Blizzard Entertainment is a gaming company based out of Irvine, California. Creators of the popular Warcraft, Diablo 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/Mega Drive. 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: Orcs & Humans. The Warcraft series is now one of the most successful franchises in the industry.
Titles[ | ]
- Blackthorne (1994) - fantasy platform game
- The Death and Return of Superman (1994) - side-scrolling beat 'em up
- Warcraft: Orcs & 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 (Canceled) - science fiction third-person action game
- StarCraft II (2010) - sequel to StarCraft
- Diablo III (2012) - sequel to Diablo
- Overwatch (2016)
External Links[ | ]
- www.blizzard.com - Official website
- www.battle.net - Battle.net website