===Background===
'''Blizzard Entertainment''' was founded on February 8, 1991 by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce as "[[Silicon & Synapse]]". It had to be renamed to its current name in 1994 shortly after being sued by [[Interplay Entertainment]]. In July 2008, it merged with [[Activision Publishing|Activision]] to become Activision Blizzard, but it still remains a subsidiary of it. They are best known for creating the ''Warcraft'', ''Diablo'', ''StarCraft'', and ''Overwatch'' franchises, all of which have become worldwide hits. On July 20, 2021, holding company Activision Blizzard was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing due to widespread allegations of sexual harassment. As a result, on January 18, 2022, it was announced that Microsoft would be acquiring Activision Blizzard, but due to rising fears that it would drastically impact distribution of games for non-Microsoft consoles, several organizations filed suits to block the acquisition starting in late 2022. Regardless, it is still expected to go through. The deal was closed on October 13, 2023.
On July 20, 2021, holding company Activision Blizzard was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing due to widespread allegations of sexual harassment. As a result, on January 18, 2022, it was announced that Microsoft would be acquiring Activision Blizzard, but due to rising fears that it would drastically impact distribution of games for non-Microsoft consoles, several organizations filed suits to block the acquisition starting in late 2022. Regardless, the deal was closed on October 13, 2023.
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'''Variants:'''
* On the Sega 32X version of ''BlackThrone'', the logo is in CGI and has a spotlight-like effect. Plus, "ENTERTAINMENT" is in a different font and it'sis a bit bigger than before.
* On the SNES version of ''The Lost Vikings II'', the main characters of the game, Erik, Baleog and Olaf, fall onto the logo and become dizzy.
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is the word "{{color|blue|'''BLIZZARD'''}}", in the same jagged font as the last logo, flyflies in from the bottom-left side of the screen. It stops in the center, and a white spark zooms across the screen from left to right, forming the word "{{color|blue|ENTERTAINMENT}}".
'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Audio:''' A big, loud "whoosh", followed by a "boom"-like sound that trails off, and some "twinkling".
'''Availability:''' Easier to find than the last logo, but still pretty rare. Can be found on ''Warcraft II'' and ''Diablo''. It appears on the PlayStation versions of said titles as well.
===3rd Logo (''StarCraft'' variant) (March 31, 1998-May 25, 2001)===
'''Variant:''' On the Nintendo 64 version of ''StarCraft'' (known as ''StarCraft 64''), it's a still logo.
'''Technique:''' CGI. None for the still variant.
'''Audio:''' Various electric sounds, followed by a small "whoosh", a loud "slam" when "ENTERTAINMENT" appears, and quiet "twinkling". For the still variant, the opening theme of the game.
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'''Visuals:''' Over a black background, the logo starts with multiple {{color|blue}} lights emittingemit thoughthrough the background, much like the 1997 Activision logo. After a few seconds, the lights slowly come together, revealing a black Blizzard logo. "ENTERTAINMENT" shines below the Blizzard logo, and the screen flashes, causing the Blizzard logo to turn {{color|blue}}, and the lights to disappear.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a bunch of white lines tracingtrace the Blizzard logo. After about six seconds, the lines disappear, and the Blizzard logo appears.
'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a huge {{color|blue}}/{{color|darkviolet|purple}} light shineshines across the screen from top-right to center. The light then disappears, revealing the Blizzard logo.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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'''Visuals:''' On a smokey {{color|gold|yellow}} background, the text "TEN YEARS", with a {{color|red}}/{{color|orange}} light shining over it from right to left, fades in. After about four seconds, the text fades out, and more text reading "OF WARCRAFT", with a registered trademark next to "WARCRAFT" and another {{color|red}}/{{color|orange}} light shining over the text from right to left, fades in. After about seven seconds, it fades out, and yet another {{color|red}}/{{color|orange}} light appears, once again shining from right to left, slowly revealing the Blizzard logo, this time in {{color|gold}} instead of {{color|blue}}. Once the logo is fully revealed, the light disappears, and the Blizzard logo slowly fades out.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the Blizzard logo from before slowly fades in from the left. When it completely fades in, it flashes, and then slowly fades out.
'''Variants:'''
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'''Visuals:''' An extended remake of the 3rd logo: The sequence starts out with some {{color|blue}} static. The static disappears, and we see a big explosion of {{color|blue}} light occurs. The light suddenly zooms to the center of the screen and starts forming the Blizzard logo. Once the logo is completely formed, the light disappears, and "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below. After a few seconds, more {{color|blue}} static appears and disappears very quickly, much like a TV being turned off.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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'''Visuals:''' Over a black background, the logo starts with {{color|darkviolet|purple}} cracks appearingappear on various parts of the screen and comingcome together. As the camera rotates and zooms out, the cracks are revealed to be forming the Blizzard logo. Once the Blizzard logo is completely formed, the cracks disappear, the logo turns {{color|blue}}, and "ENTERTAINMENT" appears below.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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