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Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer and publisher founded in 1991 that is currently owned by Activision Blizzard. It is known for popular franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. Blizzard launched its online gaming service Battle.net in 1997 and released the hugely successful massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft in 2004. The company has experienced both successes with titles like Diablo and World of Warcraft as well as cancelled projects over the years.
Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer and publisher founded in 1991 that is currently owned by Activision Blizzard. It is known for popular franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. Blizzard launched its online gaming service Battle.net in 1997 and released the hugely successful massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft in 2004. The company has experienced both successes with titles like Diablo and World of Warcraft as well as cancelled projects over the years.
Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer and publisher founded in 1991 that is currently owned by Activision Blizzard. It is known for popular franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. Blizzard launched its online gaming service Battle.net in 1997 and released the hugely successful massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft in 2004. The company has experienced both successes with titles like Diablo and World of Warcraft as well as cancelled projects over the years.
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game
developer and publisher based in Irvine, California, and is currently a subsidiary of American company Activision Blizzard. The company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles, Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce, and Allen Adham. History The company originally concentrated primarily on the creation of game ports for other studios before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with the development of games like Rock n' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. History In 1996, Blizzard acquired Condor Games, which had been working on the game Diablo for Blizzard at the time. Condor was renamed Blizzard North, and has since developed hit games Diablo, Diablo II, and its expansion pack Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Blizzard North was located in San Mateo, California; the company originated in Redwood City, California. History Blizzard launched their online gaming service Battle.net in January 1997 with the release of their action-RPG Diablo. In 2002, Blizzard was able to reacquire rights for three of its earlier Silicon & Synapse titles (The Lost Vikings, Rock n' Roll Racing and Blackthorne) from Interplay Entertainment and re-release them under Game Boy Advance. History On November, 2004, Blizzard released World of Warcraft, its Multiplayer online offering. World of Warcraft was the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. Blizzard announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001. Main franchises
Currently, Blizzard has four main franchises in the gaming
industry: Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft and Overwatch. Multiple games have been released for each game series except for Overwatch. Each franchise is supported by other media based around the intellectual property for each franchise such as novels, collectible card games, comics and video shorts. Blizzard Entertainment announced in 2006 that they will be producing a Warcraft live-action movie. The movie is directed by Duncan Jones, financed and produced by Legendary Pictures, Atlas Entertainment and Film, and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was released in June 2016. Unreleased games Notable unreleased titles include Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, which was cancelled on May 22, 1998, Shattered Nations, and StarCraft: Ghost, which was "Postponed indefinitely" on March 24, 2006 after being in development hell for much of its lifespan. After seven years of development, Blizzard revealed the cancellation of an unannounced MMO codenamed "Titan" on September 23, 2014. Popular games Diablo: is an action role-playing hack and slash video game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft: is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney, and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: is a massively multiplayer online role- playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994.