Activision has put Crash Bandicoot 4 developer Toys for Bob on Call of Duty: Warzone development duty.
A tweet from the official Toys for Bob Twitter account said the studio was “proud” to support development for Season 3 of Call of Duty Warzone, “and look forward to more to come.”
However, California-based Toys for Bob appears to have suffered staff exits as part of this shift. Character designer and illustrator Nicholas Kole, who worked at Toys for Bob up to January on Crash Bandicoot 4 and, before that, the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, tweeted: “it’s the end of an era, but I wish my former coworkers still with TFB all the best with what’s ahead!”
Then: “everyone I interfaced with and worked along was let go, I’m very glad it’s not a totally shuttering.”
Game designer Blake Maloof is another former Toys for Bob developer who tweeted to say they had left the studio. “I left on my own terms,” they said. “I had been needing a change anyways, so this just pushed my decision.”
Activision declined to comment when contacted by Eurogamer this morning.
The news comes hot on the heels of Activision’s announcement that Warzone has over 100 million players, and the Call of Duty series has sold over 400m copies. Clearly, Activision is doubling down on Call of Duty at the expense of some of its other franchises.