Blizzard Entertainment

■ FOUNDED: 1991

■ HEADQUARTERS: Irvine

■ PRESIDENT: Mike Ybarra

■ BUSINESS: developing video games

■ OC EMPLOYEES: just over 2,700

■ Q2 REVENUE: $401M, vs. $433M a year ago

■ NOTABLE: CEO Kotick awaits approval for takeover by Microsoft ‘as soon as possible’