Blizzard Entertainment (pre-2018)

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. The company was founded on 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 own 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, 1996 CUC International acquired Davidson (including Blizzard) and Sierra Entertainment. In 1998, CUC sold its software division to Cendant, then Havas, then Vivendi. In 2008, Vivendi merged its video game division with Activision, forming mh:crappygames:Activision Blizzard.

In January 2022, Microsoft announced that it would acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.

Why They Used to Rock

 * 1) They were one of the most revolutionary and iconic MMO developers of all time, making some of the most critically acclaimed games from that genre, such as titles like Diablo, World of Warcraft and several more MMOs that have become so iconic that they would be considered one of the best videos games ever made.
 * 2) They respected their importance in the gaming industry and cared about it's core fanbase a lot of the times throughout their history.
 * 3) They would polish and improve their games majorly and care about the quality of said game, instead of blatantly rushing them like most developers nowadays.
 * 4) With the release of Diablo, they released Battle.net as their video game distribution system compared to Steam by Valve.
 * 5) They launched BlizzCon as their video game convention center.
 * 6) They handled their IPs in a rather respectful and kind manner, unlike Infogrames who would milk them dry or just completely ignore them altogether.
 * 7) They hunted Overwatch Trolls on Youtube to make sure they don't harass anyone or stalk on other players of the game, which showed how much Blizzard cared for their audience unlike nowadays.
 * 8) They were originally kind to their staff and didn't treat them like dirt, unlike nowadays where the company does the complete opposite of that since they are now owned by Activision Blizzard.
 * 9) Their logo is one of the most iconic video game company logos of all time.

Bad Qualities
Their reputation has been ruined ever since the company merged with Activision. For more info, click here.