List of Games from Blizzard Entertainment

Warcraft

• In 1994, Blizzard Entertainment released a computer game called "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans." In 1995, Blizzard Entertainment released "Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness," which won the Game of the Year award. In 2002, they released "Warcraft III: The Reign of Chaos." A year later they released Warcraft's first expansion, "Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne." "Warcraft" is a real-time strategy fantasy game dealing with the "Warcraft" universe and the four races -- humans, orcs, the undead and night elves.

Blackthorne

• In 1994, Blizzard Entertainment also released "Blackthorne," a platform game. The game had players control Kyle Blackthorne, a commando trapped on the planet Tuul. The main objective of the game was to fight off goblins and mutant monsters in order to liberate the Androthi people, according to Blizzard Entertainment. The game was available as a computer and video game.

Diablo

• Two years after the release of "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans," Blizzard Entertainment released "Diablo," an action-adventure computer game. The main objective in Diablo is to explore dungeons and catacombs to find information about Diablo, a demon and the game's final boss. Blizzard Entertainment released a "Diablo" expansion pack in 1997, called "Diablo: Hellfire." In 2000, they released a sequel, "Diablo II." The following year, they released an expansion for "Diablo II," called "Diablo II: Lord of Destruction." In 2008 at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, they announced they were making "Diablo III." As of August 2011, "Diablo III" has not been released.

The Lost Vikings II

• In 1997, Blizzard Entertainment released "The Lost Vikings II," a puzzle platform game. The game was a sequel of "The Lost Vikings," a puzzle platform game released in 1992 by Blizzard predecessor Silicon &Synapse. Like the first game, "The Lost Vikings II" required players to guide three vikings home by using the vikings' special abilities and solving puzzles.The sequel also featured two new characters: Scorch the Dragon and Fang the Werewolf.

StarCraft

• In 1998, Blizzard Entertainment released "StarCraft," a real-time strategy computer game set in a science fiction universe. Ron Dulin, a reviewer for GameSpot, said that "StarCraft" followed a blueprint similar to "Warcraft" and "Command and Conquer." In 1998, they also released an expansion pack for "StarCraft," called "StarCraft: Brood War." In 2010, they followed up "StarCraft" with a sequel, called "StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty." According to Battle.net., the sequel featured multiplayer mode, where players could fight against other players through an automated matchmaking system.

World of Warcraft

• In 2004, Blizzard Entertainment released a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the same Warcraft universe, called "World of Warcraft." The game allowed players to group with other players to complete dungeons, raids, arenas and battlegrounds. The new races in "World of Warcraft" included dwarves, gnomes, draenei, worgens, goblins, trolls, blood elves and tauren. "World of Warcraft" contains three expansions: "The Burning Crusade," "Wrath of the Lich King" and "Cataclysm." GameOgre.com ranks "World of Warcraft" as the top pay-to-play MMORPG.