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  2. Blizzard Entertainment - Wikipedia

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    Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the company was founded in February 1991 as Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles: [1] Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham.

  3. Battle.net - Wikipedia

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    Official website. Battle.net is an Internet-based online game, social networking service, digital distribution, and digital rights management platform developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The service was launched on December 31, 1996, followed a few days later with the release of Blizzard's action-role-playing video game Diablo on January 3 ...

  4. Activision Blizzard - Wikipedia

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    Under Blizzard Entertainment, it invested in esports initiatives around several of its games, most notably Overwatch and Call of Duty. Activision Blizzard's titles have broken a number of release records. As of March 2018, it was the largest game company in the Americas and Europe in terms of revenue and market capitalization.

  5. Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. [1] The acquisition was completed on October 13, 2023, with its total cost amounting to $75.4 billion. [2] Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft brought Activision Blizzard under its Microsoft Gaming business unit as a sibling division to ...

  6. World of Warcraft - Wikipedia

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    World of Warcraft ( WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the Warcraft fantasy universe, World of Warcraft takes place within the world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events of the previous game in the series, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. [3]

  7. Michael Morhaime - Wikipedia

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    Amy Morhaime. . ( m. 2010) . [1] Awards. AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2001) [2] Michael Morhaime (born November 3, 1967) is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of Dreamhaven, located in Irvine, California. Morhaime is best known as the co-founder and the former president of Blizzard ...

  8. Activision Blizzard Studios - Wikipedia

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    Activision Blizzard Studios, LLC is a motion picture production company and a subsidiary of American video game company Activision Blizzard based in Beverly Hills, California. It was created to utilize its parent company's popular game franchises through films and television shows. It is co-headed by Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk, the latter ...

  9. List of Microsoft Gaming studios - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Microsoft Gaming video game studios, including development studios, support studios, satellite studios and offices.Microsoft Gaming is an American video game company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, US, founded on January 18, 2022.