Crash Bandicoot is an iconic classic video game mascot, being closely associated with the PS1 back in the day, and helping to put developers Naughty Dog on the map at the time. In the decades since, Crash’s cache had fallen out of relevance – until the release of the much-loved …
Read More »Vicarious Visions were working on a new Donkey Kong game at one point
Vicarious Visions is one of the more underappreciated Activision Blizzard studios, with the team responsible for the excellent Crash trilogy remake as well as Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 ultimately being reduced to a support studio for Blizzard. Not only had the team previously been working on a remake of …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is finally coming to Steam
After spending years away from the platform, Activision finally announced that it would bring all future published titles to Steam. This began with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II late last year and since then we have seen a number of missing Activision titles added to the platform. Finally, the …
Read More »Vicarious Visions were working on Pro Skater 3+4 before Activision canned it
The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise has persisted for decades as one of the best in the genre. The series was revived in 2020 with full remakes of the first two games to great success. Unfortunately, while the team at Vicarious Visions were said to be working on a remake …
Read More »Vicarious Visions to be fully absorbed by Blizzard, losing their identity
Vicarious Visions is best known for bringing back Crash Bandicoot via the N. Sane Trilogy – in many ways jumpstarting the current trend of remaking older games from the ground up. Unfortunately, the team was merged with Blizzard earlier this year, and now they are set to lose their identity …
Read More »Vicarious Visions joins Blizzard, reportedly working on Diablo II remake
Activision is making a surprising change this week. Vicarious Visions, the studio behind the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, is going to be merging into Blizzard. Vicarious Visions will soon be a new division within Blizzard. From there, all of Vicarious Vision's employees …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater could see microtransactions added
The reveal of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 being remade for current-gen hardware was certainly a pleasant surprise for many fans of the classic titles. Developed by Vicarious Visions, it is likely that the game will serve as an accurate recreation of the PS1 originals. That being said, …
Read More »Diablo 2 might be the next Blizzard classic to get remastered
In an effort to release games on a more regular basis, Blizzard has begun going back to its older titles and remastering them. So far, we've had spruced up versions of StarCraft and Warcraft 3, but now, it looks like Diablo 2 might be next on the list. According to …
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