Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment is the company that brought you the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises of gaming software. Besides the general list of products below, this article contains links to websites dedicated to Blizzard's specific products and the company in general, if you choose to look for more in-depth information on them.

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

Warcraft universe

 * Computer games
 * 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
 * ''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
 * Other games
 * Related pen-and-paper RPG materials
 * Warcraft: The Board Game
 * World of Warcraft: The Board Game
 * World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game

StarCraft universe

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

Diablo universe

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

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

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 ("Titan?").
 * "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 (Peter Lee)
 * Portrait RedKnuckle.jpg Mark Gibbons
 * Metzen.jpg Chris Metzen
 * Fargo (Dave Kosak)
 * Mumper (Cory Stockton)
 * Ghostcrawler (Greg Street)
 * Michael Morhaime
 * Frank Pearce
 * Portrait Raneman.jpg Raneman (Glenn Rane)
 * Portait Thammer Wolf Worgen.jpg Travis Thammer
 * Portrait Twincruiser.jpg Twincruiser (René Koiter and Michel Koiter)

Organizations

 * Community Managers
 * Sons of the Storm
 * Voice actors

Previous employees

 * Bill Roper

Influence of Activision and Vivendi
Prior to the Activision Blizzard merger, Vivendi took an almost complete hands off approach to Blizzard, but as soon as the merger happened it was clear that Blizzard had little influence at the top levels of the combined company. The senior corporate management consists of 7 former Activision executives plus Mike Morhaime of Blizzard and one outsider (not from Vivendi either). Former CEO of Activision, Robert Kotick, is the CEO of the new combined company. So, although Blizzard had not really been an independent company since their purchase by Viviendi, the management result of the combined company was effectively a corporate takeover by Activision with oversight by Vivendi. One of their current directors also appears to look at Blizzard as more of a resource for Activision.