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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. | {{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. | ||
| − | Blizzard was acquired by [[Davidson & Associates]] in early 1994{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19970126002419/http://www.davd.com/press/corp/bground.html}}. | + | 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. |
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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
Mega Drive
- The Lost Vikings (1993) (as Silicon & Synapse)
- Rock n' Roll Racing (1994)
- The Death and Return of Superman (1995)
32X
- Blackthorne (1995)
Saturn
- The Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest (1997)
- Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (1997)
- Diablo (unreleased)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://blizzard.com/info.htm (Wayback Machine: 1996-10-19 17:53)
- ↑ E3 2001 Directory, page 76
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.davd.com/press/corp/bground.html (Wayback Machine: 1997-01-26 00:24)