Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is an upcoming platform game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision. It is the eighth main installment in the Crash Bandicoot series and the fourth chronologically, acting as a follow-up to the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and taking place directly after the events of Crash Bandicoot: Warped.[3][4][5] It is due to be released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 2, 2020.[6][7]

This article is about the upcoming 2020 video game. For the fourth main title in the Crash Bandicoot series, see Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Cover art, featuring Coco (left) and Crash (center)
Developer(s)Toys for Bob[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Activision
Writer(s)Mandy Benanav
Composer(s)Walter Mair
SeriesCrash Bandicoot
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
ReleaseOctober 2, 2020
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer[2]

Gameplay

Players take control of the characters of Crash and Coco Bandicoot in order to traverse levels and reach the goal of the stage.[8] Traditional elements of the series return, including various traps and obstacles to overcome, enemies that can be defeated in certain manners (such as jumping on them), and boxes that can be smashed open for items, some of which act as checkpoints that players restart at when their character dies. Unlike previous entries, players can switch between Crash and Coco at anytime during a level, with both having the same moveset as each other, and can make use of four different special masks to overcome more complex problems—an example is a mask that allows players to slow down time. At times, players can control Doctor Neo Cortex, the game's antagonist, in order to traverse levels, making use of gadgets to overcome traps and obstacles.[8]

Activision and Toys for Bob also announced that players will be able to play as other "fan-favorite" characters.[9] On August 6, 2020, Dingodile was announced as a playable character.[10]

Plot

Doctor Neo Cortex, Doctor Nefarious Tropy and Uka Uka escape from their space-time prison[lower-alpha 2] and create a rip in the fabric of time; in doing so, they expose a multiverse. Crash and Coco must unite and work with the four Quantum Masks to avert the crisis and restore order to the multiverse.[4][5]

Development

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time was written by Mandy Benanav and features a score composed by Walter Mair.[11][12] The game was teased on June 18, 2020, when several reporters were sent a jigsaw puzzle that revealed a new, mysterious mask character. The following day, a Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee filed a rating for the game, revealing the title, box art, a short plot synopsis and the game's developer, Toys for Bob.[13] Powered by Unreal Engine 4, it was announced during the Summer Game Fest on June 22.[14][15]

References
Notes
  1. Additional work by Beenox.[1]
  2. As depicted in Crash Bandicoot: Warped.
References
  1. Beenox [@BeenoxTeam] (22 June 2020). "Congratulations to @ToysForBob for announcing Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, happy to be part of the supporting team!" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 June 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. "Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It's About Time". PlayStation Store. Sony. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. Dornbush, Jonathon (22 June 2020). "Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time First Gameplay, Details Revealed". IGN. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. Grixti, Shannon (22 June 2020). "We Spoke To The Crash 4 Developers About Crash's New Look". Press Start. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. Holt, Kris (22 June 2020). "Crash Bandicoot 4 pretends the PS2-era games never happened". Engadget. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time Announcement Trailer, retrieved 25 June 2020
  7. Takahashi, Dean (22 June 2020). "Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is coming October 2". VentureBeat. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. Wesley Yin-Poole (22 June 2020). "Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time officially announced with debut trailer". www.eurogamer.net.
  9. https://support.activision.com/crash-bandicoot-4/articles/crash-bandicoot-4-it-s-about-time-faq
  10. Holmes, Mike (6 August 2020). "Dingodile will be playable in Crash Bandicoot 4". Gamereactor. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. Benanav, Mandy [@mandybtweeting] (22 June 2020). "So uh, you might have figured this out by now but... I'm writing the new Crash Bandicoot. I loved these games as a kid so I guess all I can say is: whoa! 🙀🙀🙀" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 June 2020 – via Twitter.
  12. Furu, Eirik Hyldbakk (24 July 2020). "The Good and Bad After Playing Crash Bandicoot 4". Gamereactor.
  13. "Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time rated for PS4, Xbox One in Taiwan". Gematsu. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  14. "Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 373: Crash and the Boys". 31 July 2020.
  15. Fingas, Jon. "Crash Bandicoot 4 will be revealed tomorrow at 11AM ET". Engadget. Retrieved 22 June 2020.


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