# Blizzard Albany

Blizzard Albany (anteriormente Vicarious Visions) é uma desenvolvedora de jogos eletrônicos estadunidense. Ela foi fundada pelos irmãos Karthik e Guha Bala quando estavam no colegial, por volta de 1990. Ele mais tarde desenvolveram o jogo Terminus, que ganhou dois prêmios do Independent Games Festival em 1999. Eles se tornaram conhecidos como uma desenvolvedora líder de jogos portáteis ao converter a série Tony Hawk's para o Game Boy Advance em 2001, sendo responsáveis também pelas versões para Nintendo DS dos jogos Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 e Ultimate Spider-Man. Eles também são conhecidos pela produção de Crash Nitro Kart e pelas conversões de Jedi Knight II e Jedi Academy, como também pela de Doom 3 para o Xbox. Ela também produziu Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock para Nintendo Wii.
A sede da Vicarious Visions está localizada em uma seção de um edifício industrial em Menands, Nova Iorque, logo fora da capital da Albânia.
A empresa também é responsável por lançar um remake da trilogia original do Crash Bandicoot do PlayStation 1 chamado Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, para Xbox One, Playstation 4 e Nintendo Switch, em que trás Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2:Cortex Strikes Back e Crash Bandicoot 3:Warped; em um único pacote, todos remasterizados em HD. Esta trilogia conta, inclusive, com 2 fases extra sendo elas a Stormy Ascent, fase deletada do Crash Bandicoot original, devido a dificuldade, porém era acessível com Game Shark e uma fase totalmente nova criada pelos desenvolvedores do jogo chamada Future Tense, ambientada em tema futurista.

## Motor de jogo

Vicarious Visions Alchemy é o motor de jogo da empresa. Foi lançado em 2002. Originalmente era chamado de Intrinsic Alchemy e desenvolvido pela Intrinsic Graphics antes de ser renomeado após a Vicarious Visions adquirir a Intrinsic Graphics em 2003.

## Jogos Desenvolvido

| Ano | Jogos | Plataforma(s) |
| 1996 | Synnergist | Microsoft DOS (PC CD-ROM) |
| 1997 | Dark Angael | Microsoft Windows |
| 1999 | Zebco Fishing! | Game Boy Color |
| 1999 | Vigilante 8 | Game Boy Color |
| 2000 | Polaris SnoCross | Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows |
| 2000 | Terminus | Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux |
| 2000 | Spider-Man | Game Boy Color |
| 2000 | The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler | Game Boy Color |
| 2000 | Pro Darts | Game Boy Color |
| 2000 | Barbie: Magic Genie Adventure | Game Boy Color |
| 2000 | Jimmy White's Cue Ball | Game Boy Color |
| 2001 | Wanadoo SnowCross | Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows |
| 2001 | Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy | Game Boy Color |
| 2001 | Blue's Clues: Blue's Alphabet Book | Game Boy Color |
| 2001 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula | Game Boy Color |
| 2001 | Zoboomafoo: Playtime in Zobooland | Game Boy Color |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Game Boy Color |
| 2001 | Kelly Club: Clubhouse Fun | Game Boy Color |
| 2001 | Sea-Doo Hydrocross | PlayStation |
| 2001 | Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro | PlayStation |
| 2001 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | Game Boy Advance |
| 2001 | Power Rangers: Time Force | Game Boy Advance |
| 2001 | Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace | Game Boy Advance |
| 2002 | Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure | Game Boy Advance |
| 2002 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | Game Boy Advance |
| 2002 | Frogger Advance: The Great Quest | Game Boy Advance |
| 2002 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman | Game Boy Advance |
| 2002 | The Powerpuff Girls: Him and Seek | Game Boy Advance |
| 2002 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | Game Boy Advance, PlayStation |
| 2002 | Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | GameCube, Xbox |
| 2002 | Whiteout | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| 2003 | The Muppets: On With The Show! | Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows |
| 2003 | Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | X2: Wolverine's Revenge | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Jet Set Radio | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Disney's The Lion King 1½ | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Tony Hawk's Underground | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Disney's Brother Bear | Game Boy Advance |
| 2003 | Crash Nitro Kart | Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, N-Gage |
| 2003 | Spy Muppets: License to Croak | Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows |
| 2003 | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy | Xbox |
| 2004 | Rivet | Celulares |
| 2004 | Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock | Celulares |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Game Boy Advance |
| 2004 | Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy | Game Boy Advance |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Game Boy Advance |
| 2004 | Tony Hawk's Underground 2 | Game Boy Advance |
| 2004 | That's So Raven | Game Boy Advance |
| 2004 | Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy! | Game Boy Advance |
| 2004 | Codename: Kids Next Door – Operation: S.O.D.A. | Game Boy Advance |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable |
| 2005 | Doom 3 | Xbox |
| 2005 | Madagascar: Operation Penguin | Game Boy Advance |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Game Boy Advance |
| 2005 | X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse | PlayStation Portable |
| 2005 | Madagascar | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
| 2005 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
| 2005 | Tony Hawk's American Sk8land | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts | Game Boy Advance |
| 2006 | Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam | Nintendo DS |
| 2006 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance | PlayStation Portable, Wii |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
| 2007 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | Wii |
| 2007 | Transformers: Decepticons | Nintendo DS |
| 2007 | Transformers: Autobots | Nintendo DS |
| 2007 | Tony Hawk's Proving Ground | Nintendo DS |
| 2007 | Bee Movie Game | Nintendo DS |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Nintendo DS |
| 2008 | Guitar Hero: On Tour | Nintendo DS |
| 2008 | 007: Quantum of Solace | Nintendo DS |
| 2008 | Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades | Nintendo DS |
| 2008 | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | Wii |
| 2008 | Guitar Hero World Tour | Wii |
| 2009 | Guitar Hero 5 | Wii |
| 2009 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| 2009 | Band Hero | Nintendo DS, Wii |
| 2009 | Mixed Messages | DSiWare |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Decepticons | Nintendo DS |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Autobots | Nintendo DS |
| 2009 | Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits | Nintendo DS |
| 2010 | Transformers War for Cybertron: Decepticons | Nintendo DS |
| 2010 | Transformers War for Cybertron: Autobots | Nintendo DS |
| 2010 | Guitar Hero | iOS |
| 2010 | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | Wii |
| 2011 | Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Nintendo 3DS |
| 2012 | Skylanders: Cloud Patrol | iOS, Android, Kindle Fire |
| 2012 | Skylanders: Lost Islands | iOS, Android |
| 2012 | Skylanders: Battlegrounds | iOS, Android |
| 2012 | Skylanders: Giants | Wii U |
| 2013 | Skylanders: Swap Force | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | iOS, Android, Kindle Fire |
| 2015 | Skylanders: SuperChargers | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, iOS |
| 2016 | Skylanders: Imaginators (Crash Edition) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
| 2016 | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC |
| 2017 | Destiny 2 | Microsoft Windows |
| 2017 | Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC |
| 2020 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch |
| 2020 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
| 2021 | Call of Duty: Warzone | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
| 2021 | Diablo II: Resurrected | PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows |