Blizzard Entertainment

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subsidiary video game company video game developer video game publisher

Blizzard Entertainment is a renowned American video game developer and publisher best known for creating major franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.

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merged into Blizzard Entertainment 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf subsidiary ⓘ
video game company ⓘ
video game developer ⓘ
video game publisher ⓘ
acquiredBy Activision Blizzard ⓘ
Davidson & Associates ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
Vivendi Games ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
created Diablo ⓘ
Diablo ⓘ
surface form: Diablo II

Diablo ⓘ
surface form: Diablo III

Diablo ⓘ
surface form: Diablo IV

Hearthstone ⓘ
Heroes of the Storm ⓘ
Overwatch ⓘ
Overwatch ⓘ
surface form: Overwatch 2

StarCraft ⓘ
StarCraft II ⓘ
surface form: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness ⓘ
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ⓘ
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans ⓘ
World of Warcraft ⓘ
employerOf artists ⓘ
game designers ⓘ
software engineers ⓘ
writers ⓘ
foundedBy Allen Adham ⓘ
Frank Pearce ⓘ
Michael Morhaime ⓘ
foundingDate 1991-02-08 ⓘ
genreFocus dark fantasy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasDivision Blizzard ⓘ
surface form: Blizzard Albany

Blizzard Austin ⓘ
Blizzard Seoul ⓘ
Blizzard Shanghai ⓘ
hasEsportsTitle Hearthstone ⓘ
Overwatch ⓘ
StarCraft II ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Allen Adham ⓘ
Frank Pearce ⓘ
Michael Morhaime ⓘ
Mike Ybarra ⓘ
headquartersLocation Irvine ⓘ
surface form: Irvine, California
industry video games ⓘ
knownFor action role-playing games ⓘ
hero shooter games ⓘ
massively multiplayer online role-playing games ⓘ
real-time strategy games ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
launchDate 1996 ⓘ
launched Battle.net ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
nameChange Blizzard Entertainment self-link ⓘ
nameChangeDate 1994 ⓘ
notableWork Diablo ⓘ
surface form: Diablo franchise

Hearthstone ⓘ
Heroes of the Storm ⓘ
Overwatch ⓘ
surface form: Overwatch franchise

StarCraft ⓘ
surface form: StarCraft franchise

Warcraft ⓘ
surface form: Warcraft franchise

World of Warcraft ⓘ
organised Hearthstone Championship Tour ⓘ
Overwatch League ⓘ
StarCraft II ⓘ
surface form: StarCraft II World Championship Series
originalName Silicon & Synapse ⓘ
parentOrganization Activision Blizzard ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
platform Windows PC ⓘ
surface form: PC

console ⓘ
mobile ⓘ
service Battle.net ⓘ
subsidiaryOf Activision Blizzard ⓘ
Xbox Game Studios ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Gaming

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AlphaStar → collaborator → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Diablo → developer → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Hearthstone → developer → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Overwatch → developer → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
StarCraft → developer → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
World of Warcraft → developer → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands → developer → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Activision Blizzard → hasDivision → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Irvine → hasMajorEmployer → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Vicarious Visions → mergerInto → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Blizzard Entertainment → nameChange → Blizzard Entertainment self-link ⓘ
Vivendi Games → notableSubsidiary → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Vivendi Games → owned → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Warcraft → productionCompany → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Diablo → publisher → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Hearthstone → publisher → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Overwatch → publisher → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
StarCraft → publisher → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
World of Warcraft → publisher → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands → publisher → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Vicarious Visions → status → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
this entity surface form: merged into Blizzard Entertainment
Activision Blizzard → subsidiary → Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ