A former Activision developer has talked about a Crash Bandicoot 5 that did not materialize.
Nicholas Kole, who labored directly Activision-owned studio Toys for Bob as a personality designer and illustrator for over three years on the likes of Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4, had tweeted a few separate venture, codenamed Dragon, that was within the works at Dauntless and Fae Farm developer Phoenix Labs and was simply weeks away from an early entry launch earlier than it was canceled.
Amid confusion that Kole’s tweets on Undertaking Dragon associated to an unannounced Spyro the Dragon venture, the previous Toys for Bob developer revealed {that a} Crash 5 recreation was as soon as within the works however fell by the wayside.
“It isn’t Spyro, however some day of us will hear concerning the Crash 5 that by no means was and it’s gonna break hearts,” Kole tweeted.
Undertaking Dragon and Crash 5 had been “two completely separate canceled tasks at two completely different studios,” Kole then clarified.
Kole has to this point failed to supply any element about this canceled Crash 5 venture, maybe understandably given the secrecy that surrounds online game tasks and the non-disclosure agreements designed to maintain them underneath wraps. However as Kole predicted in his tweet, Crash followers are already expressing disappointment that this new Crash recreation by no means noticed the sunshine of day.
CRASH 5?! pic.twitter.com/fyHCUdCq8L
— Syp The Mighty 💞 (@sypsart) (*5*)
Listening to any form of cancelled venture information breaks my coronary heart, however listening to a few cancelled Crash particularly stings tougher than something..
— Matteomax (@Matteomax) July 14, 2024
There might have been a Crash 5? Noooooo pic.twitter.com/v0nqABdQIy
— MrLautax (@MisterLautax) July 14, 2024
MY HEART
ITS BROKEN— adamangus2005 (@Adamangus2006) July 13, 2024
Toys for Bob’s personal Crash Bandicoot 4: It is About Time stays the final mainline entry within the much-loved platformer collection. It launched in October 2020 throughout PlayStation 4 and Xbox One earlier than hitting different platforms in 2021. Toys for Bob’s on-line multiplayer spin-off, Crash Group Rumble, got here out in 2023 however failed to seek out an viewers, with a remaining content material replace launched in March. It was Toys for Bob’s remaining recreation produced as an Activision-owned studio earlier than going unbiased in February 2024.
Regardless of this, the Crash franchise stays massively well-liked. Solely final month, Activision introduced 2017’s Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy had offered an unbelievable 20 million items. You’d assume, then, that Crash Bandicoot 5 can be one thing of a no brainer, however to this point, nothing.
What we do know is Toys for Bob has signed a take care of Activision proprietor Microsoft to publish its subsequent recreation. This mysterious new recreation, which the corporate mentioned will return it to its roots after a stint as a Name of Responsibility assist studio, remains to be in “very early improvement.” Might or not it’s Crash 5? Solely time will inform.
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