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Crash Bandicoot Heads in a New and Unexpected Direction with Crash Team Rumble, Available for Pre-Order Today
Crash Bandicoot mobile game is ‘On the Run’ to an early grave
Game developer King said today it’s shutting down Crash Bandicoot: On the Run. The Android and iOS title didn’t last long, as it had just launched in March 2021.
King announced on its Facebook page (via Eurogamer) that it would shut down the game’s servers on February 16th, 2023, after which you’ll no longer be able to play. All in-app purchases are already turned off, and players will have until the game’s last day to spend any purchased purple crystals.
The game was an auto-runner in the vein of Temple Run. Holding their phones in portrait orientation, players used touch controls to move the furry marsupial from lane to lane, dodging obstacles, breaking boxes and firing projectiles.
Putting these together makes me think a relaunch is going to happen pic.twitter.com/ZCGep4FCdL
— 🎁🎁Festive Charlie🎁🎁 (@AdventureCharl) December 16, 2022
King left plenty of room for confusion before today’s announcement. Some fans noticed last week that it had been delisted from Google Play and the App Store without explanation. Twitter user Festive Charlie reached out (via Crashy News) to King customer support asking about the removal, and a representative responded, “Rest assured though that the adventure is far from over. Our technical wizards in the Studio are already busy putting their finishing touches to more exciting features and islands which will be available very soon.” Although it isn’t shocking that a developer’s (possibly outsourced) customer-support team would be left in the dark about an unannounced cancellation, it’s harder to excuse suggesting to a fan the game is about to receive exciting new content when it was actually on its deathbed.
Crash Bandicoot fans still have adventures to look forward to on bigger screens. Next year, the multiplayer Crash Team Rumble will bring 4v4 arena matches to PS5/4, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.
Crash Bandicoot returns in new multiplayer action game, Crash Team Rumble
The multiplayer game is a 4v4 frenetic fight for fruit
A pizza box might be teasing a Crash Bandicoot Wumpa League announcement at The Game Awards
It looks like a new Crash Bandicoot game is set to be revealed at The Game Awards, as Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time gets a Steam release.
Earlier this week, a selection of press and influences received a Crash Bandicoot-themed pizza box that contained stuff like a t-shirt and charging cables, mostly innocuous merch for the most part, as detailed by YouTuber Canadian Guy Eh (thanks GamesRadar). On the box the Crash 4 Steam release was teased with the text “Aku Aku’s Steam-in Pizza Shack,” before just outright saying it’s coming to the store October 18. But a teaser on the side of the box is potentially hinting at the reveal of the long-rumoured Crash Bandicoot Wumpa League.
If you haven’t heard of Wumpa League before, there have been rumours surrounding the game for quite a while, with some concept art for the game having been shared earlier this year by DidYouKnowGaming’s Liam Robertson. The reason some suspect that Wumpa League will be revealed at The Game Awards is a line of text on the side of the box that reads, “Hungry for more? Try our new wumpa pizza for $12.08!”
Crash Bandicoot 4 PC port coming to Steam alongside new game tease
A Crash Bandicoot 4 PC port is dropping on Steam very soon, as one of the best platform games in the genre makes its way to yet another place to be played. That’s not all though, as the reveal of Crash Bandicoot’s Steam debut also appears to be accompanied by a tease of the bandicoot’s next big title, which will seemingly be revealed at The Game Awards.