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Blizzard Entertainment was founded in 1991, and was called Silicone and Synapse. The early years were good for Blizzard, and by 1994 they'd been acquired by Davidson and Assoc. for $10M.
However, the company changed hands half a dozen time before settling down at Vivendi in 1998. The company has 250 employees, all of who are avid gamers, and is located in Irvine, CA.
Blizzard's AntiPiracy Efforts
Blizzard has agressively squashed any efforts by opensource organizations to make offshoots of their games for free. Some have reverse engineered Blizzard code to prevent the use of Blizzard servers, others use similar names and similar characters, but no Blizzard code. The Blizzard 'root kit' even got some press in 2005 as people began to realize that Blizzard could see more than just your game playing habits with the use of their 'spyware-ish' software.
Is it too much?
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WoW Insider
Weblogs Inc's WoW Blog
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- The Wiki Page for Blizzard
- Blizzard's Wiki.
- The Wiki Page For WoW
- WoW's Wiki.
- Allakhazam.com: World of Warcraft
- Great WoW info.
- Google Map of WoW
- Created on the Google Map APIs, this one works just like Google Maps.
Amazon's Blizzard Merchandise
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But, Blizzard isn't ALL Warcraft
Blizzard Games List
- Lord of the Rings
- This was an Amiga port that was released in 1991
- Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess
- Another Amiga port, Battle Chess II was a Xaingqi simulation released in 1991. Xaingqi is, for the most part, chinese chess (as the name implies).
- The Lost Vikings
- This side-scroller puzzle/platform video game was developed by Blizzard Entertainment, but released by a different publisher in 1992.
- Rock N' Roll Racing
- This 1993 racer was also created by Blizzard and published by another company. The game was developed for the Genesis and SNES, but was rereleased for the GBA in 2003.
- Blackthorne
- This Prince of Persia-ish game was innovative in it's use of levitation. Blackthorne was released for the SNES and PC in 1994, for the Sega 32X in 1995, with enhanced graphics and a higher color palette, and for the Game Boy Advance in 2003.
- The Death and Return of Superman
- This 2D side scrolling action game was released in 1994.
- Warcraft
- The beginning of their most popular series, Warcraft was a real-time strategy fantasy game that made us all hate Orcs. The war in this game is known to uber nerds at The Great War or the First War. It was released in 1994.
- Justice League Task Force
- Blizzard made a SNES and Genesis version of this 1995 tournament fighting game.
- Warcraft II
- The sequel to Warcraft was released in 1995, along with an expansion pack in 1996. This is the Second War.
The game won Game of the Year and Best Multiplayer Game. - Diablo
- Diablo was an action-oriented RPG released in 1997, along with an expansion later that year. Diablo debuted at #1 and was named Game of the Year.
- StarCraft
- This sci-fi real time strategy game was another immensely popular one for Blizzard. It was the best selling game of 1998. An expansion pack was released the same year.
- Diablo II
- In 2000 Diablo II was released, along with an expansion pack in 2001.
The game sold more than 1M copies in its first month. - Warcraft III
- In 2002 Warcraft III was released. It was the fastest selling game ever. An expansion pack followed in 2003.
- World of Warcraft
- This MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role playing game) shattered sales records on it's release on November 2004. The online game was based on it's very successful Warcraft series, that was initially released in 1994.
Currently WoW boasts more than 1.5M active players in North America.
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