Kotaku: Crash Bandicoot

A Co-Creator of Jak & Daxter Gets Literary with Fantasy Novel The Darkening Dream

Evan Narcisse — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:00:00 EST

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What do you do after founding and retiring from one of video games' most successful development houses? If you're Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin, you write books. More »

Waiting for a Crash Bandicoot Comeback

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:20:00 EST

Spyro the Dragon made a comeback this year, co-starring in Activision's ambitious Skylanders series, but what about Spyro's PlayStation contemporary, that loud-mouthed anti-Mario called Crash Bandicoot? More »

Go-Karts? In Uncharted? It's More Likely Than You Think

Owen Good — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:30:00 EDT

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What's next for Naughty Dog, makers of Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter and Uncharted? Tim Moss, the director of technology at Sony's Santa Monica studio thinks he knows. [h/t 8bitjay] More »

This Is What Crash Bandicoot Looks Like Running On The Crysis Engine

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:00:00 EDT

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This is Crash Bandicoot Return, the closest we'll get to the classic PlayStation platformer looking as good as a Crysis game. This Crash Bandicoot game is actually running on the Crysis engine, because it's a fan-made mod that pays homage to Naughty Dog's 15-year-old series. More »

Crashing The Silent Protagonist Party

Mike Fahey — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:00:00 EST

When a party's guest list includes Gordon Freeman, The Legend of Zelda's Link, and Crono from Chrono Trigger, the chances of striking up a good conversation are pretty slim, even for gaming's most appropriate party crasher. More »

Poor Crash Bandicoot

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EST

As seen on The Onion, which took a break from posting fake news for this one. [Thanks, Walking Eye] More »

"Ghostbusters Is Not Cancelled And Will Not Be"

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Earlier, we brought word that Activision was taking inventory of Sierra's catalogue and picking and choosing games it wanted to publish. Some games, like Crash Bandicoot, made the cut. Other games like Ghostbusters: The Video Game did not. Does that mean the game's been canned? Well, no. It means that the game doesn't have a publisher. The dev team is still there! Dan Aykroyd is still there! Ernie Hudson, he's still there!! Activision isn't the only show in town, and as a Vivendi spokesperson told game site Destructoid: "It is not cancelled and will not be cancelled." More »

Early Impressions: Crash - Mind Over Mutant On Wii

Leigh Alexander — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:30:00 EDT

While I was at Sierra's preview event today, I got to see the latest Bandicoot title, Crash: Mind Over Mutant for Wii - it's also hitting Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, DS and PSP in the fall. More »

Crash Bandicoot Now Working at Universal Studios

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:00:43 EDT

When you think of characters at Universal Studios, you think of characters connected to, well, Universal Studios. Characters like Woody Woodpecker or Beetlejuice. In recent years, Universal Studios Hollywood has licensed non-Universal character — for example, Sponge Bob, Marvel Comics superheroes and The Simpsons. Osaka's Universal Studios Japan has licensed Hello Kitty and Crash Bandicoot. He's even on the vending machines (pic after the jump). Not sure what a video game character has to do with USJ, but whatever! Someone, explain. Please. More »

Crash Crashes N-Gage

Mike Fahey — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:00:10 EDT

If you had any doubts that the new Nokia N-Gage mobile gaming platform initiative would be anything short of a total success...hold on to them for awhile longer. Nokia has announced that Vivendi Mobile will be bringing none other than the world's most famous Bandicoot to the mobile platform this fall. No one could be more excited to see Crash than Gregg Sauter, Nokia's director of third party publishing. Seriously, no one.

"Vivendi Games Mobile is one of the most respected publishers in mobile gaming," said Gregg Sauter, Nokia's director of third party publishing. "Crash Bandicoot is a gaming icon as well as a global powerhouse, having sold more than 33 million units worldwide. With its fun appeal to people of all ages and incredible graphics, the Crash Bandicoot franchise is the perfect fit for N-Gage."

I'd have to agree on the perfect fit part, but not for the same reasons I am sure. Is there some sort of hard date when Crash Bandicoot stops being a selling point I don't know about? More »

Crash of the Titans: The Hummer

fdemarco — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:00:00 EDT

Kotakuite Simon sent in this photo of this Crash Bandicoot themed Hummer he spied at the Annual Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, U.K. I could try to write something clever about it but it wouldn't come close to Simon's descriptions of the actual event so I'll let him do the talking on this one. More »

Crash Bandicoot Fights Leukemia

Mike Fahey — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:20:22 EDT

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's School and Youth Programs stands on the brink of a golden age, as a new champion has been named teach kids about community service and help children leukemia and other cancers of the blood. A champion known and loved by millions across the globe...eight years ago. Vivendi Games and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society proudly present you with this proud champion - Crash Bandicoot. More »

The Metallica Game That Would Not Be

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:20:42 EDT

Simon Carless severely underestimates the public's interest in the Metallica game that almost was as he recounts Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin's tale of the thrash metal band's flirtation with licensed video games. In this GameSetWatch exclusive, we learn that Rubin and company were at one point in discussions with the band to release a Metallica platformer-adventure built on the Crash Bandicoot engine. More »

Sierra Causes Crash of the Titans

Mike Fahey — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:20:13 EDT

You gotta hand it to Crash Bandicoot. No matter how many lackluster titles he appears in, he keeps coming back for more, ages after his star has faded. Revealed in a Spanish magazine last month, Crash of the Titans is now officially heading our way later this year to everything but the PS3, including mobile phones and the GBA. More »

New Crash Bandicoot Hitting DS, Wii, GBA

Brian Crecente — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:00:36 EDT

Go Nintendo got their hands on this scan from an unnamed gaming magazine written in Spanish. It shows what appears to be a new Crash Bandicoot, perhaps Crash of the Titans, which will be heading to the Wii, DS and GBA this October. GBA? I thought that was dead. Brian Crecente More »

Japan Got Some New PSone Games For PSP, World Shrugs

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:40:54 EST

Those very lucky Japanese PLAYSTATION 3 owners armed with internet connections can now download a half-dozen new PlayStation games to play on their PSP. They can also remember how crappy Rally Cross looks, like we've been doing for weeks now. More »

PSone Titles For PSP Hit PlayStation Store

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:20:58 EST

The first North American PSone titles have hit the PlayStation Store, which you can now play on your PSP. As you can see in the above pic, Tekken 2, Crash Bandicoot, Coolboarders, Hot Shots Golf 2 and Syphon Filter are the first available titles. More »

Crash Bandicoot Wii Title Under Development

Brian Crecente — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:03:11 EDT

I'm not sure whether to classify this as good news or bad news: Crash Bandicoot is coming to the Wii and DS. More »