The team is also behind games like Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, and more.

This is GREAT news. This means they can focus on making great original games and not be dragged into working on call of duty. Please just give me a new Spyro.

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    281·
    9 months ago

    This is fairly confusing. Toys for Bob were owned wholey by Activision, ergo they were then owned by Microsoft. Now they are … free? And exploring a relationship with Microsoft?

    It’s hard to understand how this happened unless Microsoft wanted to close the studio and offered them independence instead. But then why work on a new thing?

    • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
      121·
      9 months ago

      It’s hard to understand how this happened unless Microsoft wanted to close the studio and offered them independence instead.

      Could be. Microsoft closing a studio wholesale after acquiring Activision would invite anti-trust action from various governments.

    • simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      53·
      9 months ago

      I’m fairly sure Microsoft just saw that the studio had potential and didn’t want them to be tied to ActiBlizz.

        • Omega@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          They let Bungie go as well. Maybe it was just a downsizing decision. Their roles were redundant or they didn’t want to invest in whatever they were proposing. Idk.

    • WhirlybirdEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Same deal as Bungie. Microsoft owned them but agreed to let them buy their independence back, and then they still made a few games exclusively with Microsoft.

      These guys can now probably make a Spyro or Crash game whereas before they might have had to work on COD first.