Summary
- Crash Bandicoot 4 developer Toys for Bob announces a new partnership with Xbox, featuring the Microsoft gaming brand publishing Toys for Bob's next game.
- Toys for Bob is heavily rumored to be developing a Spyro the Dragon sequel, with rumors swirling about Spyro the Dragon 4 being in early development.
- Toys for Bob did not officially confirm the game set to be published by Microsoft during the announcement, though a partnership between the two was hinted at earlier this year.
A recent partnership from Xbox with Crash Bandicoot 4 studio Toys for Bob could potentially be teasing a new Spyro the Dragon game, with rumors suggesting one is in development. The California-based studio has become a household name in gaming for its work on Skylanders and the Crash Bandicoot franchise revival, developing both the Switch port of N.Sane Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4. Toys for Bob has also assisted with several major Activision games, including multiple Call of Duty titles. Now, rumors are swirling that Spyro the Dragon may be the developer's next project.
A new Spyro the Dragon game would be far from the first time Toys for Bob has worked with the iconic purple dragon. Toys for Bob's first major breakthrough was with the "toys to life" Skylanders franchise, bringing in Spyro as one of the series' chief mascot characters. The studio also led development on 2019's Spyro Reignited Trilogy, a compilation of remakes of the Spyro the Dragon trilogy from the original PlayStation. Now, Toys for Bob's new partnership may be hinting at more adventures to come for Spyro in the near future.
Toys for Bob Announces Publishing Partnership with Xbox
Toys for Bob officially confirmed a new partnership with Xbox on Friday morning, revealing that the Microsoft gaming brand would be publishing its newest game. The announcement did not give any specifics about what the game will be, advising that the project is still early in its development phase. Toys for Bob's partnership with Microsoft comes as Toys for Bob recently became an independent studio, after previously being affiliated with Activision. The decision was reportedly made to offer the studio more freedom with its future projects.
A potential Spyro the Dragon 4 from Toys for Bob and Microsoft follows an uptick in rumors surrounding the long-awaited sequel. Rumors from earlier this year suggested that Spyro the Dragon 4 is already in development, with Toys for Bob dropping multiple teasers potentially hinting at its reveal. Xbox's involvement with the new game had also been discussed as early as March of this year, just weeks after Toys for Bob's decision to go independent. Toys for Bob has yet to officially announce an in-development Spyro the Dragon sequel.
Rumors about Spyro the Dragon 4 come as 2024 has already seen plenty of high-profile remakes launch throughout the year. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth continued the saga of the ongoing Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, with the RPG regarded as one of the best games of 2024. May also saw the launch of the long-awaited remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, bringing the critically-acclaimed Mario RPG to the Switch. Spyro the Dragon 4 fits right in as part of the retro revival for some of the most popular franchises of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Spyro the Dragon is a series of platform and action-adventure games best known for its original trilogy, which was developed by Insomniac Games and released on the PlayStation 1 between 1998 and 2000. This trilogy was remastered in 2018 by Toys For Bob.
There have been various other releases outside of the original trilogy of varying quality.