Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Entertainment, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, with Activision Blizzard as its parent company and subsidiary /'aut/ studio, was founded in 1991. The company employs approximately 5,680 individuals and reported $3.1 billion in revenue as of 2025. Functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer, its main product is niche sports, with the company operating as a developer and publisher of entertainment software.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1991

Headcount

5,680

Headquarters

Primary Segment

Niche sports

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On May 2, 2026, Blizzard Entertainment released a hotfix update for Diablo 4, addressing several problems introduced with the new Lord of Hatred expansion. This followed a May 1 adjustment where the company limited the effectiveness of 'Limitless Rage' barbarian items in Diablo 4, which had previously allowed characters to inflict "quadrillions of damage" against the Lord of Hatred's main villain, Mephisto. Earlier the same day, Blizzard also removed new quality gateways from Diablo 4 that frequently spawned near valuable loot, causing players to accidentally teleport away from rewards with a single mis-click. Also on May 1, a $75 treehouse bundle became available in World of Warcraft, prompting discussion around microtransactions within the game's player housing system, despite the availability of free decorative items. Previously, on April 30, Diablo Immortal introduced an auto-battle feature, open captain selection, and new legendary affixes, allowing player characters to automatically engage monsters.

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Blizzard Entertainment offers 3 products in the sports and media and telecoms services industries. Blizzard Entertainment's product portfolio comprises of niche sports and consumer gaming.

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Blizzard Entertainment's revenues were over $1B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Blizzard Entertainment's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is video games. For full access to Blizzard Entertainment's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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May

29th

2026

16:59

B2B Tag

StarCraft 2 Just Made One of the Biggest Changes to Its Game in Over a Decade

StarCraft 2 just surprised everyone with a massive change to its core gameplay, 11 years later. While the game is definitely iconic, it is surprising that it is even getting a massive patch after over a decade.

Prima Games

May

29th

2026

13:45

B2B Tag

StarCraft 2 patch 5.0.16: 50+ changes break the meta

Blizzard released patch 5.0.16 for StarCraft II to the test servers, and fans are still rubbing their eyes. The sheer number of changes makes it feel like the game has been rebuilt from scratch. On the one hand, nothing extraordinary has happened: the developers have spoiled SC2 with small updates before, the last one coming in September 2025.

VPEsports

May

28th

2026

11:33

New Offerings, B2B Tag

Overwatch Teases New Hero And Maybe Redeemed An Old One

Overwatch’s next music collaboration is with the J-pop duo YAOSOBI. It will bring new skins and music to the game next month. But there’s more to this crossover than just in-game cosmetics. It also includes a short story that has teased Blizzard’s next hero and maybe done a lot of heavy lifting to appease folks who have been calling the game out on some of its continuity errors.

Kotaku

May

28th

2026

09:02

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag

Overwatch Gave Fans Something They’ve Been Asking For Since 2016

Overwatch has been in its narrative pay-off era since its soft reboot in February, and that has meant a consistent stream of lore drops for an ongoing story with real momentum for the first time in the game’s 10 years of life.

Kotaku

May

28th

2026

01:00

B2B Tag

StarCraft II 5.0.16 PTR Patch Notes

Blizzard Entertainment We've tried to make this PTR focus on extending the early and mid-game experience, allowing players to remain competitive on one to three bases for longer periods. We’ve introduced changes to make non-warped Gateway play a more viable path, while also increasing overall strategic diversity across all three races.

Blizzard

May

28th

2026

01:00

Events, B2B Tag

Diablo 4 Turns Three With Goblins, Double XP, and a Week of Free Cosmetics

Diablo 4 turns three in June, and Blizzard is marking the occasion with the kind of event that actually gives you a reason to log back in.

Thefpsreview

May

28th

2026

01:00

B2B Tag

World of Warcraft: Midnight Received New Class Hotfixes – May 26

Developer Blizzard Entertainment rolled out new class hotfixes for MMORPG World of Warcraft: Midnight, introducing changes both to PvE and PvP sides of the game. The ones to receive the most changes are Demon Hunters, Mages, and Rogues.

GameSpace

May

28th

2026

01:00

B2B Tag

Don’t look now, but borrowed power systems are back in World of Warcraft

Borrowed power systems that only existed for a single expansion became such a bane to World of Warcraft that the playerbase and developers alike swore off of them a couple expansions back. And while Blizzard is making strong strides to expand the game with evergreen features, apparently the studio couldn’t resist returning to that poisoned well once more with a new system called the Omnium Folio.

Massively Overpowered

May

27th

2026

15:48

B2B Tag

Tank Damage Mitigation: Multiplicative vs Additive Cooldown Stacking

Understanding damage mitigation is crucial for tanks in World of Warcraft, especially in high-pressure environments such as Mythic+ dungeons and raid encounters. Tanks are responsible for absorbing damage while maintaining aggro on enemies, making effective cooldown usage a vital component of their playstyle.

Dropininc

May

27th

2026

10:31

B2B Tag

Diablo 4 developer explains why AAA crunch still exists

Crunch has been one of the gaming industry’s most debated topics for years, and Diablo IV lead engine engineer Marcin Undak has reignited the conversation. At this year’s Digital Dragons (via GamesRader), the developer said there’s a big difference between why indie studios crunch and why it still happens at major AAA companies.

Niche Gamer

May

27th

2026

01:00

B2B Tag

Is The Future Of Hero Shooters Tied To The F2P Live-Service Model?

Hero shooters are one of the best genres available for gamers who enjoy team-coordinated gameplay and a mix of FPS and objective-based mechanics. These games tend to have large, diverse rosters of characters across multiple roles, each with its own job to perform in a match.

MMOBomb

May

26th

2026

12:25

B2B Tag

Diablo 4 Update 1.110 Patch Notes (D4 version 1.110.000)

Expansion Quests and Dungeons Fixed tracking indicators disappearing during the Fortune’s Fool quest after teleporting away and returning. Fixed a missing bridge issue during the Death quest. Fixed an issue where interacting with the Sigil of Tal Rasha too early during The Initiate could stop progression.

UpdateCrazy

Examples of Blizzard Entertainment's suppliers include Grass Valley, Dolby Laboratories and Signiant.

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Blizzard Entertainment sells broadcasting rights of its 2 esports competitions to 3 companies globally, covering 2 countries. Blizzard Entertainment's rights holders include YouTube.