Activision studio Toys for Bob has actually revealed that it’s leaving the business daily grind and is dilating as an independent designer. This comes simply weeks after Activision Snowstorm’s moms and dad business Microsoft set up sweeping layoffs at Toys for Bob that affected 86 workers. That’s majority of the whole personnel.
The designer claimed the selection to go indie will certainly permit it to go back to “being a small and nimble studio”, harkening back to its very early days of the 1980s and 1990s when it made struck titles like Celebrity Control. Therefore, the business states it’s currently creating a brand-new video game, though there will not be any type of main news for a while.
In addition, there seems no difficult sensations for previous moms and dad business Activision and, uh, grandparent business Microsoft. Toys for Bob claimed that both entities have “been extremely supportive of our new direction and we’re confident that we will continue to work closely together as part of our future.”
Toys for Bob is largely recognized for the Skylanders franchise business, however was likewise behind the well-reviewed Accident Bandicoot 4: It has to do with Time and the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. It’s likewise been included with producing material for Phone Call of Responsibility: Warzone.