Toys 4 Bob, the studio that Crash Bandicoot followers must thank for the superb N. Sane Trilogy remasters and a fourth Crash recreation, is probably being shut down.
A report from the San Francisco Chronicle overlaying the continued results of Microsoft shedding 1,900 individuals says that one other 162 out of that 1,900 are out of a job at present, 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 verify the studio’s closure, however if that is so then it’s an especially unhappy day for the builders themselves, their followers, and the video games business total.
Toys 4 Bob is the studio chargeable for greater than the Crash remasters and including a brand new recreation to the franchise. It’s additionally the identical crew behind the superb Spyro Remasters, and the once-gigantic Skylanders.
In keeping 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 people 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 toes.
Supply – [SF Chronicle, Stephen Totilo]