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Another notable quality in Blizzard's work are its [[Play the Game, Skip the Story|elaborate, yet ignored, plots]]. However, their storytelling is profitable enough to have spawned [[Expanded Universe|expanded universes]] and sold thousands of pocket books and comics. See the ''[[Warcraft Expanded Universe]]'' page as an example.
The company is currently based around its ''[[Warcraft]]'', ''[[StarCraft]]'' and ''[[Diablo]]'' franchises, though there are constant rumours and hints of a new project looming in the horizon. Blizzard recently confirmed that a next-gen MMO project currently named [http://www.destructoid.com/vgas-interviews-mortal-kombat-and-blizzard-189714.phtml "Titan"]
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{{examples|Games and [[Expansion Pack|expansion packs]] by Blizzard}}
== Under the name Silicon & Synapse ==
* ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Rock n' Roll Racing]]'' (1993)
== As Blizzard Entertainment ==
* ''[[Blackthorne]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Warcraft]]: Orcs and Humans'' (1994)
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** ''World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King'' (2008)
** ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm'' (2010)
** ''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria'' (
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** ''World of Warcraft: Legion (2016)
** ''StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm'' (under development)▼
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* ''[[StarCraft II]] (2010)
** ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]'' (2010)
** ''[[StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Diablo III]]'' (2012)
** ''Diablo III: Reaper of Souls'' (2014)
* ''[[Hearthstone]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Diablo III]]: Reaper of Souls'' (2014)
* ''[[Overwatch]]'' (2016)
** ''[[Overwatch 2]]'' (2020)
* ''[[StarCraft]]: Remastered (2017)<ref>HD re-release of the original Starcraft.</ref>
* ''[[Diablo Immortal]]'' (2018) - Blizzard's first Diablo mobile game.
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** The main villain of ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' usually does lose in the end, though.
*** Not quite. Various [[The Dragon|threats to all life]] have been defeated so far, but there is always a [[Bigger Bad]], and [[The Man Behind the Man|the being that has created (directly or otherwise)]] every fault in Azeroth's history is [[Word of God|"still out there somewhere, in the Twisting Nether"]].
* [[Blizzard Battle.Net]]: Their digital client launcher and the oldest out of all the digital management store/launchers.
* [[Cutscene]] - While the games themselves are designed to work on weaker PCs, the cinematics are always state of the art.
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]] - '''All of them'''. Mainly because...
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* [[Fallen Hero]]: More often than not, villains in Blizzard's games fit this trope. The scarlet crusade can be considered an entire faction of fallen heroes.
* [[Flavor Text]]: for every unit.
* [[Going Mobile]]: Blizzard has important apps, like the Blizzard Authenicator, Blizzard at Gamescom, Blizzard Esports, and BlizzCon Mobile. Just to name a few.
* [[Large Ham]] - Blizzard games universally have the most flat out over-the-top voice acting you will find in a video game, or any other medium, really.
* [[Norse Mythology]] - A prominent influence in several of their games.
* [[No Export for You]]|[[Killer App]]: If one wants to play "[[Heroes of the Storm]]", "[[Overwatch]]", or "[[Hearthstone]]" the gamer needs to download and install the Battle.Net launcher.
** Good thing the games are worth it.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]] - ''Diablo'' has specifically been described as "what happens when you give the RPG genre from the Japanese into the hands of meat-eating Americans". The other franchises show symptoms too.
* [[Schedule Slip]] - The Blizzard maxim for games is: "It's done when it's done." Most of the time it works out.
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