Jan 31, 2024 · Activision, keen to boost their fully-owned properties and projects, wanted Vicarious Visions to focus on the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, also diverting many of the studio's resources to help Bungie with Destiny 2's development. Donkey Kong Freedom was no longer a priority and was ultimately scrapped by the end of 2016.

May 5, 2024 · Vicarious Visions – the Activision studio now known as Blizzard Albany and perhaps best known for supporting the development of Destiny 2 and several Call of Duty titles, as well as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 – pitched a 3D Donkey Kong game to Nintendo.

Oct 23, 2024 · Source is this Reddit post. Seems to have been located on an old hard drive with Vicarious Visions promotional assets. The image is timestamped with the date June 20th, 2016. It's... certianly DK in a jungle.

Apr 12, 2022 · Activision Blizzard has moved its Vicarious Visions studio from the Activision side of the business to the Blizzard side. The publisher today told GamesIndustry.biz that effective today, it is merging Vicarious Visions into Blizzard Entertainment. Going forward, the Vicarious Visions team of...

Jan 31, 2024 · The Story of Donkey Kong Freedom, the Scrapped 3D Donkey Kong Game for Nintendo Switch from Vicarious Visions

Oct 27, 2021 · Vicarious Visions workers told Polygon that they were initially under the impression the merger meant their employer would continue to operate as its own studio, You mean Activision Blizzard lied to employees? I can't believe it! This is absolutely depressing. Hell, my hopes for future VV projects weren't even that high.

Jan 27, 2021 · Jen Oneal, Studio Head of Vicarious Visions, now EVP of Development at Blizzard; Simon Ebejer, COO of Vicarious Visions, will lead VV within Blizzard Wrestleman Jan 27, 2021

Sep 6, 2020 · Vicarious Visions has always been an incredible studio that handled their ports with care, took lots of risks and did crazy stuff. Tony Hawk, Jet Set Radio and Crash (with licensed soundtracks and semi-3D) on Game Boy Advance! Guitar Hero (with controller add-on) and Tony Hawk (cel-shaded) on DS! Guitar Hero (with DLC) on Wii.

Jan 22, 2021 · Blizzard said today that it's absorbing Vicarious Visions. What it didn't say: - VV has been working on a Diablo II remake - Team 1, Blizzard's "classic team," was quietly dismantled last fall Blizzard's Team 1 was responsible for StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft Remastered, and...

Apr 12, 2022 · The name Vicarious Visions will always hold much more value than Blizzard for me. This is a loss, indeed. This :(