Crash Bandicoot is teased as a character in Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 7 Season 4 "Override," which launches August 20. Shuhei Yoshida also discussed his involvement with the series during a CEDEC 2026 keynote.
Crash Bandicoot appears in the trailer for Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 7 Season 4 "Override," part of a crossover slate that also includes Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Spyro, Mortal Kombat, and Tetris. The season launches August 20.
Separately, the series came up in Shuhei Yoshida's CEDEC 2026 keynote, delivered July 22. Yoshida recounted his involvement with Crash Bandicoot as part of a career retrospective that ran from his 1993 start at Sony Computer Entertainment to founding yosp after leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2025. The keynote covered 26 titles, and Yoshida stated his long-held stance of choosing the creator over the IP.
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Epic Games released the trailer for Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 7 Season 4 "Override," which teases characters from Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona, Pac-Man, Crash Bandicoot, Mega Man, Spyro, Mortal Kombat, and Tetris. The season launches August 20.
At CEDEC 2026, Shuhei Yoshida delivered a keynote recounting his nearly 30-year career, from joining Sony Computer Entertainment in 1993 as employee number 32 to founding yosp Inc. He discussed his involvement with 'Crash Bandicoot' and 'Demon's Souls,' and stated his career-long stance of choosing the creator over IP.
At CEDEC 2026 on July 22, 2026, Shuhei Yoshida of yosp delivered a keynote titled "Wonderful Games, Creators, and Their Creativity That I Have Encountered," looking back on roughly 30 years of working with game developers. Yoshida joined Sony Computer Entertainment in 1993 as employee number 32, later led first-party development in the United States, and left Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2025 to found yosp. During the speech, he covered 26 titles, with the latter half introducing 16 co-creation examples from "Gravity Daze" in 2012 to "Beast of Reincarnation" this year. He named "Journey" as the title he is most proud of, citing Jenova Chen's focus on player feelings and a fan message about overcoming grief. Yoshida also discussed "Bloodborne," calling the lack of a remaster, PC version, or sequel a "mystery," and recounted how "Demon's Souls" initially had overseas releases shelved before word of mouth changed that decision. He closed by expressing his intention to continue supporting indie creators worldwide.