The sole exception has been the company's latest title, Overwatch (2016).
Since the release of Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft (1998), Blizzard has focused almost exclusively on the Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft series. The name was retained when Activision Blizzard became an independent company in 2013, while Blizzard itself has been an independent subsidiary company throughout. īlizzard was acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates in 1994, and a chain of acquisitions over the next four years led Blizzard to being a part of Vivendi Games, a subsidiary of Vivendi when Vivendi Games merged with Activision in 2008 the resulting company was named Activision Blizzard. The company was renamed to Blizzard Entertainment in 1994, and in 1996 the company Condor, then developing Diablo (1997), was merged with Blizzard and renamed to Blizzard North it remained a separate studio for the company until it was closed in 2005. In 1992, however, the company began producing original games for home consoles with The Lost Vikings (1992) and Rock n' Roll Racing (1993), and beginning with Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) it shifted to primarily focus on original computer games. The company initially concentrated on porting other studio's games to computer platforms, as well RPM Racing (1991), a remake of Racing Destruction Set (1985). The company was founded in February 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham. To purchase or learn more about StarCraft: Remastered, visit Entertainment is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California.
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StarCraft: Remastered is available now digitally for Windows ® and Mac ® PCs for $14.99 USD, and is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, French, German, European Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Korean, Japanese, and simplified and traditional Chinese.
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Widely regarded as one of the most influential strategy games of all time, StarCraft and Brood War tell the story of the first interstellar war between three distinctive factions: the Earth-born terrans, psi-powered protoss, and hive-minded zerg. StarCraft ®: Remastered, Blizzard Entertainment’s lovingly crafted upgrade of the real-time strategy classic and its legendary expansion Brood War ®, is NOW LIVE and available to purchase digitally at and through the Blizzard Shop. Reexperience the war between the terrans, protoss, and zerg NOW at IRVINE, California-August 14, 2017-Battlecruisers are operational, the Corsairs stand ready, and the Zerglings are boosted for the rush. STARCRAFT ®: REMASTERED NOW LIVE Blizzard Entertainment’s sci-fi classic emerges from the warp gate with 4K Ultra HD graphics, enhanced audio, and the same timeless real-time strategy gameplay that captivated a generation