Vicarious Visions

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company video game developer

Vicarious Visions is an American video game developer best known for creating and remastering popular titles such as entries in the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Crash Bandicoot series.

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Vicarious Visions, Inc. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf company ⓘ
video game developer ⓘ
acquiredBy Activision Blizzard ⓘ
surface form: Activision
acquisitionDate 2005 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employeeCount hundreds (approximate) ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation Albany ⓘ
surface form: Albany, New York
formerName Vicarious Visions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vicarious Visions, Inc.
foundedBy Guha Bala ⓘ
Karthik Bala ⓘ
headquartersLocation Troy, New York ⓘ
inception 1991 ⓘ
industry video games ⓘ
knownFor Crash Bandicoot ⓘ
surface form: Crash Bandicoot handheld titles

Skylanders: Giants ⓘ
surface form: Skylanders series entries

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ⓘ
surface form: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series remasters

high-quality remasters ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mergerDate 2021 ⓘ
mergerInto Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
notableWork Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced ⓘ
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (support studio) ⓘ
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (support studio) ⓘ
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure ⓘ
Destiny 2 (support studio) ⓘ
Diablo ⓘ
surface form: Diablo II: Resurrected

Doom 3 (Xbox port) ⓘ
Guitar Hero ⓘ
surface form: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Nintendo DS)

Guitar Hero ⓘ
surface form: Guitar Hero: On Tour

Guitar Hero ⓘ
surface form: Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades

Guitar Hero ⓘ
surface form: Guitar Hero: On Tour Modern Hits

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 ⓘ
Skylanders: Giants ⓘ
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure ⓘ
Skylanders: SuperChargers ⓘ
Skylanders: Swap Force (support) ⓘ
Spider-Man (Game Boy Color) ⓘ
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro ⓘ
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ⓘ
surface form: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
parentOrganization Activision Blizzard ⓘ
surface form: Activision
platformSpecialty Windows PC ⓘ
surface form: PC

handheld consoles ⓘ
home consoles ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
roleInDiabloIIResurrected lead development studio ⓘ
status Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: merged into Blizzard Entertainment

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guitar Hero → developer → Vicarious Visions ⓘ
Vicarious Visions → formerName → Vicarious Visions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vicarious Visions, Inc.
Activision Publishing → hasSubsidiary → Vicarious Visions ⓘ
Activision Blizzard → subsidiary → Vicarious Visions ⓘ