Crash Bandicoot Is Back — On Mobile This Time
After years of no phone calls from his agent, a certain Australian marsupial suddenly has a very active career again. Crash Bandicoot will be returning this fall in “It’s About Time,” the self-proclaimed fourth title in the series that ignores all the weaker offshoots from the PS2 era. But he’ll also have a presence on your phone when Crash Bandicoot: On The Run is released to mobile platforms. From the trailers, It’s About Time seems to be a return to basics for the bandicoot, and with On The Run, it’s even more so. Simple concepts tend to do better on mobile, and you can boil down a classic Crash experience to “running along a track and dodging stuff” — which is exactly what you’ll be doing in this endless runner. In fact, you won’t be able to stop. The nostalgia doesn’t end with the breakable boxes and leaps over chasms…the environments of On The Run will be a Greatest Hits collection of past experiences, with Turtle Woods, Lost City, and