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[[Blizzard Entertainment]] is one of the computer gaming industy's most successful video game development studios. Originally working under the name "Sillicon & Synapse", they made the [[Super Nintendo]] classics ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'' and ''[[Rock
After the name-change, the studio has made very few games, but the ones that are published are usually very high-quality and instant best-sellers. Many attribute the success of Blizzard games to their "easy to learn, difficult to master" philosophy, which results in games that are simple and intuitive enough to appeal to casual gamers while also having enough depth and complexity to attract hardcore gamers. ''Warcraft 1'' was followed by ''Warcraft 2'', the studio's first game of the year, which led to ''[[
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]]'', ''[[
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* ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Rock
* ''[[Blackthorne]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Warcraft]]: Orcs and Humans'' (1994)
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** ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm'' (2010)
** ''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria'' (under development)
* ''[[
** ''StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm'' (under development)
** ''StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void'' (under development)
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