Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:52

Toys For Bob Suffers Layoffs After Call of Duty: Warzone Announcement

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As Call of Duty: Warzone welcomes 100 million players, Activision redirects what's left of Toys For Bob to development on the battle royale.

Toys For Bob has done great work with breathing new life into the Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot franchises in recent years, but the studio is experiencing hard times due to a major development shift.

Layoffs have hit the California-based development studio Toys For Bob, but that's just the beginning of its problems right now as many other developers are leaving the studio, and others still are being put to work on Call of Duty: Warzone by parent company Activision.

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While Toys For Bob is undergoing major restructuring right now due to the remaining developers being shifted to the Call of Duty: Warzone team, many of the developers are thankful that the studio isn't being shut down completely. Even developers that were laid off or exited the team willingly remain thankful that Toys For Bob remains intact despite these big changes.

Activision recently confirmed that Call of Duty: Warzone has a whopping 100 million players and the added development power may help the battle royale improve over time. Warzone recently entered its third season of Black Ops Cold War integration and Activision's Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Sledgehammer, Raven, Beenox, and High Moon have already been working on the game.

With so many developers working on Call of Duty: Warzone, it looks like Toys For Bob is joining the project with tons of backup. While Vicarious Visions has recently taken the mantle of remastering classic Activision Blizzard properties with Diablo 2: Resurrected, Toys For Bob may have been replaced as Activision's remaster studio.

Despite the fact that Toys For Bob developers have been moved to working on Call of Duty: Warzone, recent rumors suggest that the team has been working on a Crash Bandicoot PvP multiplayer game. Activision hasn't officially confirmed another Crash Bandicoot title, so this PvP multiplayer may end up being added to the Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time package. That's just speculation at this time, however.

Several Toys For Bob developers have taken to Twitter to announce their departure from the studio, confirming that many of them left on their terms despite others being laid off.

Call of Duty: Warzone fans may be enthusiastic about the quality developers at Toys For Bob being put to work on Warzone, but this development shift shows an overall shift in direction at Activision. With so many developers working on Call of Duty: Warzone, other titles under the Activision umbrella may suffer.

Fans of the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, and Toys For Bob's recently released Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time may be waiting a while for the next remaster or sequel from the developer considering this major shift at Activision.

Call of Duty: Warzone is available right now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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Source: Eurogamer

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