Thanks for the tip, Ghost Recon. I sure wouldn't want to frighten any civilians.

After years of clinging desperately to the squarish 4:3 aspect ratio, Blizzard's World of Warcraft team finally let go, diving deep into glorious, modern monitor filling 16:9 for all of Legion's loading screens.

For twenty years, Namco Bandai has held patent US 5718632 A, which has given them ownership of the idea of a loading screen minigame. On November 27 (in America, so tomorrow for us), that patent expires.