A cancelled game, called "Crash Landed", was in development by Radical Entertainment. It appears it would have been a reboot of the series. The plot was based around Crash trying to save primitive bandicoots (or 'bandicutes' as they were called in the concept art) from Neo Cortex. Dingodile would have served as a secondary antagonist.

The game was cancelled in 2010 after two years of development. After Activision acquired the rights to publish the franchise, they decided to lay off the entire Radical Entertainment studio behind Crash Landed. Activision's decision to not pass the project to a different studio suddenly halted its progress forever.

The name Crash Landed would later be given to the name of a level in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time a decade later, of which according to Toys for Bob's Felix Artifex was intentionally named after the cancelled game.

In addition to the console versions, a Nintendo DS version of Crash Landed was being developed by Renegade Kid, which was known for their polygonal 3D games on the handheld. In 2013, Nintendo World Report released a 3-minute video of a playable demo for the DS version. The game was a 3D platformer, much like Renegade Kid's other cancelled DS project Maximillian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds.