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Blizzard Entertainment

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.

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