- Vicarious Visions
Vicarious Visions is a
video game developer . It was founded by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala while in high school circa1990 . They later developed "Terminus", which won twoIndependent Games Festival Awards in1999 . They became known as a leading developer of handheld games breaking ground byporting the "Tony Hawk's " series toGame Boy Advance for the system launch in 2001 and were responsible for theNintendo DS versions of theSpider-Man games,Spider-Man 2 andUltimate Spider-Man . They're also known for "Crash Nitro Kart " and ports of ' & ' as well asid Software 's "Doom 3 ".Terminus, an online, multiplayer space trading and combat simulation game, was notable for including Windows, Linux, and Macintosh versions in its retail packaging. The game is currently fan-supported.
In 2003, Vicarious Visions acquired the assets of struggling middleware tools provider Intrinsic Graphics, folding the technology into its own production suite.
In January 2005, Vicarious Visions was acquired by publisher
Activision . After being acquired, they have since madeTony Hawk's American Sk8land , which was the secondNintendo Wi-Fi Connection -enabled game.The headquarters of Vicarious Visions is located in a newly-renovated section of an old industrial building in
Menands, New York , just outside the state capital of Albany.Games developed
In development
References
External links
* [http://www.vvisions.com Official site]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/vicarious-visions-inc Vicarious Visions] entry atMobyGames
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