Earlier
this
year
developer
Toys
for
Bob
made
a
surprising
move
by
leaving
Activision-Blizzard
and
parent
company
Microsoft
to
become
independent.
As
part
of
their
exit,
the
company
also

announced
that
they
were
exploring
a
partnership
between
themselves
and
Microsoft.

Now,
it
seems
like
the
team
might
be
hinting
at
their
next
project.

Their
website
has
been
updated
to
display
nothing
but
a
black
background
and
their
logo,
except
the
logo
is
now
purple.

Some
outlets
have
reported
this
as
being
a
reference
to
Crash
Bandicoot
because
of
the
tiki
mask
design.
However,
Toys
for
Bob
have
been
using
the
tiki
mask
as
their
logo
since
going
independent.
You
can
see
this
for
yourself
by
using
the

Way
Back
Machine.

Therefore,
it
would
seem
that
the
colour
change
is
the
important
factor
here,
as
is
changing
the
website
to
display
nothing
but
the
logo.
All
of
the
website’s
sub-domains
have
also
been
taken
down,
just
leaving
the
main
address.

Purple,
of
course,
is
colour
associated
with
Spyro
the
Dragon.
Toys
for
Bob
previously
developed
the
excellent

Spyro
the
Dragon
Reignited
Trilogy,
and
Microsoft
now
owns
the
Spyro
IP.
Many
people
have
speculated
that
Toys
for
Bob’s
“partnership”
with
Microsoft
might
be
a
deal
to
exploit
Activision
Blizzard’s
back
catalogue
of
IP,
since
Toys
for
Bob
also
worked
on
Crash
Bandicoot.

This
also
lines
up
with
a
report
I
published
earlier
this
year
in
which
a
well-known
Youtuber
claimed
that
a

new
Spyro
game
is
in
development
at
Toys
for
Bob
after
talking
to
multiple
sources

However,
it
should
be
noted
that
when
they
announced
their
newfound
independence,
Toys
for
Bob
also
said
that
that
“…we’re
in
the
early
days
of
developing
our
next
new
game
and
a
ways
away
from
making
any
announcements”

That
statement
was
made
in
late
February.
A
few
months
is
a
long
time
in
the
world
of
business,
but
would
they
really
be
ready
to
announce
their
new
game
if
they
only
just
said
it
was
in
the
early
days
of
developement?

Still,
it’s
hard
to
view
this
weird
logo
change
as
anything
but
a
tease
for

something,
and
Xbox’s
summer
showcase
in
June
sure
would
be
the
perfect
time
to
announce
the
return
of
the
little
purple
dragon.
Toys
for
Bob’s
independence
and
Microsoft’s
growing
willingness
to
publish
its
games
and
IP
on
other
platforms
could
also
mean
any
new
Spyro
game
could
pop
up
on
PlayStation
and
Switch,
alongside
Xbox.