Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-61022-20160114013125/@comment-16461120-20160114110748

SunGodKizaru wrote: What about 616 guys is it going to be changed to Prime Earth now? or its just going to be an "alias" for Earth-616? Repeating this from the same question having been posed on my message wall...

Earth-616 still existed, and thus it should still have an article, and should not be renamed.

Now, if the current reality turns out to be a theoretical "Prime Earth", everyone that was from Earth-616 and existed prior to Secret Wars still originated from Earth-616, so any and all of that most certainly shouldn't be changed either, as that's still where they're from, so only things that are less than eight or so months old would be considered "born" in the current reality if it proves to be something different than Earth-616.

As for the name of this primary reality going forward, it's too early to tell, especially since numerous MARVEL staff have stated that it is in fact Earth-616, so it's best to wait and see.

I'm hopeful that helps fill in many of the blanks, but I've been disappointed by  during this event once already, so who knows...