Press Release

LONDON, ENGLAND – September 1, 2000 – At the European Consumer Trade Show starting today, Blizzard Entertainment® announced plans for the Diablo™ II Expansion Set for its number-one selling game, Diablo II. Diablo II has sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide since shipping just two months ago, making it the biggest PC game this year. In … Read more

IRVINE, Calif. – Mar. 15, 2000 – The countdown has begun to Blizzard Entertainment’s most anticipated beta sign-up ever. Starting Monday night, hardcore gamers in North America will have the opportunity to register for their chance to be one of 1,000 players to have the first public look at the Diablo II. The beta signup … Read more

IRVINE, Nov. 12, 1999 – Blizzard Entertainment has gone Hollywood. Known for building high-quality cinematic movies into its popular video games, the company announced today that it has produced a short portion of its Diablo II cinematic film for the silver screen. The film, which runs approximately eight minutes, is entitled Diablo: The Calling, and … Read more

Los Angeles – May 13, 1999 – At the Electronic Entertainment Expo starting today, Blizzard Entertainmentâ previewed DiabloÔ II, the sequel to its top selling role-playing game of 1997, featuring 3D accelerator support via Glide 3 and OpenGL . Blizzard for the first time showed Diablo II’s perspective scaling and parallax, a new display option within the game’s suite of … Read more

IRVINE, April 14, 1999 – Blizzard Entertainment®’s unveiled today some new details about the status of Diablo II, the much-anticipated sequel to 1997’s highly acclaimed role-playing game, Diablo. Blizzard has finished developing Diablo II’s five new character classes: the Amazon, the Paladin, the Necromancer, the Sorceress and the Barbarian. Each character can develop 30 unique, class-specific skills and … Read more

Blizzard Entertainment’s online game service, Battle.net, continues to gain momentum as the world’s largest Internet playing venue. Since the beginning of the year, the number of active users has surged to more than 2.1 million and usage has increased by 50 percent. The worldwide dominance of Battle.net was recently highlighted by a weekend of record-breaking … Read more

Parsippany, NJ, November 20, 1998-Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced a definitive agreement to sell the Company’s consumer software division, Cendant Software and its subsidiaries, to Paris-based Havas SA, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA for $800 million in cash plus future cash contingent payments of up to approximately $200 million through 1999. The transaction is subject … Read more

Microstar to stop distribution and sale of Stellar Forces, an unauthorized add-on disk for Blizzard’s number-one selling StarCraft IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 9, 1998 – As part of a legal victory that sends a strong message to publishers of unauthorized computer game add-on disks, Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Microstar Software has agreed to immediately cease … Read more

LONDON, ECTS Convention, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Blizzard Entertainment(R) and 3Dfx Interactive(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: TDFX – news) today announced that Diablo(TM) II, sequel to Blizzard’s top selling roll-playing game of 1997, will include native support for 3Dfx hardware. Blizzard is one of the first to develop on the newly announced Glide(TM) 3 software from 3Dfx. … Read more

ATLANTA, May 28 1998 — At the Electronic Entertainment Expo starting today, Blizzard Entertainment previewed for the first time Diablo II, the sequel to last year’s runaway hit Diablo.  The real-time game is currently slated for release next year. In Diablo II, players return to a dark world plagued by evil forces.  After possessing the … Read more

LONDON, Sept. 7, 1997 — At the European Computer Trade Show, Blizzard Entertainment announced Diablo 2, the sequel to this year’s number-one selling Diablo. The title is currently slated for a late 1998 release. In Diablo II, players return to a dark world plagued by evil forces. As one of five heroes, players must undertake … Read more

IRVINE, Calif., June 25, 1997 — Blizzard Entertainment announced today that 13 million games of Diablo have been played over Battle.net since the game’s release in January. More than 700,000 registered users have played Diablo on Battle.net, making it the largest on-line gaming service in the world. Additionally, according to PC Data’s latest figures, Diablo remains the number-one selling game for the fourth consecutive month and … Read more

As Battle.net’s on-line popularity continues to soar, Blizzard readies new multiplayer options and partners with international Internet service providers ATLANTA, June 18, 1997 – Following the hugely successful launch of Battle.net earlier this year, Blizzard Entertainment today announced plans to expand the online gaming service by including additional on-line capabilities and by building a global … Read more

IRVINE, Calif., April 8, 1997 — Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo remains the hottest selling game in the U.S. according to the latest sales figures from PC Data. After debuting at number one in January, Diablo earned the top spot again in February. Worldwide, the game has sold more than half a million copies based on sales information from PC Data and … Read more