Today, Vicarious Visions announced that the studio has officially merged with Blizzard Entertainment. While the team will remain based in Albany, it will now be a fully dedicated support studio for games like Overwatch and World of Warcraft. Over the last few years, Vicarious Visions has been responsible for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2. Both of those remakes were critical and commercial successes, helping to revive their respective franchises. Unfortunately, the development team will now move away from games such as these.
The news has been very disappointing for fans of Crash Bandicoot! N. Sane Trilogy helped to bring the character back after years out of the spotlight, but now that Vicarious Visions has essentially been dissolved and Toys for Bob has become a support studio for the Call of Duty games, Crash Bandicoot’s future remains uncertain. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has already intimated that he wants to see some of Activision Blizzard’s dormant franchises return following Microsoft’s purchase of the publisher. For now, fans will just have to hope that Crash Bandicoot is part of those future plans!
Keep reading to see what fans are saying about Vicarious Visions!
Remember when Crash Bandicoot and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater came back and everyone loved it and they sold great? Anyway the folks who made that happen will now be working on Overwatch loot boxes forever https://t.co/r4NaKYmRHG
The end of Crash Bandicoot is here! https://t.co/2Yy2rMIwBb
Thanks for Crash Bandicoot remake and 4 & Tony Hawk remake. Hopefully Activision will let you out one day to make more. ?
Very disappointing to see the studio behind the revival of Crash Bandicoot and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater get merged into Blizzard. Such a shame! https://t.co/7WCezJZUIb
Don’t worry, You’ll see Crash Bandicoot & Spyro in WoW soon. https://t.co/Jq6CcfZRXR
ya’all made the best skateboarding game in the last few years and revived Crash Bandicoot and this is how they repay you guys? Huge shame.
So, Vicarious Visions, the devs behind the recent Crash Bandicoot trilogy remaster and Tony Hawk Proskater 1+2 remaster, are now officially merged with Blizzard of all things, and are “fully dedicated” to Blizzard games ?
“fully dedicated to blizzard games” RIP to Crash bandicoot….. Again https://t.co/lJYhQYYosR pic.twitter.com/I9BSn8zG6l
