{"id":785222,"date":"2025-12-02T09:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-secures-deal-with-microsoft-for-its-first-independent-game?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:47:53","slug":"spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-secures-deal-with-microsoft-for-its-first-independent-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-secures-deal-with-microsoft-for-its-first-independent-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Spyro studio Toys for Bob secures deal with Microsoft for its first independent game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-secures-deal-with-microsoft-for-its-first-independent-game.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Spyro studio Toys for Bob has reportedly reached an agreement with Microsoft for its first independent game.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to Window Central&#8217;s Jaz Corden, who revealed over the weekend that the deal first teased by studio heads Paul Yan and Avery Lodato has now been finalised.<\/p>\n<p>Toys for Bob &#8211; the Activision Blizzard studio behind the likes of Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot 4, and the Spyro remasters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/activisions-skylanders-crash-bandicoot-studio-toys-for-bob-going-independent\">announced it was parting ways with Activision to become an independent company again<\/a> back in January. It also said that it was &#8220;exploring a possible partnership&#8221; with Microsoft as development on its new game gets underway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-secures-deal-with-microsoft-for-its-first-independent-game?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-secures-deal-with-microsoft-for-its-first-independent-game?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spyro studio Toys for Bob has reportedly reached an agreement with Microsoft for its first independent game. That&#8217;s according to Window Central&#8217;s Jaz Corden, who revealed over the weekend that the deal first teased by studio heads Paul Yan and Avery Lodato has now been finalised. Toys for Bob &#8211; the Activision Blizzard studio behind the likes of Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot 4, and the Spyro remasters &#8211; announced it was parting ways with Activision to become an independent company again back in January. It also said that it was &#8220;exploring a possible partnership&#8221; with Microsoft as development on its new game gets underway. 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