Crash Bandicoot is platform video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog for Sony Computer Entertainment. (Photo : Facebook/Crash Bandicoot)
The latest details for the rumored "Crash Bandicoot" reboot feature Sony bringing back the game from Activision and the game's voice actor teasing new title for the PS4.
Video game voice actor Lex Lang hinted on his Facebook page some of his upcoming new projects,which include voicing three characters from three different video games. The description Lang made from his characters is a "doctor", a "devil" and an "A.I./droid".
Video game fans begun to speculate that the "doctor" role that Lang will be portraying will be Crash Bandicoot's arch-nemesis Dr. Neo Cortex since it is the only "doctor" role he had done in a video game. Dr. Cortex is the main villain in the "Crash Bandicoot" game series as he is responsible for bringinv Crash to life through his experimentation in the first game.
Lang has voiced Dr. Cortez in several "Crash Bandicoot" titles such as "Crash Twinsanity", "Crash Tag Team Racing", "Crash of the Titans", and "Crash: Mind Over Mutant". While this gave a glimpse of hope for gaming fans to have "Crash Bandicoot" return to the PlayStation 4 console. However, Lang quickly denied the post after he read the comments, PlayStationLifeStyle reported.
Although Lang denied playing Dr. Cortex again, he stated that he would love to see "Crash Bandcoot" again and went on to say that if "Ratchet and Clank" can be turned into a movie than he does not see why "Crash Bandiccot" would do the same thing.
In other news, there are several speculations and rumors hinting that Sony Entertainment has bought back the rights of "Crash Bandicoot" from Activision.
According to Segment Next, Naughty Dogs new game "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" featured an easter egg for "Crash Bandicoot" when a cutscene from the game sees Nathan Drake playing one of Elena's favoirte video game. It shows the first PlayStation console and the game Drake is playing is the first "Crash Bandicoot" video game.
During "Uncharted 4's" credits, Sony did not include Acivision for the "Crash Bandicoot" easter egg within the game, which speculated that Sony might have brought back its right from Activision or possibly its developer Naughty Dog forgot to add Activision similar as to what they did with Black Flag art.
Activision bough the rights of "Crash Bandicoot" from Sony in 2008, but has not developed any new titles for the IP ever since.
The rumors of the "Crash Bandicoot" reboot game started when the official Twitter page of PlayStation Middle-East tweeted a photo of Crash Bandicoot, which spark the assumption by the many netizens and gaming fans that it come back soon. PlayStation Latin America also tweeted another Crash Bandicoot photo sporting a more remastered look, thus teasing a new game franchise. In addition, a possible appearance for this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo event on June.
"Crash Bandicoot" was original developed by Naught Dog and it was exclusive only for the PlayStation console. The original game debut in 1996 and was re-launched in 2007 as a downloadable game in the PSN.
2016 marks that 20th Anniversary of "Crash Bandicoot" and fans are still hoping for its reboot in the PS4 console soon.
