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Vivendi Games

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Vivendi Games was a holding company and video game publisher in Los Angeles, California. It was originally named Universal Interactive Studios, which published the original Spyro the Dragon game trilogy developed by Insomniac Games. From 1997 to 2001, the company went under multiple names (such as Universal Interactive) and parent companies before organized under Vivendi Universal (later renamed Vivendi). On July 10, 2008, Vivendi Games merged with Activision to create Activision Blizzard.[1]

History

The Universal Interactive logo from the start-up of Spyro: Season of Ice

Universal Interactive, originally known as Universal Interactive Studios until 2001, was a North American video game publisher that was owned by Universal Studios. They were the producer for the original Spyro trilogy for the PlayStation and the Game Boy Advance titles: Spyro: Season of Ice, Spyro 2: Season of Flame, and Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs. Universal was also the producer of the early Crash Bandicoot games. In 2003, Universal Interactive and Vivendi Games merged into a single company, Vivendi Universal.

In the start-up for Spyro 2: Season of Flame, after the Universal Interactive logo is shown for a few seconds, Sparx appears from the right to push it off the left side of the screen.

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List of Spyro games published

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  • The Universal Interacive Studios 1998 copyright as seen in the startup sequence for Spyro the Dragon
    The Universal Interacive Studios 1998 copyright as seen in the startup sequence for Spyro the Dragon

References

  1. ↑ Activision Blizzard Merger Finalized. (Date Posted - Jul. 10, 2008). Kotaku.
Spyro franchise
Main games Spyro the Dragon (1998) • Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999) • Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000) • Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (2002) • Spyro: A Hero's Tail (2004) • Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018)
Handheld games Spyro: Season of Ice (2001) • Spyro 2: Season of Flame (2002) • Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs (2003) • Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy (2004) • Spyro: Shadow Legacy (2005)
The Legend of Spyro series The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (2006) • The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (2007) • The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (2008) • The Legend of Spyro 3D (cancelled)
Skylanders franchise Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011) • Skylanders: The Machine of Doom (2011) • Skylanders: Spyro versus The Mega Monsters (2013) • Skylanders: Gill Grunt and the Curse of the Fish Master (2013)
Skylanders: Lightning Rod Faces the Cyclops Queen (2013) • Skylanders: Cynder Confronts the Weather Wizard (2014) • Skylanders: Stump Smash Crosses the Bone Dragon (2014)
Skylanders: Return of the Dragon King • Skylanders: Eruptor Meets the Nightmare King (2015) • Skylanders: Trigger Happy Targets the Evil Kaos (2015) • Skylanders: Imaginators (2016)
Skylanders Academy (2016-2018) • Skylanders: Spyro & Friends (2016-2017)
Miscellaneous games Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (2004) • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019) • Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! (2021) • Crash Team Rumble (2023)
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