Report: Vicarious Visions to lose name, fully merge with Blizzard Entertainment
The remaster team now under Blizzard may soon be losing its name.
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Vicarious Visions will be losing its name and possibly be fully branded as part of Blizzard Entertainment, according to a report fromPolygon. The developer’s employees were reportedly told on Wednesday that the studio name would be dropped. While a new name was not given, some employees speculate that it could be Blizzard Albany.
Vicarious Visions waspreviously movedfrom under the Activision wing of the company to Blizzard Entertainment, with the studio’s first project being to assist onDiablo 2: Resurrected. At the time, Blizzard Entertainment noted the team’s distinct name and role on the development of the game.
“For all of the leadership’s talk about being more transparent in response to the lawsuit and resulting fiasco, the fact they decided to blindside us all with this feels about as far from transparent as you can get,” an employee reportedly told Polygon.
Blizzard Entertainment parent companyActivision Blizzard currently faces a lawsuit, alleging that a “frat boy culture” and sexist workplace behavior were allowed to persist. Since the allegations were made public, numerous Blizzard employees were let go from the company, including the prior game director on upcoming action role-playing gameDiablo 4and the namesake for theOverwatch hero previously named McCree.
An additional 20 employees were recently let go from Activision-Blizzard, though the company is seeking a pause in the lawsuit to investigate alleged ethical violations by California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) lawyers.
We’ve reached out to Blizzard Entertainment PR for comment and will update this story if we receive a response.
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