Blizzard Entertainment
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'World of Warcraft' marks fifth birthday...level cap for the most dedicated players. Blizzard said it would be marking World of Warcraft's fifth anniversary with some special in-game features, including new enemies for players to battle against, and the Onyxia Brood Whelping Pet. In this article: World of Warcraft, Warcraft, Blizzard, BlizzCon, Crack cocaine, Wrath of the Lich King, Mike Morhaime, Sweden, and China |
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Kotaku | 3 days ago
World Of Warcraft Celebrates Thanksgiving [Blizzard]
World Of Warcraft Celebrates Thanksgiving [Blizzard] read more: #blizzard, #worldofwarcraft, #thanksgiving, #pilgrimsbounty, #holiday, #event, #mmorpg World of Warcraft finally adds a virtual Thanksgiving celebration to it's lineup of...
In this article: World of Warcraft and Blizzard
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Kotaku | November 04, 2009
Blizzard Starts Selling In-Game World Of Warcraft Pets [Blizzard]
Blizzard Starts Selling In-Game World Of Warcraft Pets [Blizzard] The two new non-combat pets now available for purchase at the Blizzard Store represent the first time actual in-game items could be purchased directly with real money outside...
In this article: World of Warcraft and Blizzard
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IGN | November 05, 2009
World of Warcraft Virtual Store
...fault Blizzard Entertainment for wanting a little bit more. Today the company is taking steps to make World of Warcraft even more profitable with the addition of an online pet store. For ten bucks players can buy either Lil' K.T. or a tiny...
In this article: World of Warcraft, Balance sheet, Battle.net, and John D Rockefeller
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TIME | 1 day ago
Blizzard Reflects on Five Years of World of Warcraft
Blizzard Reflects on Five Years of World of Warcraft On November 23, 2004, Blizzard Entertainment launched what would become one of the most successful games in video game history - World of Warcraft. Two expansions, 11.5 million global...
In this article: World of Warcraft, Warcraft, Diablo III, EverQuest II, StarCraft II, and EverQuest
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Kotaku | 18 hours ago
World of Warcraft Turns 5: How Blizzard Built A Nation [World Of Warcraft]
...a link to this post 'World of Warcraft Turns 5: How Blizzard Built A Nation' via email: World of Warcraft Turns 5: How Blizzard Built A Nation World of Warcraft was launched five years ago today, and Kotaku is celebrating all week long,...
In this article: World of Warcraft, Warcraft, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Dune II, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Samwise Didier, and Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
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Joystiq | November 05, 2009
Guitar Hero, Call of Duty franchises lead Activision's 'better-than-expected' Q3 2009
...Publishing's Guitar Hero 5, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, as well as Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft." In fact, the CEO called Guitar Hero the year's "#1 best-selling third-party...
In this article: Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Activision, Wii, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Revenue, North America, Europe, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Kotaku | November 05, 2009
Guitar Hero, WoW & World At War Give Activision Better Than Expected Q3 [Business]
CEO Robert "Bobby" Kotick pointed to "positive audience response to Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero 5, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, as well as Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft."
In this article: Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard, Activision, Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty, and U.S.
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Joystiq | 6 days ago
The best of WoW.com: November 10-17, 2009
...it, and despair! The abomination above is a common sight in the World of Warcraft this week -- Blizzard has kicked off their marketing season with another commercial from Mr. T, as well as an in-game item to go along with it. It's the Mohawk...
In this article: World of Warcraft, Modern Warfare 2, Blu-ray, Blizzard, Indiana Jones, PS3, Warner Bros., Mr. T, and Japan
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Computer World | 22 hours ago
Data Center Lessons from the Online Gaming World
...expansive infrastructure. Where CCP Games has a single data center in the United Kingdom, Blizzard has four data centers in the United States, seven data centers in the European Union and more in Asia Pacific. "Blizzard is one of the...
In this article: CCP Games, Eve Online, Mmorpg, World of Warcraft, Linux, IDC, and European Union
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Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher founded in February 1991 under the name Sillicon & Synapse by three graduates of UCLA, Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. Based in Irvine, California, the company originally concentrated primarily of the creation of game ports for other studios before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with the development of games like Rock N' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. In 1994 the company became Blizzard Entertainment Inc before being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.
Blizzard went on to create several successful PC games, including the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo series, and the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
Blizzard Entertainment offers events to meet players and to announce games, the BlizzCon in California, United States, and the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in other countries.
- Name:
- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
- Location:
- Irvine, California, USA.
- Founded:
- 1991 (as Silicon & Synapse)
- Industry:
- Video games
- Key People:
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- Frank Pearce (vice president and co-founder)
- Michael Morhaime (president and co-founder)
- Chris Metzen (vice president of Creative Development)
- Rob Pardo (vice president)
- Products:
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- Warcraft series
- Diablo series
- StarCraft series
- Revenue:
- $1.1 Billion
- Motto:
- N/A
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