Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California, and is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. The company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles: Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham. The company originally concentrated on the creation of game ports for other studios' games before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with games like Rock n' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. In 1994, the company became Chaos Studios, Inc., then Blizzard Entertainment after being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates.

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NetEase (網易) is an internet technology company dedicated to providing online services centered around content, community, communication, and commerce. It develops and operates mobile and PC-client games. NetEase's other service offerings include the intelligent learning services of Youdao, music streaming through its NetEase Cloud Music business, and its private-label e-commerce platform Yanxuan.<br>