Activision обрубила все связи с Crash Bandicoot

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Недавно появились слухи о том, что Sony выкупила права на интеллектуальную собственность Сrash Bandicoot у издательства Activision, после чего Naughty Dog и SCE Santa Monica Studio принялись за перепуск серии.

Теперь в Сети появились косвенные доказательства этого - официальный сайт Crash Bandicoot, который поддерживался компанией Activison, больше не функцинирует. Кроме того, все упоминания серии были удалены с Activision.com.

Наконец, на странице техподдержки, где раньше были упоминания Crash: Mind Over Mutant и игры для iOS, теперь также нет ни следа Crash Bandicoot.

Изменено 22 ноября, 2013 пользователем Azphantom (смотреть историю редактирования)

[Azphantom]

В топку Кнака , папа вернулся

[Morfolk]

The whole timeline of events is as follows:

• First, it started with Crash Bandicoot being created by Naughty Dog in the 90s. It becomes one of the biggest game franchises in PlayStation history.
• The series is later owned by a variety of different publishers and developers, releasing games with generally mediocre reviews on multiple platforms, including mobile devices. The series sits dormant for several years, owned by Activision.
• The last console-based Crash Bandicoot title was Crash: Mind Over Mutant, released by Radical Games and distributed by Activision in 2008 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and Wii. Another game was released later, albeit for mobile platforms, in the form of Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2, released for iOS in May 2010, developed by Polar Bit and published by Activision.
• After acquisition by Activision, several Crash Bandicoot titles were cancelled in 2010, including
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  by High Impact Games,
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  by Radical Games, and
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  by Renegade Kid for Nintendo DS — none of them were released, all of them had Activision as their publisher.
• Stephen Totilo of Kotaku
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  with Activision president Eric Hirshberg in the fall of 2011, writing that Crash has "fallen off the map, and he's probably not going to come back as a Skylander [as Spyro did]." Hirshberg was quoted as saying, "I love Crash Bandicoot... and I would love to find a way to bring him back, if we could."
• A year later in the fall of 2012, fans questioned why the Crash Bandicoot character did not appear in the PS3 title PlayStation All-Stars. Activision's support team
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  that they were hopeful to see the character make an appearance. An exchange with Sony Santa Monica the month prior
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  the character's appearance was not possible. Crash never made an appearance in the game.
• The spring of 2013 sees the announcement of the PlayStation 4, and it is revealed that heading development of the PS4 is Mark Cerny, former producer and developer on the original Crash Bandicoot series, Spyro series, and Jak & Daxter. He promises that "the PlayStation 4 will
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  ," and create "a
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  of gaming."
• Andy Gavin, co-creator of Crash Bandicoot, is quoted
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  from May 2013 as saying that, "Crash needs a total reboot. There’s an opportunity to reset the history, and go back to his creation story and the original conflict with Cortex. In that context, you could reprise classic Crash 1 and 2’s settings and villains. It would make sense to use a more modern, free-roaming style. I would concentrate on Looney Tunes-esque animation and really addictive action. That’s what we did with the original Crash, and there’s no reason it couldn’t be done today. Given [Activision's] Crash games, people forget that he was once cool. [Naughty Dog's] Crash had a certain whimsical edge to him. Sure, it was goofy – but it wasn’t dumb."
• During a conference call in August 2013, in regards to a question asked about Crash Bandicoot's cancellation, an Activision representative
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  that the franchise was no longer owned by Activision and was, in fact, returned to Sony. A tweet from Activision's support team, however, said otherwise.
• A silhouette of Crash Bandicoot
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  in the launch day trailer for the PS4 released in November 2013. The
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  depicts Crash, with an arrow, pointing to a gold diamond, similar to the logo for Sony Computer Entertainment (i.e. Crash returning to Sony).
• Also in November 2013, Kevin Pereira of DeathSquad podcast
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  saying Sony is about to bring back one of their biggest exclusives. (Sony did bring back Uncharted at the launch event; could Crash have been put on the backburner for the VGAs at the last minute?)
• Rumors of Crash Bandicoot on PS4 continue into late 2013, as a source with Naughty Dog ties
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  the game "is definitely in production" and if Sony has re-acquired the rights to the franchise, it would be "one of the biggest, and well kept, secrets in the industry."
• In November 2013, new Crash Bandicoot game
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  , known for listing games considerably early before their official announcement. The game appears to be a reboot of the series, and is listed as published by Sony and is exclusive to the PlayStation 4. The link is taken down shortly after publication. The incident, however, is suspected to be a hoax.
• And now, today: the
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  is taken down, and all references to Crash Bandicoot are removed from
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  . An archived version of Activision's original site can be
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Изменено 22 ноября, 2013 пользователем Morfolk (смотреть историю редактирования)

[Azphantom]

Кадр из launch-трейлера PlayStation 4.

[Gunmad]

Это конечно все замечательно, но что вы в этом Краше все нашли, понять не могу. В свое время никак не мог в него вникнуть.

[Петрович]

by Activ

вот это поворот

[Elendile]

Отличные новости, одна из визитных карточек консоли№

[AXLSTI]

Вот бы CTR выпустили новый, фанател дико в своё время.

Все части Креша прошел на пс1

[maaxumka]

Прикольная

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тема

[Morfolk]

Кадр из launch-трейлера PlayStation 4.

Там основной прикол что его из мусорки достают =)