Spyro Social Media teases Birthday Surprise

The official Spyro the Dragon social media pages released an image hinting at a surprise for Spyro's birthday on the 9th of September.

Spyro the Dragon: Spyro Community Day? More like Spyro Community WEEK! Make sure to tune in on my birthday for an extra sweet surprise! 🥳

 

 

Spyro: Special Delivery Fan Film Available Now

For Spyro Community Day 2026, Dessert Monkey released his Spyro fan film, Special Delivery. A few months ago, I did an interview with Dessert on his fan project and what we might expect. 

 Summary: Spyro unintentionally causes trouble in the Dragon Realms while trying to find something productive to do. He quickly bumps into Ferran, who, after some convincing, gives him a special package that needs to be delivered by tomorrow.

Spyro the Dragon Flies into Fortnite for Chapter 7 Season 4

Today marks the release of Spyro the Dragon in the game, Fortnite. For the game's 42nd season, Chapter 7 Season 4, he is released alongside Crash Bandicoot, who is an alternate character outfit for the game. Spyro can be purchased by himself at 1,500 V-Bucks in the Items Shop. Unlike many of his other appearances in game crossovers, Spyro isn't a playable character in Fortnite; instead, he's a Sidekick character. Sidekicks only follow the player around during matches, interact with the world around them and can be seen by the player and their teammates.

Skylanders Dark Spyro, Jet-Vac, Thumpback and Gill Grunt are available for preorder!

Youtooz Skylanders Gill Grunt, Jet-Vac, Thumpback and Dark Spyro vinyl figures are now available for preorder until September 25th 12pm PST. 

Gill Grunt had a Youtooz plushie available for preorder last year and consumers received their copies. Now a vinyl figure version is open for preorder. 

Dark Spyro is an Entertainment Earth exclusive, so you have to preorder him from their site. He is limited to 750 pieces, so get him before he's gone!

Spyro and Crash Bandicoot coming to Fortnite this week!

Fortnite releases a new teaser for the Crash Bandicoot skin and the Spyro sidekick character that will be released soon in the game. For Spyro's segments, we are given a look at returning powerup skins from the Spyro Reignited Trilogy and a music track. 

Poison (which is one of the powerups used during Ripto's boss battle in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!) is teased as one of the color skins for Spyro. In the new trailer below, Superfreeze and Superflame are confirmed to be alternate colors.

 

 

Spyro's coming to Fortnite!

Unfinished concept art of Fortnite was leaked with Spyro the Dragon, Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog and Crash Bandicoot amongst the cast of game characters. Said art has now been confirmed real, with the art now being more finished, and the Fortnite social media announcing with a Chapter 7: Season 4 Override trailer that Spyro, Crash, Sonic, Mega Man, Sora, Joker, Street Fighter, and many others officially coming to the game.

Spyro's A Realm Beyond design is used for Fortnite to go along with his upcoming game releasing in Spring 2027.

Finalized poster

 

Leaked WIP version (AI generated by dev team)

 

History of Spyro covered by Sydsogood

Sydsogood, also known as Sydnee Goodman, has posted a video overview on the Spyro franchise. During the subject of Spyro's time under Toys For Bob's watch, Lou Studdert and Paul Yan makes an appearance, adding their input on the Skylanders franchise and later their involvement in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. They also spoke out their time after Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time and their split from Activision that lead to them developing Spyro: A Realm Beyond.

Spyro the Dragon Recomp

A fanmade PC port for Spyro 1 has been released! An iso file of the game is required to play it. This project reconstructs the original Spyro 1 data by converting its original code into a native PC port while keeping the gameplay untouched. The port upgrades the original visuals with high framerates up to 120 fps, adds draw distance, includes high definition resolution to 1080p, wider screen aspect options, clear textures, and will support mods in the future. There's even an optional toggle for the PSX style.

For those who have iso files of Spyro 1, this project will allow fans to play the game without emulator issues and experience the enhancements offered. 

https://openpete.com/

Spyro: Season of Ice PS1 Fan Remake - July 2026 Update: Lava Prairie Level

Redandblack64 released another new update on their fan PlayStation 1 remake of Spyro: Season of Ice. For the Autumn Fairy Home, it adds Moneybags who hints at the flammable pumpkins and the fairy they'll unlock when all of them are lit. The Mermaid Coast has also has some tweaks, such the lighthouse positions and an additional mission of taking out all Rhynocs in the realm to collect a frozen fairy.

Another new addition to the game update is the level Lava Prairie, a prehistoric realm surrounded by lava.  The cavemen are based on the Bonebuilders from Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, and we see the similarities more closely with the cavemen 3D models. The realm itself is heavily based on its core counterpart, from the cave paintings and the layout. There are currently two hostile prehistoric Rhynocs, a green one with a club and a yellow one that breathes fireballs. There are also a few additions to collecting gems, such as the floating vases and the seasonal snowglobes from the Spyro fangame, Crisis in Chronolia.

 

 

While traversing through Lava Prairie, like the original game, the player has to be careful not to fall off the open gaps and edges otherwise they fall into the surrounding lava. There is also the addition of a cave that adds more flavor to the prehistoric world with its dangers and collectibles to find.

 

The sidequest involving the flying pterodactyls has changed for this 3D remake. In the original Season of Ice, due to the top down gameplay perspective, Spyro had to move balls of cacti with his flame breath over to geysers to have them launched at the flying pterodactyls to take them out. Here, a powerup fairy by the exit portal grants Spyro temporary Superflight for him to fly around and easily flame the pterodactyls while in the air. The superfly powerup can also be used to flame the floating vases and do the season snowglobes scattered around a small area of the Prairie.

 

While playing through this realm, much like Mermaid Coast, it feels like experiencing a new level with Lava Prairie from a whole new perspective but with familiar assets. The next level on the list is Market Mesa, and it makes me wonder if the creator will borrow Chronolia's alpaca NPC models for the upcoming level in this Season of Ice remake.

Drobot and Chop Chop Youtooz Plushies Fixed after Fan Reception

Youtooz has released their promotional photos of their upcoming Skylanders Chop Chop and Drobot plushies. Previously the plushies had incorrect features that the original designs didn't have, like Chop Chop's helmet angled backwards and Drobot's snout pushed in. Fans were quick to point them out and Youtooz made the decision to delay the Drobot and Chop Chop plushies until their designs are fixed.

Old version

 

Revised version

Old version

 

Revised version