| Blizzard Entertainment | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Defunct | |
| Headquarters | Irvine, CA, U.S., Velizy, Yvelines, France |
| Products | The Warcraft series
The StarCraft series The Diablo series |
| Parent Company | N/A |
| Website | http://www.blizzard.com |
Blizzard is a Popular gaming company based out of Irvine, California. Creators of the popular Warcraft Series, Diablo Series and StarCraft Series and of the popular Battle.net online gaming service. They started as Silicon & Synapse in 1991, and released a couple of titles for the SNES and Genesis. The game that would make them a major developer did not come until 1994, where after changing their name to Blizzard Entertainment, they released an RTS game called Warcraft. The Warcraft series is now one of the most successful franchises in the industry.
Their games today are primarily for the PC, with a new division entitled Blizzard Console focusing on games for home consoles.
Titles
- The Lost Vikings (1992) - platform game
- Rock & Roll Racing (1993) - racing game
- Blackthorne (1994) - fantasy platform game
- The Death and Return of Superman (1994) - side-scrolling beat 'em up
- Warcraft: Orcs and Humans (1994) - fantasy real-time strategy game
- Justice League Task Force (1995) - one-on-one fighting game
- The Lost Vikings II (1995) - platform game
- Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) - fantasy real-time strategy game
- Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (1996) - expansion pack.
- Diablo (1996) - action-oriented computer role-playing game
- StarCraft (1998) - science fiction real-time strategy game
- StarCraft: Brood War (1998) - expansion pack
- Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans (Unreleased) - Canceled fantasy adventure game
- Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition (1999) - upgraded version of WarCraft II
- Diablo II (2000) - action-oriented RPG
- Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (2001) - expansion pack
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) - fantasy real-time strategy game
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003) - expansion pack
- World of Warcraft (2004) - MMORPG set in the Warcraft universe
- StarCraft: Ghost (In production) - science fiction third-person action game
External Links
- www.blizzard.com - The official website.
- www.battle.net - The Battle.net website.