Vicarious Visions was an American video game developer owned by Activision Blizzard founded in 1991 by brothers Karthnik and Guha Bala.
From their inception they were primarily known as a support studio, mainly focused on handheld ports and tie-ins to larger titles, as well as licensed games. In 2005, they were purchased by Activision. They later achieved greater mainstream recognition in 2017 with the release of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, a remake of the first three Crash Bandicoot games.
On January 22, 2021, it was announced that Vicarious Visions was fully-absorbed into Blizzard Entertainment and will exclusively serve as a support studio. The merger was fully completed on April 12, 2022; while the team maintained their offices in Albany, New York, they've officially ceased to exist as a separate developer. Vicarious Visions' final game as the lead developer was the remakes of the first two Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.
Games developed by Vicarious Visions:
- Dark Angael (1997)
- Zebco Fishing! (1999)
- Vigilante 8 (1999)
- Polaris SnoCross (2000)
- Terminus (2000)
- Spider-Man:
- Spider-Man (2000)
- Spider-Man 2 – Enter: Electro (2001)
- Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace (2001)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler (2000)
- Pro Darts (2000)
- Barbie: Magic Genie Adventure (2000)
- Jimmy White's Cue Ball (2000)
- Spongebob Squarepants:
- Sea-Doo Hydrocross (2001)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: (2001 — 2020)
- Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (2003)
- Tony Hawk's Underground (2003)
- Tony Hawks Underground 2 (2004)
- Power Rangers Time Force (2001, GBA version, with Engine Software)
- Crash Bandicoot:
- Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (2002)
- Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (2003)
- Crash Nitro Kart (2003)
- Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (2004)
- Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy (2004)
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2017)
- Frogger Advance: The Great Quest (2002)
- Star Wars:
- Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
- Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
- The Muppets:
- X2: Wolverine's Revenge (2003)
- Finding Nemo (2003, GBA version)
- Jet Grind Radio (2003, GBA version)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- Shark Tale (2004, GBA version)
- Doom³ (2005, Xbox version)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Madagascar (2005, GBA and Nintendo DS versions)
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)
- Guitar Hero: (2007 — 2010)
- Transformers: The Game (DS) (2007)
- Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010, DS version)
- Bee Movie Game (2007, DS version)
- Quantum of Solace (2008)
- Spyro the Dragon
- Skylanders
- Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011, Nintendo 3DS version)
- Skylanders: Giants (2012, with Toys for Bob, Wii U port)
- Skylanders: SWAP Force (2013, HD versions)
- Skylanders: Trap Team (2014, with Toys for Bob, iOS, Android and Fire versions)
- Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015)
- Skylanders
