List of Blizzard Entertainment games
Since the release of "Warcraft", "Diablo", and "StarCraft" (1998), Blizzard has focused almost exclusively on the "Warcraft", "Diablo", and "StarCraft" series. The sole exception has been the company's latest title, "Overwatch" (2016). All of Blizzard's games released since 2004 still receive expansions and updates, especially the long-running massively multiplayer online role-playing game "World of Warcraft" (2004). With over 100 million lifetime accounts as of 2014 and US$9 billion in revenue as of 2017, "World of Warcraft" is one of the best-selling computer games and highest-grossing video games of all time. Blizzard Entertainment has developed 19 games since 1991 as of 2018, in addition to developing 8 ports between 1992 and 1993; 11 of those games are in the "Warcraft", "Diablo", and "StarCraft" series.
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Following the end of "Warcraft Adventures" development, Blizzard Entertainment publicly clarified that it would revisit the "Warcraft" universe in the future. In May 1999, the company announced an impending agreement with an unnamed publisher to release three "Warcraft" novels, alongside novelizations of "StarCraft" and "Diablo". The deal was ultimately signed with Pocket Books. Early in the development process for the "Warcraft" book trilogy, Bill Roper hinted that "Warcraft Adventures" story could reappear in one of the novels. This resulted in "" in October 2001, written by Christie Golden and intended to set the stage for "Warcraft III". The book is considered canonical. According to Golden, "Chris Metzen liked the story line and wanted to see it live in some format." Receiving the assignment after its first author had failed to finish it, Golden was given a six-week deadline for "Lord of the Clans", based on a modified version of Metzen's original plot outline from the game. She proceeded to write several other novels for Blizzard because of her enjoyment of this project, among them "", the company's first "New York Times" Best Seller. Blizzard hired her to a full-time position at the company in 2017.