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TROY, N.Y. — After a successful mid-pandemic shift to an all-remote format last year, GameFest – the digital-gaming festival organized by the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) program in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – will again be held completely virtually this year. GameFest 2021 will take place on Sansar, a multiuser online virtual platform, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on May 8. It will also stream live on YouTube beginning at 2 p.m. A full schedule is available on the GameFest 2021 website, https://gamefes...

Calm before the Blizzard: Vicarious Visions studio head looks forward to ‘bright future’ after merger | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 Colonie — Simon Ebejer and his team at Vicarious Visions have always admired the community surrounding Blizzard Entertainment and its games. As an estimated $72 billion game developer, Blizzard is responsible for multi-million dollar franchises like World Of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft and Overwatch, and has built up an international reputation of creating expansive multiplayer experiences over the years. But now, another major player is grabbin...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 developer Vicarious Visions has been merged into Blizzard, now "fully dedicated" to "long-term support" of Blizzard titles.

Vicarious Visions merged into Blizzard, basically stripped of creative freedom No more Crash Bandicoot or Tony Hawk from those guys Developer Vicarious Visions, which is owned by Activision Blizzard, has been merged into Blizzard, per a report from GamesIndustry.biz. From this point forward, the approximately 200 people in Vicarious Visions will be Blizzard employees “fully dedicated to existing Blizzard games and initiatives.” In other words, Vicarious Visions is finished leading game development projects like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy or the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 rem...

The latest news in the world of video games at Attack of the Fanboy Vicarious Visions, the developer behind the Crash N-Sane Trilogy and Blizzard Entertainment. The news comes from GamesIndustry.biz, who received confirmation from a spokesperson from Activision Blizzard that, starting today, Vicarious Vision and all 200 of its employees are now working under Blizzard Entertainment. “After collaborating with Vicarious Visions for some time and developing a great relationship, Blizzard realized there was an opportunity for [Vicarious Visions] to provide long-term support,” the represent...