Crash Bandicoot 4 Coming to Steam; New Installment Inbound [UPDATE]
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is finally coming to Steam. In addition, all indications are that a new game from the series will be announced soon.
Update
Steam has finally published the product card for Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. As reported, the game will debut on October 18, this year.
Original message (October 9, 2022)
Activision Blizzard has begun sending packets containing information about the future of the Crash Bandicoot series to influencers and industry media.
- With this, we learned that Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time will finally make its way to Steam. The game's release on this service will take place on October 18, this year.
- The package also contains a hint suggesting that a new game in the series will be announced on December 8 at The Game Awards event.
- The most likely reference is to Wumpa League, which is a multiplayer game that has been rumored for quite some time now.
The package comes in the form of a pizza box with the words "Aku-Aku's Steam-In Pizza Shack," a joke related to the imminent debut of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time on Valve's service. On top of that, a message on the side of the box read "Still hungry? Check out our new Wumpa Pizza for $12.08.". Fans quickly deciphered that the price is actually the announcement date of the new release (and the name suggests that it is about Wumpa League), which wasn't too difficult, since The Game Awards show is the perfect opportunity to reveal the next installment.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time debuted in October 2020 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In turn, last March we received versions for PC and Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. The PC release has so far only been available on Battle.net.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time has received a warm reception. On OpenCritic the game has an average review score of 85%.. The was also appreciated by our editor, who gave it a rating of 8.0/10.
