The rumored partnership between Xbox and Toys for Bob is now official, and fans of Spyro are already latching onto the ti💞niest clues in hopes that a new entry in the 🍨beloved platformer series is on the way.

"We're excited to announce that we'll be partnering with Xbox to publish our next new game," Toys for Bob says in a . "We're still very early in development, so you might not hear from us for a bit - but know that we're working hard on an experience we're so sooo inspired about! Can't wait to s♏hare more." The image accompanying the announcement is purple. Purple like Spyro. Series fans have been quick to connect the dots. 

The idea that Spyro 4 is in development might not actually be that far-fetched. Rumors t꧂hat Toys for Bob was partnering with Microsoft first emerged in March, with reports that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty said the studio was building something similar to its prꦏevious work. Shortly after, YouTuber published a widely circulated video report suggesting that Spyro 4 is, in fact, in development.

Whether these reports, rumors, and speculation pan out remains to be seen, but it would be a long, strange trip for Toys for Bob to get here. Under Activision, the studio became known for the toys-to-life Spyro reim🅺agining, Skylanders, and eventually built a series of well-loved platformer revivals in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4. Then, like many Activision studios, it started to focus on supporting Call of Duty development.

The Spyro franchise came under the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft banner after the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Activision deal, but Toys for Bob announced it was going indieꦫ shortly after❀ward. Given the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:mass layoffs and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:studio closures Microsoft has taken part in through the first half of 2024, that move seems downright fortuitous now, though it's worth noting that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Toys for Bob didn't escape fully unscat🔥hed.

Either way, Toys for Bob is the rare modern studio with experience developing AAA platformers, and a partnership with Xbox could give the devs access to a whole lot of beloved IP. Besides Crash and Spyro, of course, Xbox also owns the Rare catalog, and Phil Spencer has been so bold as to invoke the name of Ban🍰jo-Kazooie in the past. If not Spyro, here's hoping that fans of at least oꩲne classic 3D platformer series can get something out of all this.

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