Type Subsidiary Number of employees 120 | Website www.toysforbob.com | |
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Industry Computer and video games
Interactive entertainment Products Skylanders series (2011–present) Headquarters Novato, California, United States Founded 16 April 1989, Novato, California, United States Founders Paul Reiche III, Fred Ford Parent organizations Activision, Activision Blizzard, VG Treasury SAS, Activision Asia Pacific Holding Pte. Ltd. Key people Paul Reiche III, Fred Ford Video games Skylanders: Trap Team, Skylanders Imaginators, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Skylanders: Giants, Star Control | ||
Skylanders interview with paul reiche from toys for bob at gamescom
Toys for Bob is an American video game developer founded in 1989 by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. They created Star Control and its sequel Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters in the early 1990s. However, they were not involved in the development of Star Control 3. After this they went on to create a number of games for Crystal Dynamics.
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- Skylanders interview with paul reiche from toys for bob at gamescom
- Designing skylanders an exclusive interview with i wei huang from toys for bob
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This relationship with Crystal Dynamics ended in 2002. The company was bought by Activision on May 3, 2005, and is now a wholly owned subsidiary. The management team and employees have all signed long-term contracts with Activision, and Toys for Bob remains in place in Novato, California. Under Activision, the developer mainly focused on licensed video games; however, the market for these types of games began to dry up circa 2008 and they were forced to find a new niche.
On February 12, 2011, it was revealed that Toys for Bob had been working on the latest Spyro game in the series for Activision, known as: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
The name Toys for Bob was invented by Laurie Lessen-Reiche; it was chosen to stimulate curiosity and allude to Paul and Fred's appreciation of real toys.