Vicarious Visions was an American video game developer owned by Activision Blizzard.
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. They 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)
- Tony Hawk's Underground (2003)
- Tony Hawks Underground 2 (2004)
- Power Rangers Time Force (2001)
- 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)
- Jet Grind Radio (2003)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- Shark Tale (2004)
- Doom³ (2005)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Madagascar (2005)
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)
- Guitar Hero: (2007 — 2010)
- Transformers: The Game (DS) (2007)
- Bee Movie Game (2007)
- Quantum of Solace (2008)
- Skylanders (2011 — 2016)
