Toys for Bob, known for its work on the likes of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, has announced that it’s splitting from Activision and going indie, which is good news, though it has left Crash fans a bit in the dark as to the future of their beloved platforming not quite hedgehog thing.
While Crash hasn’t exactly had a flawless time lately – remember that weird cameo he made in the trailer for Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard (yes, that was a thing that happened) – folk have still enjoyed actually getting Bandicoot games, instead of seeing the series end up dormant like some of its retro cousins have. Sadly, the one glaring potential downside of Toys for Bob being able to control its own destiny is that the futures of the stuff it had been working on is now a bit up in the air.
The studio announced this move via a blog post penned by studio heads Paul Yan & Avery Lodato. “Over the years, we’ve inspired love, joy, and laughter for the inner child in all gamers,” the pair wrote, no doubt paying lots of attention to phrasing in that last bit, “With the same enthusiasm and passion, we believe that now is the time to take the studio and our future games to the next level. This opportunity allows us to return to our roots of being a small and nimble studio.”
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