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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I do think if you're a Blizzard fan it's at least exciting. VV have shown they have talent with Crash and THPS. So Blizzard will be getting a lot of talented developers.
Blizzard had a ton of talented people. 800 of them got fired two years ago.
I guess I was a fan of past-Blizzard, and not much of current-Blizzard. But yes, anything that might offer a chance for some talent in Blizzard again. I'll take that.
It is a shame I guess if VV never gets a chance to develop something else than Blizzard IPs again, for those who liked their games, but at the same time, nothing really stops them from developing a new THPS etc. under the Blizzard name, if Activision want it? Likely not happing anytime soon, but who knows what the situation is years from now. In theory they can do the exact same things under Blizzard as they could before. Since they are under Activision in both cases.
It is a shame I guess if VV never gets a chance to develop something else than Blizzard IPs again, for those who liked their games, but at the same time, nothing really stops them from developing a new THPS etc. under the Blizzard name, if Activision want it? Likely not happing anytime soon, but who knows what the situation is years from now. In theory they can do the exact same things under Blizzard as they could before. Since they are under Activision in both cases.
Weren't they mostly non-developers though? I mean, they might very well still have been very talented, but not necessarily in the same jobs as VV.
Sounds like Toys For Bob are now leading Crash and Spyro alongside Beenox... This is incredibly disappointing.
Also, Overwatch 2 is coming very soon if VV are needed to support at such a high capacity.
Also, Overwatch 2 is coming very soon if VV are needed to support at such a high capacity.
It was all kind of positions really, just like what they're getting now by merging with the whole studio.
Lame. I would much rather them focusing on similar output of excellent remasters than anything Blizzard puts out.
This is THE WORST.
It's impossible to have a worse decision, other than shutting them.
After all the great work they have done, they get relegated to support team? It's baffling. Fucking hell.
It's impossible to have a worse decision, other than shutting them.
After all the great work they have done, they get relegated to support team? It's baffling. Fucking hell.
I don't know I feel like EA has always been a more consistent better publisher than Activision. Activision has always been doing this kind of stuff since late Xbox/Ps2 era
This is absolutely to help churn out Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4, likely because both will have heavy monetization flows, so they don't really care about new games, or remakes, for that matter.
All about the money, and neither Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4 will be any better because of it. Stupid.
All about the money, and neither Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4 will be any better because of it. Stupid.
Conversely, it could also be very far behind, and they needed VV to help flesh out some SP content that just wasn't coming together for the title.
It's super surprising how this didn't leak considering that's 200 folks terms of employment all updated to align with Blizzard.
I get the feeling most employees were not aware of this themselves.
It's a completely employment change. I'm sure they knew.
You don't leave the office on a Friday and then wake up Monday to find your ToE have completely changed without accepting and agreeing to it.
Having previously lived in Albany for 15-16 years, I became friends with a few people at VV. Their words "not everyone knew about it".
These takes are weird. For all we know they'll end up working on a Blizzard property that's not a main line title performing similar feats. Crash 4 has continued the comeback for Crash, there wasn't anything left for VV to do on the Crash front.
This fucking sucks. We're never getting a Tony Hawk or Crash game that's as good as THPS 1+2 or Crash 1-3 ever again.
You know what else sucks about this?
When the suit at the top needs a bonus he will fire some of them. This happened before too.
Today sucks hard.
When the suit at the top needs a bonus he will fire some of them. This happened before too.
Today sucks hard.
A real shame but understandable, Blizzard needs all the talent and help it can get nowadays.
In an ideal world or other dimension, it would be happening the other way round.
In an ideal world or other dimension, it would be happening the other way round.
maybe they should start by not fucking firing all the talent they have
