Toys for Bob artist Nicholas Kole has revealed that Crash Bandicoot 5 was in growth at a special studio, however was canceled. The revelation got here throughout a dialog a couple of separate challenge that Kole was engaged on, which was lately canceled after three years of labor.
Crash Bandicoot 5 cancellation will ‘break hearts,’ says Toys for Bob artist
Over on X, Kole was mourning the lack of one thing known as Mission Dragon, which was canceled after inner makes an attempt to put it aside failed. The phrase “Dragon” led followers to imagine that it was a Spyro sport that Toys for Bob needed to cancel, prompting Kole to make clear that it wasn’t a Spyro sport and it wasn’t in growth at Toys for Bob both. He then dropped the bomb about Crash 5 unprompted.
It’s unclear how lengthy Crash 5 was in growth, the place it was being made, and why it was canceled.
There’s some hypothesis that Crash Bandicoot 4‘s gross sales could have contributed to Crash 5’s demise. Whereas it’s true that the sport didn’t fairly see the identical success because the N. Sane Trilogy did, design director Toby Schadt beforehand revealed that Crash Bandicoot 4 was “properly acquired” and offered over 5 million copies.