Blizzard Entertainment

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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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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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Activision Blizzard subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment
Activision Blizzard hasDivision Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine hasMajorEmployer Blizzard Entertainment
AlphaStar collaborator Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment nameChange Blizzard Entertainment self-link
Vivendi Games owned Blizzard Entertainment
Vivendi Games notableSubsidiary Blizzard Entertainment
Vicarious Visions status Blizzard Entertainment
this entity surface form: merged into Blizzard Entertainment
Vicarious Visions mergerInto Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft publisher Blizzard Entertainment
Overwatch developer Blizzard Entertainment
Overwatch publisher Blizzard Entertainment
Diablo developer Blizzard Entertainment
Diablo publisher Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft developer Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft publisher Blizzard Entertainment
Hearthstone developer Blizzard Entertainment
Hearthstone publisher Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands developer Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands publisher Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft productionCompany Blizzard Entertainment
Andy Weir employer Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft II developer Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft II publisher Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft II European ladder operatedBy Blizzard Entertainment
Protoss creator Blizzard Entertainment
Allen Adham coFounded Blizzard Entertainment
Allen Adham employer Blizzard Entertainment
Allen Adham Silicon & SynapseRenamedAs Blizzard Entertainment
Michael Morhaime coFounded Blizzard Entertainment
Michael Morhaime employer Blizzard Entertainment
Michael Morhaime boardMemberOf Blizzard Entertainment
Silicon & Synapse laterKnownAs Blizzard Entertainment
Silicon & Synapse successorCompany Blizzard Entertainment
Davidson & Associates parentCompanyOf Blizzard Entertainment
Davidson & Associates acquired Blizzard Entertainment
Davidson & Associates associatedWith Blizzard Entertainment
Heroes of the Storm developer Blizzard Entertainment
Heroes of the Storm publisher Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans developer Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans publisher Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness developer Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness publisher Blizzard Entertainment
Battle.net developer Blizzard Entertainment
Battle.net operator Blizzard Entertainment
Battle.net ownedBy Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Shanghai parentOrganization Blizzard Entertainment
Overwatch League developerOfGame Blizzard Entertainment
Overwatch League publisherOfGame Blizzard Entertainment