"Toys for Bob Announces Independence and Potential Xbox Partnership"

TL;DR
Toys For Bob, the developer behind Crash Bandicoot 4, has split from Activision and is now an independent game development studio. While the studio is going independent, it is exploring a potential partnership with Xbox Game Studios. The move comes after Toys For Bob was impacted by Microsoft's mass layoffs, and the studio is now winding down support for the multiplayer live service game, Crash Team Rumble.
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