“ Skylanders is now from a long ago era at what is now a very different company.”Ĭole said that folding the studio into Call of Duty development could have been a way for Activision to keep the employees without closing Toys for Bob outright.

“In that environment Toys for Bob had become a weird fit,” Cole told GameDaily. For David Cole, games industry analyst at DFC Intelligence, it’s part of a larger trend of AAA studios following the money and focusing on a handful of massive franchises. The general reaction to the news has been negative, and the social media consensus seems to be that Activision continues to feed the Call of Duty machine at the expense of individual studio creativity. The studio is excited to continue supporting Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, and more recently provide additional development support to Call of Duty: Warzone.” The development team is operating fully and has a number of full-time job openings at this time. There has not been a reduction in personnel recently at the studio. “Reports of layoffs at Toys For Bob are incorrect. GameDaily reached out to Activision and received the following statement from a company spokesperson: There has not been any official confirmation of this, though. Nicholas Kole, a freelance character designer who worked on the Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4 tweeted that everyone he interfaced with and worked along was let go.” In addition to Crash Bandicoot, Toys for Bob–an Activision Blizzard-owned studio–is known for the Skylanders franchise.Īdditionally, rumors have circulated on Twitter that Toys for Bob has seen layoffs as part of the team’s shift to Warzone.

This week, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time developer Toys for Bob announced that it has been tapped for Call of Duty: Warzone.

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