Toys 4 Bob, the studio that Crash Bandicoot followers should thank for the superb N. Sane Trilogy remasters and a fourth Crash sport, is probably being shut down.
A report from the San Francisco Chronicle overlaying the continued results of Microsoft shedding 1,900 folks says that one other 162 out of that 1,900 are out of a job immediately, and that the Toys 4 Bob workplaces in Novato are being shut down.
There’s been no official affirmation from Toys 4 Bob or Activision Blizzard, or Microsoft to substantiate the studio’s closure, however if so then it’s a particularly unhappy day for the builders themselves, their followers, and the video games trade general.
Toys 4 Bob is the studio accountable for greater than the Crash remasters and including a brand new sport to the franchise. It’s additionally the identical crew behind the superb Spyro Remasters, and the once-gigantic Skylanders.
In accordance with further reporting from Stephen Totilo, out of the 162, 86 of these are from Toys 4 Bob and 76 are from Sledgehammer Video games.
Even when the studio isn’t closing, that’s nonetheless an enormous blow to the crew. You can also’t say it’s the identical Toys 4 Bob that gamers have identified, as a result of it’s those who make up these studios.
With out them the names of those locations don’t maintain the load they’d in any other case deserve.
Hopefully all these impacted by layoffs are in a position to land on their ft.
Supply – [SF Chronicle, Stephen Totilo]
