Editing Blizzard Entertainment (section)

=== Main franchises ===
The majority of the games Blizzard published are in the ''[[Warcraft]]'', ''[[Diablo (series)|Diablo]]'', and ''[[StarCraft]]'' series. Since the release of ''[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]]'' (1994), ''[[Diablo (video game)|Diablo]]'' (1997), and ''[[StarCraft (video game)|StarCraft]]'' (1998), the focus has been almost exclusively on those three franchises. ''[[Overwatch]]'' (2016) became an exception years later, bringing the number of main franchises to four. Each franchise is supported by other media based around its intellectual property such as novels, collectible card games, comics and video shorts. Blizzard announced in 2006 that they would be producing a [[Warcraft (film)|''Warcraft'' live-action film]]. The movie was directed by [[Duncan Jones]], financed and produced by [[Legendary Pictures]], [[Atlas Entertainment]], and others, and distributed by [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/press/060509.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526064526/http://www.blizzard.com/press/060509.shtml |archive-date=May 26, 2006 |title=Blizzard Entertainment – Press Release |access-date=August 31, 2006 |date=May 9, 2006}}</ref> It was released in June 2016. On October 4, 2022, ''Overwatch'' servers were officially shut off at the same time ''[[Overwatch 2]]'''s went up.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Overwatch servers shutdown |url=https://thenerdstash.com/overwatch-1-server-shutdown-times-and-more/#:~:text=As%20sad%20as%20it%20is,down%20on%20October%204%2C%202022.}}</ref>