Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
	Blizzard's Irvine campus, with the Orc statue in front
Formerly	Silicon & Synapse, Inc.; (1991–1993); Chaos Studios, Inc.; (1993–1994);
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	February 1991
Founders	Allen Adham; Michael Morhaime; Frank Pearce;
Headquarters	Irvine, California, U.S.
Number of locations	9 studios and offices
Key people	Mike Ybarra (President)[1]; Allen Adham (SVP);
Products	Diablo series; Hearthstone; Heroes of the Storm; Overwatch; Overwatch 2; StarCraft series; Warcraft series;
Number of employees	4,700[2] (2012)
Parent	Davidson & Associates; (1994–1998); Vivendi Games; (1998–2008); Activision Blizzard; (2008–present);
Subsidiaries	Blizzard Albany; Proletariat
Website	blizzard.com

Blizzard Entertainment is an American video game maker and publisher. The company headquarters is in Irvine, California.[3] The company makes the Diablo, Overwatch, StarCraft, and Warcraft games, including the Warcraft spinoffs Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm.

References

"New Leadership at Blizzard".
Gamasutra Staff (February 9, 2012). "DICE 2012: Blizzard's Pearce on World Of Warcraft's launch hangover". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
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