On the corporate’s web site, Toys for Bob, the developer behind Skylanders and Crash Bandicoot 4, has introduced that it’s diverging from Activision Blizzard to turn out to be unbiased.

The submit doesn’t actually give way more in the way in which of particulars. It states that the corporate will return to being a “small and nimble studio.” Additionally they state that, whereas they’re separating, they’re trying right into a “potential partnership” with Microsoft. Explaining, “Our mates at Activision and Microsoft have been extraordinarily supportive of our new route, and we’re assured that we are going to proceed to work carefully collectively as a part of our future.”

That’s considerably shocking, contemplating Toys for Bob was reportedly amongst these hit by the huge wave of Microsoft layoffs within the wake of the Activision Blizzard acquisition. Don’t burn any bridges, I suppose.

Toys for Bob says it’s within the early days of creating its subsequent recreation and is trying ahead to offering extra updates.

This information comes shortly after the information that Saber Interactive and Gearbox are being offered off by Embracer Group. All through the coronavirus pandemic and even following that, we are saying a interval of speedy acquisitions from corporations like Sony, Microsoft, and Embracer. Within the fallout of that, there have been a dizzying quantity of layoffs and studio closures, so seeing a developer spin-off on their very own is sort of refreshing.