Toys for Bob on Banjo-Kazooie: 'It's a Franchise We Love' - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 July 2026 / 2,489 Views

Toys for Bob Studio Head Paul Yan and Associate Creative Director Louis Studdert speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast revealed they "love" Rare's Banjo-Kazooie series and would be interested in making a new entry.

"It's a franchise we love," they said (via PureXbox). "As platformer fans, Banjo's top of the heap. We have some huge, huge fans of that franchise on our staff - I'm talking, they've got the Jiggie as their profile pic, kind of a thing. They're that level of fan. If the opportunity ever arose, that would be amazing. We love the franchise."

"If you look at the through-line of the types of games we like to make, I can imagine that's part of that staple as well. I think of [those characters] as timeless. They're iconic, and I think the types of games we want to produce are ones that speak to a timeless place in the player as well, an ageless place - we call it the 'inner child.' So, I think they're wonderful games, we're huge fans."

Toys for Bob is currently developing Spyro: A Realm Beyond. It will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass in spring 2027.

The last new entry in the Banjo-Kazooie series was 2008's Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for the Xbox 360. The first two entries, Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 and 2000, respectively.

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10 Comments

Zippy6 (on 07 July 2026)

If Spyro does well I don't see why MS wouldn't let them have a go at this.

Otter Zippy6 (on 08 July 2026)

I think Spyro Trilogy & Crash has already shown a remake of Kazooie and Tooie would do great if available on Playstation & Nintendo. It's crazy that MS has just been sitting on this franchise for 2 decades without moving an inch.