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Editor's Notes
Company BackgroundMike Morhaime, Allen Adham, Frank PearceUCLA, Password “Joe”1991 founded Silicon & SynapseFirst game - RPM Racing for Super Nintendo (first American studio to produce a game for that system)1994 Acquired by Davidson & AssociatesBlizzard EntertainmentWarcraft: Orcs and Humans1996 Free online service Battle.net (Comparison to xbox live, steam, etc)Diablo2008 Vivendi and Activision MergeActivision BlizzardMain GamesDiabloDiablo 2 fastest selling pc game of that timeWarcraftWOW 12 million monthly subscribers Oct. 2010, 62% of the marketCataclysm sold 3.3million in 24hrs. Fastest selling pc game of all timeStarcraftSold 1 million in 24 hrs. Fastest selling RTS of all time
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