Tony Hawk devs merge with World of Warcraft devs The studios which made World of Warcraft and the modern Tony Hawk and Crash Bandicoot remakes are now one and the same. Activision has announced that it is merging Vicarious Visions into Blizzard Entertainment, where it will support “existing Blizzard games and initiatives”, and no longer develop games on its own. “After collaborating with Vicarious Visions for some time and developing a great relationship,” an Activision rep tells GamesIndustry.biz, “Blizzard realized there was an opportunity for [Vicarious Visions] to provide long-term support.” Vicarious Visions’ roughly 200 employees will now be part of Blizzard, though the studio itself will remain in New York. VV studio head Jen Oneal will now be executive vice president of development at Blizzard, and former chief operating officer Simon Ebejer will take over her role.