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Blizzard Entertainment

Main leader	Michael Morhaime (president and co-founder) Frank Pearce (vice president and co-founder)
Secondary leaders	Rob Pardo (vice president) Chris Metzen (vice president of Creative Development) Shahram Dabiri (producer on World of Warcraft) Jeffrey Kaplan (lead designer on World of Warcraft)
Race(s)	Humans
Capital	Irvine, California
Theater of operations	Quality RTS and RPG video games
Main language	Common/English
Secondary languages	Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish

A statue of an orc riding a wolf, located outside Blizzard's office.

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.^[1] This merger will not affect Blizzard Entertainment's operations. The deal was finalized on July 8, 2008.^[2]

Published games

Warcraft Universe

Main article: Warcraft Universe

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

Canceled games

Warcraft Adventures

Indefinitely Postponed games

StarCraft: Ghost ^[3]

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.^[4]

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." ^[5]