It looks like Crash Bandicoot will be returning in animated form with a recent series on Netflix.
What you’ll find on Netflix announced that the animation studio behind Sonic Prime, WildBrain Studios, is creating a Crash Bandicoot adaptation for the streamer. WildBrain Studios has worked on numerous animations for Netflix, including Carmen Sandiego, Malory Towers, and the aforementioned Sonic Prime. As What’s on Netflix points out, for the first time Crash Bandicoot will front its own series. There is no release window or plot details for the Crash Bandicoot animated series yet.
As for the Crash Bandicoot video game series, it has been peaceful for several years. After the release of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy in 2018, Activision released Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled in 2019, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time in 2020, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! in 2021, and most recently Crash Team Rumble in 2023. Support for the latter ended less than a year after launch.
Is a recent Crash Bandicoot video game in the works? Last year, it was reported that Microsoft, which brought Crash Bandicoot under its umbrella after spending $69 billion on Activision Blizzard, had reached an agreement with former Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob for the studio’s next game.
In February 2024, Toys for Bob announced plans to spin off from Microsoft-owned Activision and become an independent developer. Toys for Bob is the creator of Skylanders, Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot, but in recent years it has become a support studio for Call of Duty.
At the time, Toys for Bob stated that it was exploring “a possible partnership between our new studio and Microsoft,” adding that both Microsoft and Activision were “extremely supportive” of the company’s recent direction. While Toys for Bob’s first project as an independent studio is apparently “in its early days,” fans are speculating that it could be a reboot of Crash, Spyro, or another IP Toys for Bob has become known and loved for.
As for Netflix, continuing to invest in video game adaptations isn’t surprising given the success it’s already had. Featuring animations for everything from Splinter Cell to Tomb Raider, Castlevania and Cyberpunk. And of course, it enjoyed critical acclaim thanks to the animated adaptation of League of Legends, Arcane. He is currently working on an adaptation of board games, and the series Catan, Clue! are in preparation. and Monopoly.
Wesley is the news director at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. Wesley can be reached at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wy100@proton.me.
