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- Founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse
- Established as Blizzard Entertainment in 1994
- Headquartered in Irvine, California
- A division of Vivendi Games
- 250+ designers, producers, programmers, artists, and sound engineersBlizzard Entertainment: Company Profile
- Hosts the yearly Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational convention
- Hosts BlizzCon http://www.blizzard.com/us/blizzcon/
- Hosts BlizzCast http://us.blizzard.com/blizzcast/
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Among other titles, video game development company Blizzard Entertainment introduced the popular World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo series. As of 2006, World of Warcraft had over 6 million worldwide subscribers, netting the company an estimated $75 million each month.The Escapist: Secret Sauce: The Rise of Blizzard (June 6, 2006) In addition to software games, Blizzard Entertainment hosts the online gaming community Battle.net.
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Proposed Merger
In 2008, Activision acquired Blizzard's parent company, Vivendi, for a reported $19 million. Pending shareholder approval, Activsion and Blizzard are set to merge into Activision Blizzard, which would be the world's largest video game developer and would earn an estimated $64 billion per year.Orange County Business Journal: Activision Shareholders Set to Vote on Blizzard Deal (July 7, 2008)Blizzard Entertainment Titles
Rock 'N Roll Racing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Lost Vikings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~World of Warcraft series ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World of Warcraft | World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade | World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King | World of Warcraft Cataclysm |
Diablo series ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diablo 1 | Diablo 2 | Diablo 3 |
Starcraft series ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starcraft | Starcraft Brood War | Starcraft II |
Warcraft series ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warcraft Orcs & Humans | Warcraft II Tides of Darkness | Warcraft II Beyond the Dark Portal | Warcraft II Battle.net Edition | Warcraft III Reign of Chaos | Warcraft III The Frozen Throne |
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