After a 'corporate mandate' demanded they help with Call of Duty, Toys for Bob studio head says it took 'many mini miracles' to buy their independence from Activision

It's been a bit of a journey for Toys for Bob, the studio behind the very good Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, that's now making its own original Spyro game as an independent studio, as announced at the Xbox Games Showcase. Despite Reignited's smashing success selling over 11 million copies, Toys for Bob was shifted to be a support studio for Call of Duty: Warzone back in 2021, also lending a hand to Overwatch 2.

Then, in 2024, Microsoft laid off a whopping 1900 people after acquiring Activision Blizzard, which caught 86 staff from the studio in the crossfire—the very next month, the studio announced it'd be Read Entire Article