Vicarious Visions officially merged into Blizzard Entertainment, renamed Blizzard Albany
The studio known for remastering Activision Blizzard games is now fully integrated in Blizzard’s development pipeline.
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Vicarious Visions, the studio known for extensive remasters, has officially lost its name and become an extension of Blizzard Entertainment.
Priorreportsindicated that Vicarious Visions would lose its name and become a fully integrated part of Blizzard Entertainment, something confirmed by the Vicarious Visions Twitter account on Tuesday, which announced the completion of the merger.
“We’ve officially merged with Blizzard Entertainment. Our development team will remain in Albany, NY and fully dedicated to Blizzard games. We invite you to follow us @Blizzard_Ent,” theTwitterpost reads.
Vicarious Visions was previously under the Activision Publishing side of Activision Blizzard, where the team worked on various remasters of games, includingTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, which sold over one million copies within its first two weeks of release. After being moved under Blizzard Entertainment in January 2021, Vicarious Visions went on to co-develop Diablo 2: Resurrected.
Per job listings, the now-renamed Blizzard Albany is assisting with the development ofDiablo 4, hiring for numerous positions for the upcoming action role-playing game. Diablo 4 was delayed in the past few months, following several firings and former Blizzard Entertainment co-lead Jen Oneal departing the company in the wake of theActivision Blizzard lawsuit.
Activision Blizzard is currently in the process ofbeing acquired by Microsoft for Xboxin a deal worth almost $69 billion. The deal, which is slated to close by June 2023, will add Activision Blizzard — which consists of Activision, Blizzard Entertainment and King — to the Xbox first-party lineup.
Blizzard Entertainment operates numerous offices across the world, with major teams located in Irvine, California, Austin, Texas and now Albany, New York. Other upcoming projects across the developer include Overwatch 2 and a new survival IP.
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