The Wrath of Cortex - Pitch to Universal Interactive

Thanks to the efforts of iSwamp and the generosity of Jon Burton, we are able to see a very special video from Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. This is the video that Traveller's Tales presented as a pitch to Universal Interactive for a new Crash game, before the project was eventually greenlit. It's a 3D animation done in Maya (and not actual gameplay). The game was unnamed at the time, but it's interesting to see how something this early already had the level "Crash and Burn" in it. Traveller's Tales must have really liked the volcanic island idea!

All credit goes to Jon Burton for sharing the video and iSwamp for contacting him.

Crash Bandicoot is a copyright of Activision, Inc. yadda yadda.

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[oneUNITED7SS]

The story behind it makes the video ten billion times cooler than it seems to you already.

[TruthTeller365]

@oneUNITED7SS Yeah, it was supposed to be free-roaming

[oneUNITED7SS]

@TheNatkidd This was neither. This was a video they showed to Universal to give an idea of what the next Crash game would be like. This video was the pre-demo of Wrath of Cortex.

[TheNatkidd]

Dang, that's nice. But was this really a test or a beta.

[juanes12121]

gas



[CrashBandicoot4616]

WOW??!! this is like crash bandicoot 2 N.tranced in ps2/ps3/GAMECUBE O.O!!!

and i know that because of the warp portal at the end... WIERD!!!!

cause if they made crash bandicoot 2 N.tranced in ps3 right now with a TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY with much better and bigger levels than ever!! it would have been the BEST CRASH GAME YET!!!!!

[Transmorph667]

Ah.. Travellers Tales. Cancelled game until we got Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.

[TruthTeller365]

They should've kept that cool portal idea

[00DarthOmix00]

@AqAZArModels blame time constraints

[wallaby9D8]

i wish the game actually looked like this,oh well,the finished version isn't too bad either :)