Shawn Fedorchuk, video game credits: Proving Ground, Activision (continued)”
Shawn Fedorchuk:
Video game credits, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground (2007), audio, Song: “Carpenter”
Initially released October 15th, 2007 by developers Neversoft, Page 44 Studios and Vicarious Visions for the platforms Xbox 360, Wii, Playstation 2, Nintendo AS and Playstation 3.Published by Activision and Activision Blizzard as a single and multi-player video game.
The publisher for Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, is Activision Publishing Inc. Activision is american video game publisher with offices in Santa Monica, California. Activision is as a publication corporation for parent company, Activision Blizzard. And, it has become one of the biggest third-party video game publishers worldwide. Activision has earned the title as the top American publisher in 2016.
Shawn Fedorchuk, video game credits: some background on Proving Ground ( 2007). Activision was originally based in Sunnyvale, California in 1979, Activision Inc. the foundation of the company was formed due to a dissatisfaction of previous Atari employees wanting to create their own venue for developing a new vision of video games. Quickly becoming the first independent third- party console video game developer, Activision was unfortunately affected by the 1983 video game crash which developed as a result of an over saturation of new start up companies who, although inspired by Activision , attempted to hastily follow in their footsteps, consequently flooding the video game console developer market.
This 1983 video game crash did negatively affect Activision’s overall position in the hierarchy of the console games marketplace. However, it also gave rise to the necessity of expanding their operations into developing video games for home computers. Later, this expansion resulted in the acquisition of Infocom. After some management shifting, the company briefly was renamed Mediagenic. However, issues with debt and a buyout from an investor’s group, caused them to revert to their original namesake, Activision.