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{{sub-stub}}'''Blizzard Entertainment''', formerly '''Silicon & Synapse''' until 1994{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19961019175340/http://blizzard.com/info.htm}} is an American video game company best known for the ''Warcraft'' and ''Diablo'' series.
  
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Blizzard was acquired by [[Davidson & Associates]] in early 1994{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19970126002419/http://www.davd.com/press/corp/bground.html}}. Davidson would be purchased by CUC International in July 1996{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19970126002419/http://www.davd.com/press/corp/bground.html}}, with Blizzard becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of CUC instead. It would go on to outlive several of its former owners, and now, after a series of mergers, exists a subsidiary of holding company Activision Blizzard.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
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*''[[The Lost Vikings]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[Rock n' Roll Racing]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[The Death and Return of Superman]]'' (1995)
 
*''[[Justice League Task Force]]'' (1995)
 
 
 
===[[Sega 32X]]===
 
*''[[Blackthorne]]'' (1995)
 
 
 
===[[Saturn]]===
 
*''[[The Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Warcraft II: The Dark Saga]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Diablo]]'' (unreleased)
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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Blizzard Entertainment
Founded: 1990[1]
Headquarters:
131 Theory, Suite 100, Irvine, California, 92612, United States[2]

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Blizzard Entertainment, formerly Silicon & Synapse until 1994[1] is an American video game company best known for the Warcraft and Diablo series.

Blizzard was acquired by Davidson & Associates in early 1994[3]. Davidson would be purchased by CUC International in July 1996[3], with Blizzard becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of CUC instead. It would go on to outlive several of its former owners, and now, after a series of mergers, exists a subsidiary of holding company Activision Blizzard.

Softography

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 http://blizzard.com/info.htm (Wayback Machine: 1996-10-19 17:53)
  2. E3 2001 Directory, page 76
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://www.davd.com/press/corp/bground.html (Wayback Machine: 1997-01-26 00:24)