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THPS 1+2 and N-Sane Trilogy developer Vicarious Visions merged into Blizzard, shifts to support "existing Blizzard games and initiatives"
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doubt they are going to be some people unhappy.
they are working on diablo 4, which is a big and important IP, more relevant than THPS
Activision isnt under Microsoft yet, and they're part of Blizzard now. That won't be reverted in the next year.
Going from working on your own projects to being shoved into a project already years into development doesn't sound that awesome actually.
I imagine some of the people who worked on Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and THPS actually liked those games.
Oh dear. Sucks because they did such an incredible job with Crash and Tony Hawk.
I mean, they handled Diablo 2 Remastered and it was pretty great.
It's not like when they were under Activision they were working only on their projects, Bungie used them as a support studio for quite some time.
With them gone and Blue Point supposedly making a new IP we've lost some great remaster studios. They did a hell of a job making the Crash IP relevant again. Hopefully MS will continue the franchise once the acquisition is completely (and it's crazy to think MS will own Crash and Spyro).
I get you're intent but it's reasonable to suggest some people working there might not be happy with it, especially given how THPS2 and the N-Sane trilogy were sort of their own projects and how well received those were.
THPS 1+2 is one of the greatest games ever made. You can tell the devs loved working on it. After years of the franchise struggling they finally brought it back. But it was too good to be true.
They didn't always work on their own projects, and now they never get to work on their own projects. Another bolstering of the Activision pipeline like when they did the same to Raven and Neversoft. Everything must be a giant IP otherwise it doesn't matter.
That's before getting into the disgusting leadership and issues at Blizzard that they now get integrated into while it's all shuffling and falling apart. Sounds like a great time.
I forgot about this, so sad to see, they did so much great stuff last gen too, with their stuff in Destiny being consistently some of the best and the great remakes.
VV deserved better
THPS 1+2 is really fucking good, too.
Yeah, my favorite era of Destiny 2 was Warmind through Forsaken.
THPS 1+2 is really fucking good, too.
The MS acquisition being finalized and allure to potentially work on other IPs may be enough to keep some who are currently discontent.
MS doesn't own anyone yet, the deal was announced to be done, not yet closed.
Also, MS won't touch much of how Activision works, like they haven't with Bethesda. They will be their own, overseen by Xbox of course, entities.
By the time Microsoft actually own ActiBlizz they'll only have like 3 active IPs left.
This feeding the machine shit is so disheartening. Really hope Microsoft either sell the comatose IPs or do something with them.
This feeding the machine shit is so disheartening. Really hope Microsoft either sell the comatose IPs or do something with them.
Placing my prediction here now that if the Microsoft acquisition goes through we'll see a new Lost Vikings game.
My first real industry job was with vv. Had a fantastic time there, lots of amazing people. Of course the founders left years ago to start Velan, but many talented and smart individuals remain at VV. I just hope the folks there are excited about it all. Last I heard, they were, but obviously blizz has had quite an interesting time the past few years
I want more THPS as much as the next person but Diablo is way bigger
Damn. That's a shame to see.
What I was hoping for (and I guess could still potentially happen) was after the Microsoft acquisition closes that all the Activision studios that used to make games that are just put on supporting other games would be allowed to make games again. That just makes sense to me since it would give Microsoft more games for Game Pass.
Still hopiong Vicarious Visions and like... Raven can make their own games again one day.
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Launch server issues aside, I don't know if anyone could have done a better job with Diablo 2 Resurrected. They have a deep understanding of what the game is about and it shows they really did their homework. I don't know how much work they will be putting in on D4 but VV gives me hope it might be pretty good.
Congrats on getting able to move to a giant game like Diablo 4. The last time Destiny 2 was good was when these folks made content for it. Hopefully their work on D4 is just as solid.
Working on a game someone else cares about isn't exactly a privilege. Steady paycheck, sure, but that's the best you can say.
