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Monsters, Inc. (video Game)
''Monsters, Inc.'' is a 2001 platform game based on the 2001 film Monsters, Inc., of the same name released for Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, and PlayStation 2. The handheld versions of the game were released in October 2001 in North America and in February 2002 in Europe. The PlayStation 2 version was only released in North America in March 2002. The Game Boy Advance version was also released on a Twin Pack cartridge bundled with ''Finding Nemo (video game), Finding Nemo'' in 2005. Gameplay PlayStation 2 version ''Monsters, Inc.'' is a 3D platformer. Players control James P. "Sulley" Sullivan through 8 levels based on environments from the movie, including the scream factory Monsters Incorporated, the streets of Monstropolis, Sulley's apartment, the Himalayas, and more. In each level, the main goals might include picking up one or more special items, or finding the exit. Sulley has to make his way across platforms, ladders and conveyor belts by jumping, climbing, flipping sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicarious Visions
Blizzard Albany (formerly Vicarious Visions, Inc.) is an American video game developer based in Albany, New York. The studio was acquired by Activision in January 2005. After releasing its last game as part of that company, ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2'', Vicarious Visions became part of Activision's sister company Blizzard Entertainment in January 2021 and was merged into it in April 2022, thereby being renamed Blizzard Albany. History The studio was founded by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala in 1991 while they were in high school. In the late 1990s, Vicarious Visions appointed Michael Marvin, an Albany-based investor and entrepreneur, and founder and former CEO of MapInfo Corporation; and Charles S. Jones, investor, who sat on the boards of various software and industrial companies including Geac and PSDI, to its board of directors. Under their leadership, a sale of the company was negotiated to Activision, earning the original investors over 20x their initial investment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
