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Blizzard Entertainment® is a premier publisher of
entertainment software. Since establishing the Blizzard label in 1994,
the company has quickly become one of the most popular and
well-respected makers of computer games.
With blockbuster hits including the Warcraft®, Diablo™, and StarCraft®
series, the company has enjoyed back-to-back number-one selling games,
as well as consecutive Game of the Year awards. The company's free
online game service, Battle.net®, is the largest in the world with
millions of active users.
Most recently, the company released Warcraft® III: Reign of Chaos™, the
highly anticipated sequel to the company's number-one selling Warcraft
series. Selling over a million copies in its first week of release,
Warcraft III has been called "the fastest selling PC game ever"* and has
won several accolades since the game shipped to retail outlets in July
of 2002. The original Warcraft®: Orcs and Humans™ was touted as one of
the best strategy games of 1994; and the game's epic sequel, Warcraft®
II: Tides of Darkness™, has won many accolades including Game of the
Year and Best Multiplayer Game. Increasing the depth of the Warcraft
universe, World of Warcraft® is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role
Playing Game set in the familiar lands of Azeroth. The game is currently
in development and the beta is currently slated to begin in 2003.
In 2001, Blizzard released Diablo® II: Lord of Destruction™, the
expansion set for 2000's record-setting bestseller Diablo II. Selling
over a million copies in its first month of release, Lord of Destruction
has been called "the definitive add-on,"* and was one of the biggest
sellers of 2001.The original Diablo®, which released January 1997,
debuted at number one in the United States and was named Game of the
Year.
StarCraft®, which released in March 1998, was the company's third
number-one selling game and was named the best-selling game of 1998 by
PC Data. The game's expansion set, StarCraft®: Brood War™ was widely
acclaimed and was named best expansion of 1998. The recent announcement
of StarCraft: Ghost™ further expands the StarCraft storyline, and takes
Blizzard back to its console roots. The game offers an in-depth
perspective on familiar planets and former battlefields from the
legendary universe. Also, as the story unravels, players find themselves
traversing uncharted terrain and battling adversaries never before seen
by followers of the series. Currently under development for the Xbox,
Gamecube and Playstation 2, StarCraft: Ghost is currently slated for
release in 2003.
Prior to the release of Warcraft, the company served as a third-party
developer creating entertainment software for a variety of platforms
including DOS, Macintosh, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. Some of the
company's best-known titles include Rock 'n Roll Racing, The Lost
Vikings, Blackthorne, and The Death and Return of Superman.
The Blizzard research and development group is comprised of more than
150 designers, producers, programmers, artists, and sound engineers.
Each member of the Blizzard staff is a true game enthusiast, which
provides the company invaluable insight to creating products for the
gaming industry.
In March 1996, Blizzard acquired Blizzard North, a concentrated team of
developers specializing in high-quality entertainment products for
computer and home console systems. Located in San Mateo, Calif.,
Blizzard North strives to push gaming technology to the next level.
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Blizzard Entertainment was founded in
1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by chairman Allen Adham, president
Michael Morhaime and vice president Frank Pearce.
Blizzard Entertainment is a division of Vivendi Universal Publishing,
the publishing division of the world's second largest communications
group, Vivendi Universal. Vivendi Universal is listed on the French
stock exchange (#12777) and also the New York Stock Exchange under
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