暴雪公司简介.ppt

Made by liangxiao 200800160163 ?By focusing on creating well-designed, highly enjoyable entertainment experiences, Blizzard Entertainment has maintained an unparalleled reputation for quality since its inception. ?Michael Morhaime Blizzards headquarters in Irvine California On February 8, 1991 a company named Silicon Synapse?was founded by three graduates of?UCLA, Michael Morhaime,?Allen Adham?and?Frank Pearce. In 1994, the company became?Blizzard Entertainment. ?In the early days the company focused on creating game?ports?for other studios. In 1993, the company developed games like?Rock N Roll Racing?and?The Lost Vikings?. In 1994 before the Christmas, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit?Warcraft: Orcs and Humans?. Although it looks old-fashioned and simple now, it introduced the multiplayer mode for the first time and laid foundation for the sequels: Warcraft II and Warcraft III. In 1995,Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness was released. As of August 29, 2001,?Diablo?has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide. In 1996, another hit game Diablo was released. Blizzard launched their online gaming service?Battle.net?in January 1997. So far it has been a great success. StarCraft?was released internationally on 31 March 1998 and became the?best-selling PC game?for that year, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It was so successful that it almost influenced an entire generation. In 2000, Blizzard released Diablo II. It was awarded a spot in the?Guinness Book of World Records?2000 edition for being the fastest selling?computer game ever sold, with more than 1 million units sold in the first two weeks of availability. In 2002 the famous game Warcraft III was released and soon became popular around the globe. Even today it is still one of the most popular games loved by the young people. Blizzard announced?World of Warcraft?on September 2, 2001. The game was released on November 23, 2004 and soon became a legend. With more than 12 million monthly subscript