GameRant - Vicarious Visions

Xbox Game Pass Quietly Cancels Upcoming Game

Dominik Bošnjak — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:55:46 GMT

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 has been pulled from the Xbox Game Pass lineup for July 2026. Although Microsoft offered nothing in the way of an official explanation for this move, Xbox Game Pass may reportedly still receive the remaster eventually, should enough things fall into place.

Crash Bandicoot Co-Creator Confirms the Biggest Problem with the N. Sane Trilogy

Matthew Schomer — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:38:24 GMT

Crash Bandicoot's original lead programmer has opened up old wounds, recently criticizing Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy's gameplay more than eight years after the remastered game compilation's release. While Andrew Gavin had some positive things to say about the developers behind Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy at Vicarious Visions, he noted that they "completely botched" the game's jumping mechanics.

Diablo 2: Resurrected Player Count Reportedly Beating Diablo 3

Luke Dammann — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:17:33 GMT

Diablo 2: Resurrected has seen a surge in popularity recently, with the game now outperforming Diablo 3 in terms of the number of total players. Diablo 3 has long been a controversial entry, not just in Blizzard's now-iconic action RPG franchise but in the genre itself. A decent chunk of the fandom clung to the Diablo 2 formula all these years later in the form of Diablo 2: Resurrected, which repackaged the original game with reworked visuals and other gameplay improvements, with the game now seeing an uptick in overall players.

Tony Hawk Fans Need to Keep an Eye on March 4

Kyle Knight — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:21 GMT

A potentially big announcement surrounding Activision's Tony Hawk's series has been teased in a new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 map. The latest Call of Duty game recently received its big Season 2 Reloaded update, but fans were quick to notice that one of the game's new remastered maps, which is set inside of a skate park, has a Tony Hawk'seaster egg that points toward a March 4 announcement.

A Marvel Ultimate Alliance 4 Must Exhume the Franchise’s Best Feature

Jared Stewart — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:15 GMT

Though anyone may have their personal thoughts on which is the best, the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games are all quite different for at least a few reasons between each installment. The original Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a bonafide classic to many and features a wealth of witty, lovable charm, including trivia consoles in each act. The sequel thankfully reprised trivia, but Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is a completely different game in many ways. If Marvel Ultimate Alliance finds some means of coming back after a couple of dicey lapses and wishes to capture the original’s lightning in a bottle, trivia should be a high priority.

MUA’s Future Has a Franchise-Defining Decision to Make

Jared Stewart — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:18:37 GMT

Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a far cry from what it used to be. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order may have a similar formula with various settings visited and their associable characters being recruited or fought, but its menus and insistence on ISO-8 farming unfortunately turn it into something the previous two Marvel Ultimate Alliance games were never mistaken for.

MUA Deserves a Civil War Sequel, But It Can’t Make the Same Mistake

Jared Stewart — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:06:56 GMT

Civil War was a brilliant comic book event to adapt in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 as the franchise is a representation of Marvel’s diverse breadth of characters and affiliations. Players choosing a side and being locked out of certain characters as a result makes for fantastic replayability with a branching narrative as well as an intriguing element regarding team compositions. Unfortunately, while Civil War condemns and condones with conviction and sees characters in Marvel’s pantheon pick sides for their own individual reasons, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 compromises and is detrimentally lenient in order to not restrict players’ choices too heavily.

Rumor: Leaked Concept Art Reveals Canceled Donkey Kong Game from Vicarious Visions

J Brodie Shirey — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:28:33 GMT

Alleged concept art for a canceled Donkey Konggame from Vicarious Visions has been leaked online. The Donkey Kongseries is one of Nintendo’s oldest and most recognized franchises, predating even Super Mario Bros. and introducing gamers to both the titular gorilla and the Big N’s plumber mascot. Over the years, Donkey Kong has appeared in numerous spin-offs and crossovers in addition to his own platforming adventures, though he hasn’t had a starring role in a brand-new video game since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Deep Freeze way back in 2014.

Xbox Game Pass Adds Hit Activision Game to Its Catalog

Pam K Ferdinand — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:14:49 GMT

Thanks to leaks, fans already knew it was coming, but Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has finally come to Xbox Game Pass. The 2017 compilation of hit platform games starring a zany marsupial is only the second Activision title added to Xbox Game Pass since Microsoft’s acquisition of the conglomerate in October, but it definitely won’t be the last. One of the most highly anticipated games is, of course, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which will be hitting the subscription service as a day-one release on October 25.

Acclaimed Activision Game Reportedly Coming to Xbox Game Pass Soon

Dominik Bošnjak — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:22:24 GMT

Xbox Game Pass is set to receive Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy in summer 2024, a well-known leaker has said. This would make the critically acclaimed 2017 compilation only the second Activision Blizzard game to reach Xbox Game Pass since the company was acquired by Microsoft.