Blizzard Entertainment



Blizzard Entertainment (often shortened to "Blizzard" or "Blizz" by players) is the company responsible for the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises. Besides the general list of products below, this article contains links to websites dedicated to Blizzard's specific products and the company in general.

On December 2, 2007, Vivendi (Blizzard Entertainment's parent company) announced that their subsidiary Vivendi Games (of which Blizzard Entertainment was a part) would be merging with Activision to form Activision Blizzard. This merger will not affect Blizzard Entertainment's operations. The deal was finalized on July 8, 2008.

Warcraft Universe

 * Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
 * Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
 * Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
 * Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
 * Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
 * World of Warcraft
 * World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
 * World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
 * World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
 * Related pen-and-paper RPG materials
 * Warcraft: The Board Game
 * World of Warcraft: The Board Game

StarCraft Universe

 * For its connections with Warcraft, see StarCraft franchise


 * StarCraft
 * StarCraft: Brood War
 * Related novels by PocketBooks
 * StarCraft II

Diablo Universe

 * For its connections with Warcraft, see Diablo franchise


 * Diablo
 * Diablo II
 * Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
 * Related novels by PocketBooks
 * Diablo III

Others

 * Rock N' Roll Racing
 * Blackthorne
 * The Lost Vikings
 * The Lost Vikings II

Canceled games

 * Warcraft Adventures

Indefinitely Postponed games

 * StarCraft: Ghost

Confirmed upcoming projects

 * Other additional World of Warcraft expansions
 * Diablo III

Rumored games
Note: Blizzard has confirmed that they are NOT working on a StarCraft or Diablo MMORPG.
 * Warcraft IV would be another epic whose plot remains unknown.
 * Future MMORPG.
 * "When we announce our next MMORPG it’s not going to be another WoW - we’re not a company that tends to tread the same ground. It’ll be something innovative and new that really brings entertainment to another level."

Notable

 * Tom Chilton
 * BTNTemp.png Samwise Didier
 * Portrait Drawgoon.jpg Drawgoon
 * Portrait RedKnuckle.jpg Mark Gibbons
 * Metzen.jpg Chris Metzen
 * Michael Morhaime
 * Frank Pearce
 * Portrait Raneman.jpg Raneman
 * Portait Thammer Wolf Worgen.jpg Thammer
 * Portrait Twincruiser.jpg Twincruiser (René Koiter and Michel Koiter)

Organizations

 * Community Managers
 * Sons of the Storm
 * Voice actors

Previous employees

 * Bill Roper