{"id":173659,"date":"2024-07-23T13:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=173659"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:25:59","slug":"crash-bandicoot-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/gaming\/crash-bandicoot-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash Bandicoot 5 Canceled: Former Developer Says Details Will “Break Hearts”"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Crash Bandicoot 5<\/i> has been canceled, leaving fans devastated. A former developer revealed that the game’s cancellation will “break hearts” for many.<\/p>\n <!-- <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n } else {\r\n jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n }\r\n });\r\n })\r\n <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n <span style=\"background-color:#39b54a;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#39b54a;background-color:rgba(57, 181, 74, 0.1);\">\r\n <li>The potential sequel to Crash Bandicoot 4 was canceled, breaking fans' hearts.<\/li>\r\n <li>Nicholas Kole, a designer on Crash 4, confirmed the game's cancellation.<\/li>\r\n <li>The cancellation shows how tough the game industry can be for popular series and their creators.<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \n<h2>The Development and Cancellation of Crash Bandicoot 5<\/h2>\n<p>Crash Bandicoot fans have had some tough news recently.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Kole, who helped design <i>Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time<\/i>, shared that <b>a version of <\/b><b><i>Crash Bandicoot 5<\/i><\/b><b> was being worked on but was canceled<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>He said this news would “break hearts” when more details come out. It’s unclear how far along the project was, but knowing it existed at all is sad for fans.<\/p>\n<h2>How Changes in the Gaming Industry Affected Crash and Spyro<\/h2>\n<p>When<a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/gaming\/skyrocketing-game-development-costs-cast-doubt-on-industrys-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Microsoft decided to buy Activision Blizzard<\/a>, many fans were excited. They hoped this would mean good things for <i>Crash Bandicoot<\/i> and Spyro the Dragon. But things didn’t turn out that way.<\/p>\n<p><b>Since the deal, there hasn’t been much news about Crash or Spyro<\/b>. Instead, Toys for Bob, the studio behind <i>Crash Bandicoot 4<\/i>, became an independent studio.<\/p>\n<p>This change worried fans about the future of these beloved games. Toys for Bob still has a deal with Microsoft for a new game, but the lack of updates on <i>Crash<\/i> and <i>Spyro<\/i> has been disappointing.<\/p>\n<h2>The “Crash 5 That Never Was” and Its Emotional Toll<\/h2>\n<p>Nicholas Kole also mentioned <i>“Project Dragon,”<\/i> a <b>game he worked on for three years that was ultimately canceled.<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WELL. Our cancelled project of the last 3 years is officially, truly dead as of today (internal attempts to save it failed), and the embargo on the whole body of portfolio work has been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>RIP Project Dragon. Brace yourselves for the largest ever art bomb of work I loved \ud83d\udc41\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Kole (@FromHappyRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FromHappyRock\/status\/1811954427525272049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This announcement sparked concerns among <i>Spyro<\/i> fans, who feared it might be related to a new <i>Spyro<\/i> game.<\/p>\n<p><b>Kole clarified that Project Dragon was not a <\/b><b><i>Spyro<\/i><\/b><b> game<\/b> but hinted that the canceled <i>Crash Bandicoot 5<\/i> would cause even greater heartbreak.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is not Spyro, but some day folks will hear about the Crash 5 that never was and it\u2019s gonna break hearts<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Kole (@FromHappyRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FromHappyRock\/status\/1812003288193335509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The specifics of <i>Crash 5’s<\/i> development remain under wraps, likely due to non-disclosure agreements.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is speculated that the project was linked to Toys for Bob before they transitioned to an indie studio.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it was a fully-fledged development project or a pitch that got rejected, the cancellation of <i>Crash 5<\/i> marks a significant loss for fans of the series.<\/p>\n<h2>The Future of the Crash Bandicoot Series<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the sad news, <i>Crash Bandicoot <\/i>fans have a glimmer of hope. <b>Canceling one version of <\/b><b><i>Crash 5<\/i><\/b><b> does not necessarily mean the end of the series.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/gaming\/skyrocketing-game-development-costs-cast-doubt-on-industrys-future\/\">skyrocketing game development<\/a> costs, industry mergers and studio changes often result in project cancellations \u2014 but they also open new opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, fans can look forward to whatever new projects Toys for Bob and other studios may develop, keeping the spirit of these classic platformers alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10028,"featured_media":173692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}