Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. mot cong ty phat trien va phat hanh tro choi đien tu cua My đuoc thanh lap thang 2 nam 1991 voi ten Silicon & Synapse boi ba cu nhan cua UCLA, Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham va Frank Pearce. Cong ty đong tru so tai Irvine, California, bat đau tu phat trien nhung phan mem đau tien tu nam 1993 voi nhung game nhu Rock N' Roll Racing va The Lost Vikings. Vao nam 1994, cong ty đoi ten thanh Blizzard Entertainment Inc truoc khi roi vao tay nha phan phoi Davidson & Associates. Ngay sau đo, Blizzard xuat xuong game đinh đam đau tien Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Tu đo, lan luot cho ra đoi cac game khac gat hai đuoc khong it thanh cong tren he may May tinh ca nhan, bao gom Warcraft, Starcraft va Diablo, va MMORPG World of Warcraft.
Vao ngay 9 thang 7 nam 2008, Activision chinh thuc sap nhap voi Vivendi Games. Tu đo Blizzard tro thanh ten cua cong ty chu quan, va co đoi ngu nhan su đoc lap.


Lich su Blizzard Entertainment đuoc sang lap boi Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham va Frank Pearce duoi ten Silicon & Synapse vao thang 2 nam 1991, mot nam sau đo ca ba nguoi nhan đuoc bang cu nhan cua UCLA. Trong nhung ngay đau tap trung vao san xuat game ports cho xuong. Ports đa co tua đe J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I va Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess. Nam 1993, cong ty đa phat trien nhung game nhu Rock N' Roll Racing va The Lost Vikings (đuoc phat hanh boi Interplay Productions). Nam 1994, cong ty thu gon ten thanh Chaos Studios, truoc khi quay lai voi ten Blizzard Entertainment sau khi phat hien ra la đa co mot cong ty khac cung lay ten la Chaos. Cung nam ay, Ho chuyen quyen đieu hanh cho Davidson & Associates voi gia duoi 10 trieu Đo la My. Sau đo khong lau, Blizzard đa ra game đinh đau tien Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.
Blizzard đa chuyen chu so huu nhieu lan ke tu: Davidson roi Sierra Entertainment va CUC International nam 1996. Nam 1998, ngay cang thay đuoc rang CUC gian lan truoc khi sap nhap; Co phieu cua Cendant mat 80% gia tri trong von ven 6 thang ke tu khi dinh scandal. Cong ty đa ban Sierra Entertainment bao gom ca Blizzard cho cong ty phat hanh Phap Havas vao nam 1998, cung nam đo Havas bi mua lai boi Vivendi. Blizzard lai tro thanh cong ty con cua tap đoan Vivendi Games. Vao thang 7 nam 2008, Vivendi Games sap nhap voi Activision, su dung Blizzard's la ten cong ty, Activision Blizzard.
Nam 1996, Blizzard mua đuoc Condor Games, đoi ma đa gia cong Diablo cho Blizzard thoi điem đo. Condor đuoc đoi ten thanh Blizzard North, va ke tu đo, phat trien game Diablo, Diablo II, va sau ban mo rong cua Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Blizzard North co tru so tai San Mateo, California va Redwood City, California.
Blizzard phat trien mang Battle.net vao thang 1 nam 1997 moi đau đe phuc vu Diablo Nam 2004, Blizzard mo them mot van phong tai Paris ngoai o Velizy, Yvelines, Phap, chiu trach nhiem ho tro cho game World of Warcraft. Ngay 23 thang 11 nam 2004, Blizzard tung ra World of Warcraft, đay la game dang MMORPG. Ngay 16 thang 5 nam 2005, Blizzard mua đuoc Swingin' Ape Studios, đoi nay phat trien StarCraft: Ghost.
World of Warcraft game thu 4 đuoc phat hanh ve the loai game vien tuong Warcraft universe, ma tien phong la Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Blizzard ra mat World of Warcraft vao ngay 2 thang 9 nam 2001. Game đuoc phat hanh chinh thuc vao 23 thang 11 nam 2004, ky niem 10 nam ra đoi Warcraft.
Voi hon 11,5 trieu tai khoan đang choi tai thoi điem thang 12 nam 2008, World of Warcraft tro thanh game MMORPG thanh cong nhat moi thoi đai, va giu ky luc Guinness vao thang 4 nam 2008, World of Warcraft chiem 62 phan tram thi phan game MMORPG. Nam 2008, Blizzard đa nhan giai thuong Technology & Engineering Emmy Award vi đa sang tao ra World of Warcraft. Mike Morhaime đa len nhan giai.


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Xem them BlizzCon
Blizzard North


Lien ket Lien ket ngoai = Company and corporate =
Blizzard's website
Blizzard UK's website
Battle.Net website
2008 Worldwide Invitational Luu tru ngay 19 thang 1 nam 2010 tai Wayback Machine


= The Bnetd case =
"Blizzard's official statement on battle.net emulators". Luu tru ban goc ngay 24 thang 10 nam 2007. Truy cap ngay 24 thang 8 nam 2010.
A rebuttal to Blizzard's official emulation statement Luu tru ngay 9 thang 3 nam 2009 tai Wayback Machine
Yale LawMeme's analysis of the case Luu tru ngay 18 thang 9 nam 2013 tai Wayback Machine
EFF page on case