Toys for Bob, the Crash Bandicoot 4 developer and Name of Obligation assist studio that left the Xbox-owned Activision in February 2024, has signed an settlement with Xbox on to publish its subsequent recreation.
Revealed in a submit on X/Twitter, Toys for Bob confirmed stories from March 2024 that claimed it might workforce up with Xbox as soon as once more. Its subsequent recreation, which the studio stated will return it to its roots, remains to be in “very early growth,” however it’s partnering with Xbox to publish it.
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be partnering with @Xbox to publish our subsequent new recreation. We’re nonetheless very early in growth, so that you won’t hear from us for a bit – however know that we’re working onerous on an expertise we’re so sooo impressed about! Cannot wait to share extra 💜 pic.twitter.com/6EqrQbabpv
— Toys For Bob (@ToysForBob) May 31, 2024
“We’re excited to announce that we’ll be partnering with Xbox to publish our subsequent new recreation,” Toys for Bob stated. “We’re nonetheless very early in growth, so that you won’t hear from us for a bit, however know that we’re working onerous on an expertise we’re so sooo impressed about. Cannot wait to share extra “
Toys for Bob has been lively since 1990, however was acquired by Activision in 2005 and have become identified for growing the Skylanders video games. It later remastered the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot trilogies earlier than creating Crash Bandicoot 4.
In newer years, nonetheless, it is spent most of its time as a Name of Obligation assist studio, serving to different Activision builders create the annualized franchise.
However amid mass trade acquisitions and layoffs, Toys for Bob introduced it might be leaving Activision and Xbox to return to being an impartial studio. “Over time, we have impressed love, pleasure, and laughter for the inside youngster in all avid gamers,” it stated on the time. “This chance permits us to return to our roots of being a small and nimble studio.”
Toys for Bob stays impartial regardless of this new partnership with Xbox, because the console maker will basically present funding for its recreation and obtain a few of its earnings with out proudly owning the sport itself.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.