Blizzard North
Moby ID: 4648
- Condor, Inc. (from 1993-09 to 1996-06)
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Blizzard North was a North American developer based in San Mateo, California. It was founded in 1993 as Condor by Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik.
In June 1996, the company was acquired by Davidson & Associates, then-owners of Blizzard Entertainment, and renamed to Blizzard North. They went on to develop Diablo (1996) and its sequel Diablo II (2000).
On 20 June 2003, eight key employees (including the founders) left the company to found Flagship Studios (later re-formed as Runic Games in 2008). Nine more left to form Castaway Entertainment. On 1 August 2005, Blizzard closed down the development team.
Credited on 6 Games from 1995 to 2021
| Diablo II: Resurrected (2021 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
| Diablo II (2000 on Windows, Macintosh) |
| Diablo (1997 on Windows, PlayStation, Macintosh) |
| NFL Quarterback Club 96 (1995 on Game Boy, Game Gear) |
| Justice League: Task Force (1995 on SNES, Genesis) |
| NFL Quarterback Club (1995 on Game Boy, Game Gear) |
History +
- August 1, 2005
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Blizzard Entertainment shuts down the company and moves the remaining employees to its head offices.
- June 30, 2003
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Several key employees leave Blizzard North to form the new companies Flagship Studios (8 developers) and Castaway Entertainment (9 developers).
- June 1996
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Acquired by Davidson & Associates, then-owners of Blizzard Entertainment, and renamed to Blizzard North.
- September 1993
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Company founded as Condor, Inc. by David Brevik and his friends Erich Schaefer and Max Schaefer in the US.
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 3 games with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 3 games with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Activision Blizzard France SAS
- 2 games with Acclaim Japan, Ltd.
- 2 games with Activision Blizzard Deutschland GmbH
- 2 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 2 games with Vivendi Games (UK) Limited
- 1 game with Blizzard Albany
- 1 game with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 1 game with Leader S.p.a.
- 4 games with Kelly Johnson
- 4 games with Erich Schaefer
- 4 games with Michio Okamura
- 4 games with Matt Uelmen
- 4 games with David Brevik
- 4 games with Peter Brevik
- 3 games with Max Schaefer
- 3 games with Eric Sexton
- 3 games with Sam Didier
- 3 games with Justin Thavirat
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