Crash Bandicoot: Last News

Crash Bandicoot and Guitar Hero games. A number of adverts created using generative AI recently appeared across Activision Blizzard’s social media accounts, promoting brand new additions to beloved franchises like Crash Bandicoot and Guitar Hero (via VGC).One ad promoted Crash Bandicoot Brawl, a “fast-paced, round survival game where 30+ contestants compete against one another in wacky platforming, puzzle-solving and obstacle course challenges.” Another was for Guitar Hero Mobile, a “fast-paced, competitive mobile rhythm game where players face off in real-time musical battles, hitting notes in sync with the music to climb the global leaderboards and become the ultimate rockstar.”A post shared by Activision (@activision)A new mobile Call Of Duty game was also being promoted across Activison’s feed.

Waterparks frontman Awsten Knight has launched a new solo project, inspired by classic video games.Released via his own A.K. Art Projects brand, ‘Video Game Music’ features 24 instrumental tracks that take influence from the music of Spyro The Dragon and Crash Bandicoot.The double album is currently only available on CD and will apparently not be released on streaming.

Crash Bandicoot 5 would have been a crossover with the Spyro The Dragon franchise, before it was cancelled by Activision.In 2020, Toys For Bob and Activision released Crash Bandicoot 4, the first new instalment in the beloved franchise since 1998. A new report has now revealed that Toys For Bob had started working on a follow-up as well, before it was scrapped by Activision.In a new video from Did You Know Gaming, gaming historian Liam Robertson claimed that the plot for Crash 5 would have seen Warped antagonist Uka Uka access the world of Spyro and chaos havoc with the Dragon Elders, with Crash needing to travel between universes to save the day.

Toys For Bob, the developer of Crash Bandicoot 4 and the remastered Spyro collection, has confirmed it’s going independent.Toys For Bob was founded in 1989 before being acquired by Activision in 2005, where they worked on Skylanders. As well as heading up a number of sequels, Toys For Bob also developed Crash Bandicoot 4 and was behind 2018’s Spyro Reignited Trilogy.As part of the recent wave of layoffs at Activision Blizzard, Toys For Bob lost 89 members of staff and saw the closure of their Californian offices.In a new blog post though, Toys For Bob has confirmed it has broken away from Activision.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Toys For Bob has celebrated the series 25th anniversary with a wholesome video.The video, which is embedded below, is just one of the many celebrations of the bandicoot’s 25th birthday.