At E3 2016 during Sony 's press conference , after years of rumors , speculation and outcry , Crash Bandicoot finally made his official return when it was announced , in a timed partnership with Activision , that the first three games from the original PlayStation would be remade from the ground up . Crash would also be a playable character in Activision 's then-upcoming toys-to-life game '' Skylanders : Imaginators '' , released on October 16 , 2016 . It was announced at Gamescom 2016 that Dr. Neo Cortex would also be playable in '' Imaginators '' , and that a '' Crash '' - themed level was created for the game , " Thumpin ' Wumpa Islands " . The remakes of the original trilogy were developed by Vicarious Visions under the title '' Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy '' and were released for PlayStation 4 on June 30 , 2017 . Vicarious Visions has also expressed interest in making a new '' Crash Bandicoot '' game following the '' N. Sane Trilogy '' 's release . Two additional levels were added as post-launch downloadable content , and the '' N. Sane Trilogy '' was eventually ported to Nintendo Switch , Xbox One , and Microsoft Windows on June 29 , 2018 with assistance from '' Skylanders '' developer Toys for Bob
E3 2016
E3 2016
Crash Bandicoot