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Crash Bandicoot is a video game series created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. [1] It is published by Activision, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games, Konami, Universal Interactive Studios, King, and Sony Computer Entertainment, with entries developed by Polarbit, Toys for Bob, Beenox, Radical Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Traveller's Tales, Eurocom, King and Naughty Dog.
The Crash Bandicoot series has been a commercial success. As of 2007, the series altogether has sold over 40 million units worldwide [133] and grossed over $1 billion. [134] According to Gamasutra, the first Crash Bandicoot game had sold 6.8 million units as of November 2003, [135] making it the tenth-best-selling PlayStation game of all time.
Crash Bandicoot ' s success continued into 1997, in which it was the tenth best selling video game in the United States. [95] In May 1997, Crash Bandicoot became the first non-Japanese game to receive a "Gold Prize" in Japan for sales of over 500,000 units, and in September 1997, it was inducted into the Greatest Hits budget range. [24] [96]
A notable incident concerning always-on DRM took place in 2021, surrounding the Windows release of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Without a constant internet connection, the game's DRM disallows any play at all, even in single-player, which naturally drew ire. [11] However, the Warez scene cracked this DRM feature almost immediately.
Crash Bandicoot is the title character and main protagonist of the Crash Bandicoot franchise. Introduced in the 1996 video game Crash Bandicoot, Crash is a mutant eastern barred bandicoot who was genetically enhanced by the series' main antagonist Doctor Neo Cortex and soon escaped from Cortex's castle after a failed experiment in the "Cortex Vortex".
The game was showcased at E3 2000, [12] and shipped to North American retailers on November 7, 2000, [14] with a European release following on November 29. [15] It is the final Crash Bandicoot game to be released exclusively for a Sony console, with subsequent installments being released on the Xbox and PlayStation 2. [16]
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is a 2017 platform game compilation developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision.It includes remasters of the first three games in the Crash Bandicoot series: Crash Bandicoot (1996), Cortex Strikes Back (1997), and Warped (1998); which were originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation.
Radical Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver.The studio is best known for developing The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003), Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006), Prototype (2009) and Prototype 2 (2012), as well as entries in the Crash Bandicoot franchise.