Update: Activision reached out to us with a statement on the reports of layoffs at Toys For Bob saying that they are “incorrect” and that the team is fully operational and are actually hiring for various positions.

Reports of layoffs at Toys For Bob are incorrect. There has not been a reduction in personnel recently at the studio. The development team is operating fully and has a number of full-time job openings at this time. The studio is excited to continue supporting Crash Bandicoot 4: It?s About Time, and more recently provide additional development support to Call of Duty: Warzone.

Original: Yesterday brought the news that Crash Bandicoot 4 developer Toys For Bob had transitioned to working on Call of Duty: Warzone. Many developers who worked at the studio have now been laid off as a result of that change. It seems like Toys For Bob aren’t the only studio drafted in for support either as VGC reporter Andy Robinson claims “virtually every studio at Activision” is now involved in the development of the Call of Duty franchise.
I was recently told that virtually every studio at Activision is now working on Call of Duty. https://t.co/Y5TTLwGuqc
? Andy Robinson (@AndyPlaytonic) April 30, 2021

Robinson didn’t specify which game(s) the studios have been brought in to help develop, but glancing at the opening roll for any recent Call of Duty game usually lists nearly every studio already. Development of the newest Call of Duty title, W...