Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

P.O. Box 18979
Irvine, CA 92623 (Map)
Phone: 949-955-1380
Fax: 949-737-2000
http://www.blizzard.com

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Overview

Blizzard Entertainment hopes to continue to produce a flurry of hit games. A unit of Activision Blizzard, the company is the leading video game maker in the massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) niche. It develops and publishes software titles such as the record-breaking Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo series available for play on PCs. Blizzard offers its Battle.net online gaming service that enables millions of players around the world to communally play its games. The games are sold through retailers and online download. The company has also leveraged its popular games into related products such as action figures, board games, graphic novels, and comic books.

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Company Type Subsidiary of Activision Blizzard
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Director, Global Staffing Leonard Grossi Jr.
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