Yes, it looks like Crash Bandicoot 5 was real, and it apparently would have featured the exact crossover you've all been wanting for years

It’s been previously claimed that Crash Bandicoot 5 was in the works, and now a new report has shed some very purple light on the game.

Crash did receive a live-service game with Crash Team Rumble, but that stopped receiving updates in less than a year.

Back in July, a developer that previously worked at Crash Bandicoot 4: About Time developer Toys For Bob claimed that Crash 5 was in the works, though didn’t share all that much about it.