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=== Blizzard Entertainment ===
'''Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.''' is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. The company was founded in February 1991, under the name '''Silicon & Synapse, Inc.''' by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles: Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce, and Allen Adham.

The company originally concentrated primarily on the creation of game ports for other studios before beginning the development of their software in 1993 with the development of games like ''Rock n' Roll Racing'' and ''The Lost Vikings''. In 1994 the company became '''Chaos Studios, Inc.''', then '''Blizzard Entertainment''' after being acquired by Davidson & Associates in 1994.

Davidson was acquired by CUC International in 1996. After a few other sales, including Cendant and Havas, Vivendi merged its video game division with Activision in 2008.