One of 2020’s biggest surprises wasCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, the canonical follow-up to Naughty Dog’sCrash Bandicoot: Warpedfor the PS1. The game is the first new title from Activision and Toys For Bob in theCrash Bandicootseries since 2010’sCrash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant, following the 2017 remake of the first three entires,Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. The game released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2020 to critical and commercial success. Now, Activision has announced that the game will be coming to the next-generation of consoles, Nintendo Switch, and PC this year.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Timereturned to theoriginal linear 3D platforming gameplayof the original PS1Crash Bandicoottitles, retconning the events of entries such asCrash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex,Crash: Twinsanity, andCrash of the Titans. Alongside Crash, playable characters included Crash’s sister Coco, villains Dr. Neo Cortex, Dingodile, and a reinvention of the classic character Tawna Bandicoot, which each featured their own unique skills. The game’s story followed Crash and Coco travelling between universes to defeat classic villains Dr. Neo Cortext and Dr. Nefarious Trophy.
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While the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game hold up excellently,Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Timewill be making the jump to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series Xon March 12th 2021, and will feature full 4K resolutions at 60 frames-per-second. The game will also be releasing on Nintendo Switch on the same day, joiningN. Sane TrilogyandSpyro Reignited Trilogyof the tradition of releasing late on the platform. Furthermore, the game will also arrive on PC via Battle.net in 2021. Pre-orders of the next-gen versions will be priced at $59.99, while the Nintendo Switch and PC releases will cost $39.99.
Owners of the PS4 and Xbox One versions ofCrash Bandicoot 4will be happy to learn that upgrades to the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game will be free of charge, which comes as a reliefafter games such as Sega’sJudgmenthave forgone such upgrade paths. The PlayStation 5 version ofCrash Bandicoot 4will also take advantage of the DualSense controller’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, with Activision claiming “Fans will now be able to feel the force of Neo Cortex’s DNA-changing blaster and experience the grip as they grapple with Tawna’s Hookshot.” The next-generation upgrades will also improve the game’s loading times and introduce 3D audio to the game.
This release ofCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Timeis intended to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the franchise, which Activision has promised “tons of furtastic festivities” throughout 2021 to celebrate. The art book released to coincide with the game has also teased that developer Toys For Bobmay be currently developing a newSpyro the Dragongame.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Timeis available now on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game will release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on March 12th 2021, and on PC some time later in 2021.
