Two of the biggest mascots of the original PlayStation will soon be owned by Xbox!
✖ When Xbox's purchase of Activision Blizzard is finalized next year, the company will own two of the biggest icons of the original PlayStation era: Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon. While neither of these characters has ever been owned by Sony, the two were closely associated with the original PlayStation console, and were long considered the company's answer to Mario and Sonic.
The original Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon games were published by Sony Computer Entertainment, and were developed by two of the company's most well-known studios: Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games. However, the rights to both characters were owned by Universal Interactive. Following multiple successful entries on the original PlayStation, Universal decided to bring in different development studios, and offer multi-console releases for Crash and Spyro in the PlayStation 2 era.
Universal Interactive would eventually become known as Vivendi Games, falling under the ownership of Activision Blizzard in 2007. After falling to the wayside for a while, things started looking up for Crash and Spyro over the last few years. The Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games for the original PlayStation were remastered as Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Spyro Reignited Trilogy in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
News of Microsoft's purchase has already led to heavy speculation that Call of Duty could move away from its yearly release schedule, which could free up Toys for Bob to work on Crash and Spyro games once again. That would be welcome news for fans, and it's possible the Xbox deal could lead to a number of older Crash and Spyro games showing up on Game Pass, as well.
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