Blizzard Entertainment Consolidation

Blizzard Entertainment sent over a press release announcing plans to move their Blizzard North office to their headquarters in Irvine, CA.

Blizzard Entertainment(R) Media Alert

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 1, 2005–Blizzard Entertainment® today announced its plan to centralize its PC development teams at the studio’s Irvine headquarters.
As part of this initiative to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its teams, a majority of the staff from Blizzard’s Northern California office will have an opportunity to relocate to the company’s Irvine office, where they will continue work on an unannounced project.

“We’re looking forward to having our PC development teams together in Irvine,” stated Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. “In addition to improving our efficiency as a company, the relocation also represents an opportunity for all of our teams to have regular, direct input on each other’s projects.”

Blizzard does not believe that these changes will cause significant delays on any of its projects in development. The company released its subscription-based massively multi-player online role-playing game, World of Warcraft®, at the end of 2004 and is continuing work on StarCraft: Ghost(TM), its upcoming tactical-action console game set in the award-winning StarCraft® universe. Plans for future products will be revealed at a later date.