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Vicarious Visions 2017

Blizzard Albany, formerly known as Vicarious Visions, is a video game developer founded by brothers Guha and Karthik Bala in 1990. They are the developers of Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: SuperChargers, and Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (for the 3DS). Vicarious Visions also developed three iOS and Android Skylanders games: Skylanders: Cloud Patrol, Skylanders: Lost Islands and Skylanders: Battlegrounds, as well as ported Skylanders: Giants to the Wii U. The company also developed the Thumpin' Wumpa Islands Adventure Pack as well as the gameplay for Crash Bandicoot and Dr. Neo Cortex in Skylanders: Imaginators.

On January 22, 2021, it was announced that Vicarious Visions will be merged with Blizzard Entertainment to develop Blizzard titles going forward.[1] They finished the merge with Blizzard on April 12, 2022, and the studio was renamed to Blizzard Albany.[2]

Games developed

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  • Synnergist (1996)
  • Dark Angael (1997)
  • Zebco Fishing! (1999)
  • Vigilante 8 (1999)
  • Polaris SnoCross (2000)
  • Terminus (2000)
  • Spider-Man (2000)
  • The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler (2000)
  • Pro Darts (2000)
  • Barbie: Magic Genie Adventure (2000)
  • Jimmy White's Cue Ball (2000)
  • Wanadoo SnowCross (2001)
  • Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy (2001)
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Alphabet Book (2001)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula (2001)
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2001)
  • Sea-Doo Hydrocross (2001)
  • Power Rangers: Time Force (2001)
  • Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace (2001)
  • Zoboomafoo: Playtime in Zobooland (2001)
  • Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (2001)
  • Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  • Kelly Club: Clubhouse Fun (2001)
  • Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (2002)
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2002)
  • Frogger Advance: The Great Quest (2002)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (2002)
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (2002)
  • The Powerpuff Girls: Him and Seek (2002)
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
  • Whiteout (2002)
  • Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (2003)
  • The Muppets: On With The Show! (2003)
  • Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend (2003)
  • X2: Wolverine's Revenge (2003)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Jet Set Radio (2003)
  • Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (2003)
  • Disney's The Lion King 1½ (2003)
  • Tony Hawk's Underground (2003)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (2003)
  • Disney's Brother Bear (2003)
  • Crash Nitro Kart (2003)
  • Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
  • Rivet (2004)
  • Shrek 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock (2004)
  • Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (2004)
  • Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy (2004)
  • Shark Tale (2004)
  • Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2004)
  • That's So Raven (2004)
  • Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy! (2004)
  • Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation S.O.D.A. (2004)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Doom 3 (2005)
  • Madagascar (2005)
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)
  • X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005)
  • Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (2005)
  • Madagascar: Operation Penguin (2005)
  • Over the Hedge (2006)
  • Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts (2006)
  • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (2006)
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006)
  • Shrek the Third (2007)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Transformers: Decepticons (2007)
  • Transformers: Autobots (2007)
  • Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007)
  • Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (2007)
  • Bee Movie Game (2007)
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008)
  • Guitar Hero: On Tour (2008)
  • Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008)
  • Guitar Hero World Tour (2008)
  • Quantum of Solace (2008)
  • Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades (2008)
  • Mixed Messages (2009)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Decepticons (2009)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Autobots (2009)
  • Guitar Hero 5 (2009)
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)
  • Band Hero (2009)
  • Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits (2009)
  • Guitar Hero (2010)
  • Transformers War for Cybertron: Decepticons (2010)
  • Transformers War for Cybertron: Autobots (2010)
  • Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (2010)
  • Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011; 3DS)
  • Skylanders: Cloud Patrol (2012; Mobile)
  • Skylanders: Lost Islands (2012; Mobile)
  • Skylanders: Battlegrounds (2012; Mobile)
  • Skylanders: Giants (2012; Wii U)
  • Skylanders: Swap Force (2013)
  • Skylanders: Trap Team (2014; Mobile)
  • Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015)
  • Skylanders: Imaginators (2016; Crash Bandicoot Edition)
  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2017)
  • Destiny 2 (2017)
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (2020)

Trivia

  • Vicarious Visions previously developed several Crash Bandicoot games since 2002 like The Huge Adventure, N-Tranced and Nitro Kart.
    • They are also the developers of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.
  • In the beginning of Thumpin' Wumpa Islands, there is an easter egg. In a nearby island, a rock can be seen with with two Vs engraved on it, the initials of the developer team.

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