The latest announcement from Geoff Keighley ’s Summer Game Fest may have leaked beforehand , butCrash Bandicoot 4 : It ’s About Timeis still one of the most exciting games of the fall time of year and has been officially announced . WhenCrash Bandicootreturned with 2017’sN. Sane Trilogy , fans around the earth celebrated the exulting riposte of the erstwhile PlayStation mascot . After the release ofCrash Bandicoot 3 : Warpedin 1998 , the character was never capable to return to the glory solar day of the original Naughty Dog trilogy . TheN. Sane Trilogy , and 2019’sCrash Team Racing : Nitro - Fueled , served as a admonisher of the character ’s grandness in the wake of so much PS2 - era mediocrity .

After the decisive and fiscal success of the two remastered games , as well as the adjacentSpyro Reignited Trilogy , a brand new form of address in theCrash Bandicootfranchise seemed inevitable . In late sidereal day , Crash 4was teasedand then unceremoniously leak , but the concluding official reveal came out at Geoff Keighley ’s Summer Game Fest .

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The reveal feature an appearance from the pop " live - action Crash " reference , who " crashed " hostGeoff Keighley ’s livestreamwith the first reveal poke forCrash Bandicoot 4 : About Time . Keighley was then link up by developer Toys for Bob ’s Paul Yan , who expounded upon the new features of thelong - awaited continuation , from the comprehension of a playable Dr. Neo Cortex and Coco Bandicoot , to the various abilities granted by the new Quantum Masks .

As in theCrash N. Sane Trilogy , Coco Bandicoot inCrash 4plays on the nose the same as her openhanded brother , and the two character can be trade out at any clock time . Meanwhile , Yan teased that Doctor Cortex might not be the only other playable quality . One of the Quantum Masks set aside Crash to temporarily slow time to a creeping , enable Modern platforming possibilities with falling blocks and the like . Meanwhile , another mask let Crash or Coco pin to the roof as well as the trading floor , echoing the unique gameplay sensibility of theindie platformer , VVVVVV . to boot , there are two more Quantum Masks that have yet to be let out .

ram Bandicoot 4 : It ’s About Timeis set straight off after the ending ofCrash Bandicoot 3 : Warped , which encounter Dr. Cortex , N. Tropy , and Uka - Uka defeated and ostracise to a distant , unknown fate . As the title of respect suggests , Crash Bandicoot 4completely disregards any of the games that came out after the original trilogy . The close moments of the trailer poke fun at the chilly reception of the post - gamey Dog game when a character reference take Crash and Coco how many times they defeated Cortex in the yesteryear . They respond , " Three , " to which the mask muses , " Really , only three ? mirthful … Seemed like more . " Nevertheless , with the story ofCrash Bandicoot 4involvingtime locomotion and multiverse havoc , it would n’t be the least bit surprising to see some nod to the " dark years " of the serial . Fans wo n’t have to hold back too foresightful to chance out , sinceCrash Bandicoot 4 : It ’s About Timeis schedule for release on October 2 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One .

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