It's looking incredibly likely that Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time will be announced during Monday's Summer Game Fest Developer Showcase, but this latest leak might have already blown that spot. After the game's boxart made its way onto the internet yesterday, low-res screenshots from the reveal trailer are now on the web. The images confirm a PlayStation 4 release date of 9th October 2020 as well as new masks and pre-order bonuses. This is very much legit.
The screenshots confirm that you will get to play as Cortex alongside Crash Bandicoot and Coco themselves. We've also got the classic protagonist equipped with the new mask which was teased in a PlayStation ad a while back and two Totally Tubular Skins for Crash and Coco if you pre-order digitally. We've hosted all the images below, so make sure to let us know what you make of them in the comments once you've gleaned through them all.
[source boards.4channel.org, via resetera.com]
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Not really feeling that Crash design tbh. I’m surprised Vicarious Vision aren’t developing it give the success of N’Sane trilogy.
Do like a good platform game and Crash.
Need to see this being played in video before committing and Know more about it.
Yea I’m not a fan of the Crash or Cortex designs. Should have stick with the ones used in the Trilogy.
I’ll need to see the gameplay in motion I think.
Looking at the list of games toys for bob have made , does not leave me much confidence for this game.
Hmm, not feeling as confident as I should be here..
Well that's took the wind out of my sails already.
Like the others above I'm really confused on why the characters needed redesigns (Especially Cortex).
Plus the pre-order to get skins? Oh don't go down that slippery slope with DLC activision. You already burnt me out on Nitro fueled with the incessent MTX's and the rotating shop.
I think they look good, but admittedly I am no Crash super fan or anything. I'm kind of excited about this! Looking forward to the trailer and then reviews in the Fall - not particularly impressed by Toys for Bob's backlog, and ALWAYS wary of supporting Activision.
Beenox did CTR. Vicarious Visions did the trilogy, then moved on to Tony Hawk. Toys for Bob did the Spyro trilogy and now did the new Crash 4. Who the heck is doing the new Spyro? There's a new Spyro right?
I think the pics are too low qual to judge and maybe its not the final design either.
Its sad its not going to be a ps5 release title.
@Cycologist afaik VV did spyro
Although to be honest, i dont understand the difference between the two. Both wikipedia pages say they both worked on nsane trilogy
@ArcadeHeroes They did a great job with Spyro Reignited and helped with Crash N Sane Trilogy; they're pretty perfect for this imo.
Cortex looks a bit strange but we need to see this in motion.
On another note, those Totally Tubular outfits are neat. I’d definitely use both of them. Kinda sucks that we’re still doing pre-order skins though.
At this rate Toys for Bob may as well announce it on October 10th.
I'm getting a Tak and the Power of Juju vibe. A good platformer on PS2 that was overshadowed by the big 3, but it's not 2005 anymore.
In their favor it's a PS4 game w/ a 100m install base, people may pick it up while they wait for Sackboy and Ratchet on PS5.
These pics are very low quality yes but from what I see I think it looks like the game will be great.Don't really see much of a change in design to be honest and I for one shall be picking this up day one!
I like the redesigns.Crash looks like he has big bat ears but they may look much much better in motion.
The art style looks fine to me.
Those preorder bonuses are cringe. Style is fine but prefer the designs in the trilogy. Looking forward to the official announcement
Toys for Bob have a decent track record with the exception of the 00s. Their Skylanders series especially was well-written, had great gameplay and had some stunning visuals (say what you want about the figurine business model, tho..)
Their creative scope with the Reignited Trilogy was imaginative, and I sort of expected them to be working on the next Spyro rather than Crash. That's where I'm a little lost with this reveal.
@Fight_Teza_Fight It's still likely in good hands considering Toys for Bob were the guys who did the Spyro Reignited Trilogy and also developed the ports of N.Sane Trilogy for Xbox One, Switch and PC
That is sooner than I thought. Did not care for the old ports. But a new game in the series is great news.
I already see the skin monetization shaping up! Wonder if they will do the same as the kart racer and release without monetizaron, and a Mario Odyssey style skin collecting system.
Then, a bit later, after reviews drop and copies are sold, add IAP and tons more skins, and sell some new currency that is impossible to grind up to get these new skins...
Not that I would mind that much, crash wearing a shirt feels... wrong.
Crash and Coco look fine, but WTF is that Cortex?
Cortex is looking a bit weird with that nose 👃... I hope they vie to keep the characters looking more cartoony than going some messed up sonic man-hedgehog style route
I'm not liking the new designs for the characters, but hopefully we see some good gameplay vids tomorrow.
As nice as it is to have a proper sequel to Warped, it wont have the same feel or vibe to what made the original Naughty Dog trilogy so special. I want to be excited, but this is sadly 20 years too late in my opinion.
No one cares about the crash! I am more excited for Astrobot than this, seriously.
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