Toys for Bob, the developer of Crash Bandicoot 4 and Crash Workforce Rumble, is formally unbiased of Activision and Microsoft. Regardless of the cut up, the studio hasn’t dominated out working with these corporations sooner or later.
Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob splits from Activision after 19 years
Toys for Bob’s separation from Activision goes into impact at this time, February 29. The divorce additionally seems to be an amicable one, based on the studio’s official assertion. “Our buddies at Activision and Microsoft have been extraordinarily supportive of our new path, and we’re assured that we’ll proceed to work intently collectively as a part of our future,” Toys for Bob wrote. The corporate, which closed its bodily workplace earlier this month, additionally says it’s exploring a doable partnership with Microsoft, which acquired Crash Bandicoot writer Activision final yr.
If this partnership works out, it may imply that Toys for Bob isn’t executed with the Crash Bandicoot sequence. Sadly, the corporate’s assertion didn’t element its future plans, however it guarantees to present extra updates quickly.
Based by Paul Reiche and Fred Ford in 1989, Toys for Bob launched its first sport, Star Management, in 1990. Many years later, it developed the Skylanders sequence, launched from 2011 to 2016. It later launched the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Spyro Reignited Trilogy earlier than launching Crash Bandicoot 4 in 2020. Its final sport as the first developer was 2023’s Crash Workforce Rumble, although it additionally assisted on Fashionable Warfare III.
Whereas Toys for Bob’s relationship with Activision lasted virtually 20 years, the studio expressed pleasure for its new alternatives. “With the identical enthusiasm and keenness,” it says, “we consider that now could be the time to take the studio and our future video games to the subsequent degree. This chance permits us to return to our roots of being a small and nimble studio.”
