Blizzard Entertainment

development of games like Rock N' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. In 1994 the company became Blizzard Entertainment Inc before being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Blizzard went on to create several successful PC games, including the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo series, and the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Parent Company: Activision Blizzard Microbadges - Blizzard Entertainment fan Admin Note: February 8, 1991, founded as Silicon & Synapse. In 1994, they changed their name to Chaos Studios, Inc. briefly before switching to Blizzard Entertainment after it was discovered that another company with the Chaos name already existed. In 1998, Blizzard Entertainment was acquired by Vivendi Games. In 2002, Blizzard was able to reacquire rights for three of its earlier Silicon & Synapse titles: The Lost Vikings, Rock n' Roll Racing and Blackthorne, from Interplay Entertainment. In 2004, Blizzard opened European offices in the Paris suburb of Vélizy, Yvelines, France. In July 2008, Blizzard was acquired by Activision and merged to create Activision Blizzard'.