The official statement from the King reads, “Crash fans, it’s with a heavy heart that we inform you that on February 16, 2023, we will terminate service for Crash Bandicoot: On the Run. On that date, the servers will be taken down and the game will no longer be playable.”
Additionally, they provided specific information about the dates, adding, “From December 19, 2022, all in-app purchases will be turned off. For any purchases made, you will have until February 16, 2023, to make use of associated purple crystals in-game.”
Players can use whatever in-game money they purchase up to the game’s end, in addition to any purple crystals they may already hold, throughout that time. Those crystals will obviously disappear permanently after that date.
It is also worth noting that King recently deleted Crash Bandicoot: On the Run from the list of its games on the official website, suggesting that the developers would no longer offer the promised additional updates.