Crash: Evolution

 is an American adventure-comedy video game, being part of the  series. It is developed by  and published by Activision, being released for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, Sega Orion and PlayStation Flex on April 16th, 2022.

Synopsis
An old flame of Dr. Cortex's, Dr. Evie Lution, arrives to the Wumpa Islands, with plans to use dangerous technology to enslave the islands as Crash has to face against her and work with a reluctant Cortex to stop her.

Main

 * Crash Bandicoot (voiced by Scott Whyte) - a somehow insane bandicoot who heads out to stop Evie Lution from enslaving the Wumpa Islands as he forms a reluctant alliance with Cortex again.
 * Aku Aku (voiced by Greg Eagles) - a wise witch doctor spirit living in a wooden mask who aids Crash and reluctantly Cortex in their quest to save the Wumpa Islands.
 * Dr. Neo Cortex (voiced by Lex Lang) - a hammy and slightly incompetent mad scientist who is forced to work with Crash when his old flame tries to conquer the Wumpa Islands.

Supporting

 * Coco Bandicoot (voiced by Eden Riegel) - Crash's brainiac younger sister who aids him to stopping Evie Lution, although she does it behind the computer.
 * Tawna Bandicoot (voiced by Ursula Taherian) - a slightly ditzy bandicoot who is Crash's girlfriend as she tries to help out her boyfriend but isn't skilled in combat.
 * TBD

Antagonists

 * Dr. Evie Lution (voiced by Cissy Jones) - an eccentric but short-tempered mad scientist who is Cortex's ex as she wants to take control of the Wumpa Islands for herself.
 * N. Trance (voiced by Michael Gough) - a scheming egg and a talented hypnotist who quickly gets into Evie's good graces, becoming her second-in-command.
 * Rilla Roo (voiced by ) - an idiotic gorilla-kangaroo hybrid who was hired by Evie to help stall Crash and Cortex as he is surprisingly both strong and agile due to his mixed DNA.
 * Pinestripe Potoroo (voiced by Robbie Daymond) - a flamboyant mobster who gets hired by Evie to do a drilling operation for her.
 * TBD

Gameplay
The gameplay takes cues from Crash Twinsanity as you are able to play as Crash in several open ended hub worlds which have connected levels which are inspired by classic Crash games but slightly longer and with several side objectives as well. Crash has his full moveset from previous games plus unlockable powerups from beating bosses akin to Warped. The game also allows you to play as Neo Cortex who can't slide yet has a dash move as well as a gun that can fire projectiles. Similar to Crash, when beating bosses Cortex gets new types of ammunition. The game also reuses breaking all boxes and time trials, although they are mainly focused on the main areas of the levels. The game keeps the Aku Aku system but gives Crash and Cortex three hits before they die. Hitpoints can be recovered by breaking heart crates. Due to ditching the life system, Wumpa fruits are used for buying costumes for Crash and Cortex. The game marks the return of both animal riding and vehicle-themed levels. Each world also features a miniboss which is often fought at the end of a specific level in the world, some of the mini bosses having a twist and being fought on one of the vehicle or animal riding levels.

Worlds

 * Island Shore