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Toys for Bob used Microsoft's $69B Activision merger to escape Call of Duty development

Q: Toys for Bob used the Microsoft-Activision merger to stop doing Call of Duty support work.

Status: sourced. Sources under review.

Q: Studio head Paul Yan confirmed this in a GamesRadar+ interview.

Status: sourced. Sources under review.

Q: Toys for Bob created Skylanders and developed recent Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games.

Status: sourced. Sources under review.

Q: Activision acquired Toys for Bob in 2005.

Status: sourced. Sources under review.

Q: Whether other Activision subsidiaries (Beenox, High Moon) have similarly pivoted away from COD work under Microsoft.

Status: developing. Sources under review.

Q: The specific Spyro project Toys for Bob is now working on post-escape.

Status: sketchy. Sources under review.

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Ash Parrish's report on Toys for Bob using the Microsoft-Activision merger to escape Call of Duty support work and reclaim creative direction on projects like Spyro.
https://kotaku.com/spyros-big-comeback-wouldnt-be-possible-without-first-escaping-the-call-of-duty-mines-2000705537

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Toys for Bob used the Microsoft-Activision merger to stop doing Call of Duty support work.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Studio head Paul Yan confirmed this in a GamesRadar+ interview.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Toys for Bob created Skylanders and developed recent Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Activision acquired Toys for Bob in 2005.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Whether other Activision subsidiaries (Beenox, High Moon) have similarly pivoted away from COD work under Microsoft.developingStory receiptsSuggest fix

The specific Spyro project Toys for Bob is now working on post-escape.sketchyStory receiptsSuggest fix

Receipts-first viewRead full story →

Toys for Bob used Microsoft's $69B Activision merger to escape Call of Duty development

by The Desk

Single source

receiptsAll receipts

Kotaku
Ash Parrish's report on Toys for Bob using the Microsoft-Activision merger to escape Call of Duty support work and reclaim creative direction on projects like Spyro.
https://kotaku.com/spyros-big-comeback-wouldnt-be-possible-without-first-escaping-the-call-of-duty-mines-2000705537

04Claim-level check

Claims, status, and receipts

ClaimStatusReceiptsAction

Toys for Bob used the Microsoft-Activision merger to stop doing Call of Duty support work.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Studio head Paul Yan confirmed this in a GamesRadar+ interview.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Toys for Bob created Skylanders and developed recent Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Activision acquired Toys for Bob in 2005.sourcedStory receiptsSuggest fix

Whether other Activision subsidiaries (Beenox, High Moon) have similarly pivoted away from COD work under Microsoft.developingStory receiptsSuggest fix

The specific Spyro project Toys for Bob is now working on post-escape.sketchyStory receiptsSuggest fix