Toys for Bob is now support dev for S3 of Call of Duty Warzone (UP: former designer confirms that TFB is only working on COD atm)

[Deleted member 51691]

UP: former Toys for Bob artist Nicholas Kole confirms layoffs and that Toys for Bob is working only on COD now

> I'm honestly just happy that the team is still getting work at all. Life's kinda rough right now and I'd rather they have something to work on something rather than being let go because of some ridiculous reason.

> Same! Altho everyone I interfaced with and worked along was let go, I'm very glad it's not a totally shuttering

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https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/1387930130383708162

> It's the end of an era, but I wish my former coworkers still with TFB all the best with what's ahead!

> wait, what?? toys for bob is only doing call of duty now????

> yep

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https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/13879675015149404

 

[MWorldII]

Spyro 4 dream is dead?

 

[GringoSuave89]

Oof turned into a support studio. Hope they don't get Neversoft'd

 

[SirKai]

Eventually, everything becomes Call of Duty or Blizzard.

 

[driqe]

they never made any good games anyway

 

[ashtaar]

Oof turned into a support studio. Hope they don't get Neversoft'd

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Didn't they just make crash? They may just be working on this while the next spyro spins up

 

[OneThirtyEight]

Only Beenox stands then as Spyro/Crash developer?
WTF Activision...

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Sigh
Yet another support story :(

 

[futurevoid]

Ugh....Spyro 4 is far more enticing and they're too good to be stuck on CoD.:(

 

[TioChuck]

RIP

 

[Deleted member 1839]

So Raven and Toys for Bob in charge of Warzone going forward?

 

[IonMagus]

Did they lay off some staff too?

 

[Sou Da]

So that hero shooter they were doing is dead eh

 

[Deleted member 15395]

Sad :(

 

[Teamocil]

they never made any good games anyway

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you really gonna say that when Crash 4 exists

 

[Jaded Alyx]

🤔

 

[Scottoest]

They've got TOYS FOR BOB working on Call of Duty now too? LOL.

This is borderline parody.

 

[Dark Ninja]

Only Beenox stands then as Spyro/Crash developer?
WTF Activision...

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Nah Beenox is also support for COD. They can still be working on other stuff aswell.

 

[ignata]

they never made any good games anyway

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Let's travel back to 1992 and take a look at Star Control 2...

 

[9-Volt]

Eventually, everything becomes Call of Duty or Blizzard.

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I feel the Overwatch team cancelling all their projects and becoming a CoD support studio is in the realm of possibilities.

 

[MillionIII]

I'm sure they are thrilled

 

[Sou Da]

They've got TOYS FOR BOB working on Call of Duty now too? LOL.

This is borderline parody.

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Bob got really into guns

 

[maximumzero]

Hey yo, fuck ActiBlizzard.

Just when I get close to buying one of their games I get reminded that hey maybe that's not a great idea.

 

[Golbez]

Oh good, yet another support studio for Call of Duty. *sigh*

 

[Servbot24]

This dosn't necessarily mean that's the only thing they're working on

Maybe it does, but none of us know

 

[vixolus]

How many studios does Activision need to work on call of duty????? And there were layoffs? Absolutely tragic.

 

[ToddBonzalez]

Damn. Guess Crash 4 didn't meet expectations.

 

[Fart Master]

Only Beenox stands then as Spyro/Crash developer?
WTF Activision...

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Beenox makes the PC ports for COD

 

[Keyser S]

Toys for Bobby

 

[ZeoVGM]

they never made any good games anyway

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Imagine being this wrong about something.

 

[Ryuhza]

Wonder what this means for Crash and Spyro going forward.

 

[EinBear]

Another developer cast down into the CoD mines 😞

 

[Uncle Sensei]

So Activision has all their devs in the CoD machine and. . . Blizzard? Is that it?

 

[Raigor]

Activision is the worst LMFAO

8 internal studios on Call of Duty

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Poor Toys for Bob, reduced to working on CoD trash. They deserved better.

 

[Fart Master]

Nah Beenox is also support for COD. They can still be working on other stuff aswell.

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Yeah I am very doubtful of this tbh. Neversoft, Raven, High Moon, and Beenox haven't made a single non cod title since they got brought in to support cod development.

 

[Raigor]

So Activision has all their devs in the CoD machine and. . . Blizzard? Is that it?

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Activision Shanghai
Demonware
Infinity Ward
Treyarch
Sledgehammer
Raven Software
Toys for Bob
Beenox
High Moon Studios

All working on COD.

 

[Glio]

With enough time, all Activision studios end in Call of Duty and from EA in Battlefield.

 

[PlatypusDude]

Every one of you who didn't buy Crash 4 is dead to me.

 

[so1337]

What a waste.

 

[EchoChamber]

Another casualty 🥺

 

[Dark Ninja]

Yeah I am very doubtful of this tbh. Neversoft, Raven, High Moon, and Beenox haven't made a single non cod title since they got brought in to support cod development.

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Beenox made Crash Team Racing while being a "COD support studio"

 

[FormatCompatible]

Another one into the machine.

 

[Ryuhza]

Yeah I am very doubtful of this tbh. Neversoft, Raven, High Moon, and Beenox haven't made a single non cod title since they got brought in to support cod development.

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Crash Team Racing? Plus support on Tony Hawk and Crash 4.

 

[ToddBonzalez]

Beenox made Crash Team Racing while being a "COD support studio"

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Beenox also supported Vicarious Visions on Tony Hawk 1+2

 

[ket]

it's a big leap to suggest that they've been relegated to a support studio. like, game studios can work on more than one thing at a time?

 

[Raigor]

With enough time, all Activision studios end in Call of Duty and from EA in Battlefield.

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They are already there at Activision lol

EA is nowhere near this bad. They still have dozen of studios working on something else.

 

[Zomba13]

I feel the Overwatch team cancelling all their projects and becoming a CoD support studio is in the realm of possibilities.

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Overwatch 2 will just be added to Warzone next year.

 

[Kayla]

this tweet seems passive aggressive

 

[Bigg]

It's cool how every studio at Activision doing cool shit is rewarded by becoming a support studio for Call of Duty or Overwatch 2

Can't wait for Beenox to announce they're working on King mobile games