Toys For Bob

Reports have emerged from that a new Spyro game is in development at former Activision studio Toys for Bob.

A fourth mainline Spyro the Dragon game might be in development at Toys for Bob, at least according to a new rumor. Fans have been itching to see the spunky purple dragon in a starring role once again for a long time, as there hasn’t been a new completely original Spyro game since The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon way back in 2008. Over the past decade or so, Spyro has been relegated to supporting roles and cameos in titles like Skylanders and Crash Team Rumble, though fans got to replay his first three adventures thanks to 2018’s Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

Another entry in the Spyro series is reportedly in development with Toys for Bob.

Toys for Bob is officially an independent developer, having split from Activision and working on a new title. It discussed a “possible” partnership with Microsoft, and based on a new video from Canadian Guy Eh, Spyro 4 may be in development.

Toys for Bob has reportedly signed a deal with Microsoft after parting ways with the firm last month.

Toys For Bob has officially partnered with Microsoft for their next title.

It’s been a whirlwind of a year for Toys for Bob so far. The Activision-owned studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Skylanders was one of several studios to be impacted by Microsoft’s mass layoffs earlier in the year, but earlier this month, it was announced that Toys for Bob was separating from Activision and Xbox and going back to being a private, independent studio.

Toys For Bob, the studio behind the modern resurrections of the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot franchises, has reached an agreement with Xbox to fund its next game. Toys For Bob's Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time and Spyro Reignited Trilogy were a nostalgic return to form for the platformer genre, and the studio is now planning its next moves.

Spyro studio Toys for Bob has reportedly reached an agreement with Microsoft for its first independent game.

Skylanders, Spyro and Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob has reportedly reached an agreement with Microsoft for its next game.

Activision has announced Crash Team Rumble is ending support next week.

Crash Team Rumble will have no further content updates after 4th March, less than nine months after its launch.

Current Crash and Spyro developer Toys For Bob is spinning itself out of Activision Blizzard.

With Saber Interactive and Gearbox Entertainment reportedly splitting from the Embracer Group, it’s surprising to hear developer Toys for Bob is separating from Activision. The Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time! and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy studio is going private and returning to its roots as a “small and nimble studio.”

With Toys for Bob separating from Activision and going private, its support for Crash Team Rumble is ending. The multiplayer arena title will receive its final content update on March 4th, per a recent in-game message spotted by Redditors.

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Crash Team Rumble support is winding down, as next week’s content update will be its last.

It hasn’t been a good year for video game developers and publishers, and we’re just now at the end of February! There have been over 7000 job layoffs in the first two months, with 5400+ coming in January, and just this past week, another 1600 have been added to that! This is affecting companies in various ways, and they have to adapt to their new situations if they can. An excellent example of this is Toys For Bob, a small company that Activision Blizzard had bought and recently saw some layoffs. Plus, they decided to forgo having a “formal workplace” and become an entirely work-at-home company.

Amid mass layoffs, studio closures, and general industry uncertainty, today began with a handful of studios and companies reclaiming control of their own destinies. We learned this morning that Saber Interactive and Gearbox are reportedly breaking free of Embracer Group. And now, it looks like Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob has sprung free of Activision and Microsoft.

On the company’s website, Toys for Bob, the developer behind Skylanders and Crash Bandicoot 4, has announced that it’s diverging from Activision Blizzard to become independent.

Toys for Bob, the developer behind 2020's Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time and 2018's Spyro Reignited Trilogy, has announced that it's leaving Activision and Microsoft and becoming an independent studio. However, Toys for Bob briefly detailed its plans for the future, which might involve a partnership with Activision Blizzard's parent company.

Skylanders and Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob has announced plans to go independent.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob will split from Activision to become a privately owned studio, the company announced.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time and Spyro: Reignited Trilogy developer Toys for Bob has revealed that it's going independent, just months after being acquired alongside Activision by Microsoft.

Activision studio Toys for Bob — best known for its work on franchises like Crash Bandicoot, Skylanders, and Spyro — is separating from Microsoft and going independent. It isn’t completely leaving Xbox and Activision behind, though, as the studio is looking to form a partnership with those companies.

Layoffs have been reported at Toys for Bob, the developer behind Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time and the Spyro: Reignited Trilogy. They form part of the ongoing consolidation efforts necessitated by parent company Activision's acquisition by Microsoft, resulting in 1900 roles being made redundant. Some 86 workers have been let go, and the studio's office shuttered. Contrary to some earlier confusion, that's the physical address; Toys for Bob will remain active, and most remaining employees will now work remotely.

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Activision Blizzard's Crash Bandicoot and Spyro studio Toys for Bob lose 86 employees as a result of layoffs.

Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob and Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games have reportedly lost around 40 per cent and 30 per cent of their staff, respectively.

Since its launch earlier this year, Crash Team Rumble hasn’t exactly lit up the scene or pulled in a massive player base, but the MOBA has continued to expand with updates and content additions, another one of which will be coming pretty soon.

Toys for Bob’s multiplayer-focused Crash Team Rumble didn’t have the biggest impact when it launched a few months ago. Nevertheless, if you’ve never tried and wondered what it offers, a free trial is available now on all platforms until October 2nd. Check out the trailer below to see the content in action.

On September 9 1998, Spyro the Dragon made his mischievous debut on the original PlayStation, capturing the hearts of gamers of all ages. To celebrate 25 years of Spyro, we sat down with both the original developers from Insomniac Games, as well as the team behind the remaster, Spyro Reignited Trilogyat Toys for Bob, to learn how the beloved dragon came to be.