoever submitted it likely didn’t count on the internet spotting it within hours.
It did. The title is Kingdom Come Salvation, and it surfaced a few hours ago on the European Union Intellectual Property Office classification site, submitted by Warhorse Studios out of the Czech Republic.
A company filing paperwork under its own name is about as tidy as a leak gets.
The most important detail sits in the classification. Salvation is registered as “computer gaming software,” which takes the more speculative theories about a film or a series adaptation off the table. It’s a game, and the category says so outright.
What sort of game remains an open question.
Third chapter, spin-off, or something else entirely
Whether Salvation is the series’ third major installment, a spin-off, or something that fits neither description is still anyone’s guess. A trademark gives you a name and a medium. Scope isn’t part of the package.
Warhorse also included the logo carrying the game’s title with the filing — the sort of move studios make when an announcement is close.
This isn’t arriving without warning, either. The studio has already said it’s building a new chapter in the Kingdom Come series, with word suggesting more details will land within the year.
The other game nobody’s talking about enough
Warhorse has more than Kingdom Come in the pipeline. There’s also an RPG in development set in the Lord of the Rings universe, due at some unspecified point down the line.
That’s two ambitious projects running in parallel at a studio whose reputation was built on stubborn historical accuracy. Draw your own conclusions.
Warhorse’s announcement teasing “a new adventure in the Kingdom Come universe” is worth a second look right about now, as is the Lord of the Rings project reveal. Both read differently once a trademark with a real title is on the table.
Few documents in gaming are less glamorous than a trademark filing, and few are harder to dispute. There’s no teaser trailer here, no cryptic countdown page, no woolly studio statement about “an exciting new direction.” Only a name, a logo and a date of submission.
July 23. Kingdom Come Salvation. Computer gaming software.
Keep an eye on Unboxholics.com for further developments.