Vicarious Visions Merges with Blizzard Entertainment - The Titanic on which Activision-Blizzard rests its hopes, dreams and future

[Celebrate Nite]

FUCK. YOU. BLIZZARD. Now both Crash AND Spyro are dead and buried.

>Spyro stuck in SKYLANDERZ hell, the "Legend" series didn't do so well and the other PS2 games bombed. Only had major seccess in the classic PS1 days. Proof those games were good when they were "remastered"
>Crash stuck in mediocrity hell, everything went to shit once he upgraded to PS2. Only had major seccess in the classic PS1 days. Proof those games were good when they were "remastered" followed by a new game that made some VERY QUESTIONABLE decisions.
At this point, let them rest. They had a good life on the PS1 and I don't have any confidence any new team will do them justice.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Explosions! Now in Activision!

 

[Reverend]

Explosions! Now in Activision!

Only if they are the right color and approved by the HNIC

 

[Dom Cruise]

Blizzard started going downhill soon after the South Park WoW episode, they were the trendy chic mainstream video game company for a while after that and of course they got pozzed quick as a result.

That didn't just happen to Blizzard but video games as a whole, once the whole thing became hip and trendy by the end of the 2000s almost everything only got worse.

This always should have stayed a hobby for nerds like model trains or whatever, gaming's attempts to go "mainstream" only ruined it.

Vivendi didn't come in until later. By the time Starcraft was released in 1998, they were part of Cendant, which was a mega-company that CUC International had merged with, so they were part of a giant mega-corp that did things like auto rental and hotels. By the end of the year, the entire software division was sold to Havas, which in turn got bought by Vivendi.

World of Warcraft was released in 2004 under Vivendi (when they were part of "Vivendi Universal Games"), and they sold out to Activision in 2008. I guess the rot really set in under Activision.

I'm weirdly fascinated by the "Vivendi Universal" era both because Vivendi just sounds catchy and because they put out stuff as weird as Crash Twinsanity and Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude.

It's a shame it was so short lived.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

dose that mean we will get crash team racing nitro fueled on pc?

of course not! because blizzard hates us!

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Plans For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remasters Were Axed After Vicarious Visions Got Absorbed By Blizzard​

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FUCK. YOU. BLIZZARD.

 

[Titos]

Plans For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remasters Were Axed After Vicarious Visions Got Absorbed By Blizzard​

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FUCK. YOU. BLIZZARD.

I'm more upset at the fact that this happened means we don't live in the reality of a full blown well made remake of THUG. I want to see Eric Sparrow eat shit in 4k.

 

[Reverend]

Plans For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remasters Were Axed After Vicarious Visions Got Absorbed By Blizzard​

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FUCK. YOU. BLIZZARD.

At least Activision tried to farm it out to other studios but they didn't like what they got back so instead of making a shit remaster they shelved it.

I applaud that decision.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

At least Activision tried to farm it out to other studios but they didn't like what they got back so instead of making a shit remaster they shelved it.

I applaud that decision.

Oh, so Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 was perfectly fine to release in the shifty condition it was in:

Yet, NOW all of a sudden, they're concerned about the quality of the game?! Yeah, no, bullshit. It was canned because Activision/Blizzard were pissed that VV wanted to do something other than work in the COD mines. Because an Activision that's not making the maximum amount of money possible is an angry Activision.