Vicarious Visions Officially Merged into Blizzard Entertainment
Vicarious Visions announced today that the studio has completed its merger into Blizzard Entertainment. Announced 15 months ago, the longtime Activision subsidiary was brought into the fold to effectively replace the now defunct Classic Games Division working on Diablo II: Resurrected.
With the completion of the merger, the ~200 person team is now fully dedicated to existing Blizzard games and initiatives, but will remain independently located in Albany, New York. Last October, it was also announced that the studio would drop the Vicarious Visions name, and with the completion of this merger and the implication of their tweet suggesting they be followed on the official Blizzard Entertainment account, it appears that to finally be the case.
Similar to other satellite offices, rumors persist that the branch will be titled Blizzard Albany to reflect their physical office location in Albany, New York, although for all intents and purposes the studio is now synonymous with Blizzard Entertainment. Formed in 1990, Vicarious Visions was a developer of several minor Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS titles, known for porting titles such as Star Wars Jedi Knight, Doom 3, and the acclaimed Tony Hawk Pro Skater series to other platforms.
Acquired by Activision in 2005, they became a support studio which helped on a number of projects including Spider-Man, Guitar Hero, Transformers, and Skylanders, though the studio received critical acclaim for their work in porting Destiny 2 to PC and developing the Warmind expansion in 2018. After Bungie split from Activision, Visions began remastering previous Activision titles, achieving major success in developing the Crash Bandicoot N.
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