Activision Blizzard, Inc. is an American video games publishing company headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Current subsidiaries include Activision and Blizzard Entertainment. Intellectual property published by Activision Blizzard include the multi-million dollar video game franchises of Call of Duty, StarCraft, and Warcraft. Formed in 2008, in 2014, Activision Blizzard was the fifth largest gaming company by revenue. As of 2015 it is the third video game publisher in North America on the S&P 500 Component.