With Sony celebrating the 20th anniversary of the PlayStation 1’s release this month, it’s no surprise that the company is preparing to mark the occasion with some major announcements at the upcoming PlayStation Experience event in Las Vegas this week.
Sony is expected to showcase some of its highly anticipated PlayStation exclusives during the two-day event, including Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, The Order: 1886 and Bloodborne.
One famous gaming character, however, has been absent from Sony’s consoles for quite some time now, and it seems that the company is once again teasing the possibility of his return: yes, Crash Bandicoot might be making his long-awaited return.
The PlayStation Europe Twitter account has tweeted a GIF of the fan-favourite character’s progressive transformation over the past two decades (posted below).
Who remembers this guy? Everyone's favourite bandicoot! #20YearsOfPlay pic.twitter.com/8HGw4Yl33W
— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) December 2, 2014
Last month, Neil Druckmann, creative director on Naughty Dog’s critically acclaimed The Last of Us, tweeted that he was “very excited” about something he had the opportunity to check out before the forthcoming Game Awards 2014, with it possibly connecting with this recent rumour regarding Crash.
Geoff Keighley, the host of The Game Awards 2014, announced there will be “more than a dozen world premieres” at the inaugural event this week, and maybe Crash Bandicoot is one of them.
Naughty Dog co-founders Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin were responsible for bringing Crash Bandicoot to life on Sony’s PS1 in 1996, but the franchise later switched hands between multiple publishers in the 2000s — Universal Interactive Studios, Konami, Vivendi Universal Games and Sierra Entertainment — up until Activision acquired the rights to the series in 2008.
