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Blizzard Entertainment

American video game publisher and developer owned by Microsoft
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Blizzard Entertainment

Summary

Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blizzard Entertainment received the BigBrotherAwards[3].
  • Blizzard Entertainment is located in Irvine[4].
  • Blizzard Entertainment is in the country of United States[5].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's instance of is recorded as video game developer[6].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's instance of is recorded as video game publisher[7].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's founder is recorded as Michael Morhaime[8].
  • Blizzard Entertainment is owned by Activision Blizzard[9].
  • blizzard is named after Blizzard Entertainment[10].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Irvine[11].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's Commons category is recorded as Blizzard Entertainment[12].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's review score is recorded as 3.7883594036102295/5[13].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's industry is recorded as video game industry[14].
  • February 8, 1991 marks the founding of Blizzard Entertainment[15].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.65843236851581, 'lon': -117.76766440229652}[16].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's parent organization or unit is recorded as Activision Blizzard[17].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's significant event is recorded as Blizzard Entertainment 2012 data breach[18].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's official website is recorded as https://www.blizzard.com/de-de/[19].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's official website is recorded as https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/[20].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's official website is recorded as https://www.blizzard.com/en-gb/[21].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blizzard Entertainment[22].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's product or material produced is recorded as software[23].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's product or material produced is recorded as video game[24].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+4700'}[25].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+13000'}[26].
  • Blizzard Entertainment's nominated for is recorded as The Game Awards − Developer of the Year[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Original Production[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1994[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e408b7b2-cfaa-476c-bf82-b685fa45492b[31]

Body

Founding

Blizzard Entertainment's founder is recorded as Michael Morhaime[8]. February 8, 1991 marks the founding of it[15].

Operations

Blizzard Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Irvine[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Activision Blizzard[17].

Industry

Blizzard Entertainment's industry is recorded as video game industry[14].

Ownership

Blizzard Entertainment is owned by Activision Blizzard[9]. Products include software[23] and video game[24].

Recognition

Blizzard Entertainment received the BigBrotherAwards[3].

Why It Matters

Blizzard Entertainment ranks in the top 1% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,299 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Blizzard Entertainment receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . LastDodo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . bigbrotherawards.de. bigbrotherawards.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . play.google.com. Retrieved . play.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . darkreading.com. Retrieved . darkreading.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . gamasutra.com. Retrieved . gamasutra.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . annual report. Retrieved . investor.activision.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . polygon.com. polygon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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