Crash Team Rumble - Playing with Fire Digital Comic

Toys For Bob released their next update for their Crash Team Rumble digital comic. The villains seek the help of a certain purple dragon to deal with Ripto, and a familiar faun joins the brawl.

 

 

 

 

 

Spyro Reignited Trilogy PC - TLOS TEN Cynder Mod

Ever wanted to play as young Cynder from The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night? Now we can, as a downloadable mod for the PC version of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy! This mod comes with custom powerup skins and a retro skin! All done by FranklyGD and AbbyStabby.

https://www.moddb.com/games/spyro-reignited-trilogy/addons/tlos-ten-cynder-ds-retro-cheat 

 

Crash Team Rumble - Artisans Arena Screenshots

The Crash Bandicoot social media pages released new images of the upcoming Artisans Arena map for Crash Team Rumble.

https://www.facebook.com/CrashBandicoot/posts/pfbid02PUF6bE1976fRGyPH1tXwiMemSBgz9iJqoZJEQhzyS33xybjgUqf37DgH3zg2AeRvl?__tn__=*F 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crash Team Rumble - Season 3 Roadmap

 Toys For Bob released the roadmap for Crash Team Rumble Season 3.

 

Spyro and Elora crashing into Crash Team Rumble Season 3

Spyro the Dragon and Elora enters Crash Team Rumble Season 3 today, with Spyro being available for Early Access starting today as well!

 

Activision Blizzard Press Release:  

Winter comes to the shores of N. Sanity Island during Crash Team Rumble™ Season 3, launching December 7! Join Spyro the Dragon™, his friends, and enemies, as they enter Crash Team Rumble just in time for the holiday season. Throw down across a snowy wonderland of tropical locales, touched up with festive decorations and goodies during the winter seasonal event. It’s time to cozy up next to the dragon fire and get in the spirit of the season!
 
 
Spyro™ and Elora Join the Rumble
From the world of Avalar, everyone’s favorite purple dragon and lovable faun are arriving during Season 3! All that experience collecting gems will carry over to Crash Team Rumble, as Spyro joins the team as an agile scorer. Charge around the map with all his signature moves, complete with fire breathing, gliding, and headbashing flair. In addition, the new Bank Portal power invites an all-new layer of strategy to your game plan. Instantly teleport to your bank for a sneaky Wumpa score or go on the offensive by teleporting to the enemy bank to wreak some havoc instead. Gather your favorite Spyro and Crash Bandicoot™ heroes and villains to craft the ultimate dream team! Then later this season, Elora the Faun joins Spyro on the hero roster – be sure to stay tuned for further details.
 
 
Explore the Dragon Realms in Two New Maps
The beautiful worlds of Artisans and Summer Forest are transformed into new maps, with exciting relic stations and surprises in store! Artisans Arena brings the Spyro home world to life with friends and foes to assist in the fight. Utilize the Fairy relic stations to give your team extra defenses, or summon the Ice Wizards to freeze enemies with fearsome frost attacks. Make use of the Epic Relic Station, Gulp, to rain terror from the sky and create savage earthquakes. Later in the season, Summer Forest arrives along with new Party Mode remixes, meaning more ways to play in both competitive and co-op!


Get Festive with the Winter Seasonal Event
Gear up for the holiday season with new themed skins and cosmetics, coming soon in the Winter Seasonal Event! The maps you know and love will be getting a frosty makeover, inviting you to drop in for some holiday fun. Customize your look with brand-new gear when the Winter Seasonal Event drops later in Season 3!
 
Spyro Early Access and Season 3 are both live today, so jump into the arena and get ready to torch some sheep! 

 

 

Crash Team Rumble - PlayStation 4 Event details on Season 3

PlayStation 4 Events tab reveals details on Crash Team Rumble Season 3! It begins on December 7th and ends on March 4, 2024. The Artisans and Summer Forest worlds will make an appearance. No word yet on what character roles Spyro the Dragon and Elora will be placed in. 

 

Spyro and Elora coming to Crash Team Rumble Season 3

 Spyro and Elora are announced to be joining Crash Team Rumble Season 3! Spyro was teased in a roadmap in Season 2 that brought in Ripto.

 

Crash Team Rumble Interview - Ripto’s Ragin’ Rumble

 

Around Ripto's Early Access release in Crash Team Rumble, I reached out to Toys For Bob and asked them a couple of questions about our favorite, short and evil conquerer.

1. What inspired you to bring Ripto, one of Spyro's iconic villains, into Crash Team Rumble?
Crash Team Rumble offers us a unique opportunity for us to bring together an eclectic collection of heroes and villains together around team sport. We knew we wanted to pull from the Spyro universe and Ripto is a fresh magical addition to our cast of mutants and mad scientists.

2. Were other villains from the classic Spyro series considered for the game, like Gnasty Gnorc and the Sorceress?
Yes, of course. The wonderful thing about the Spyro and Crash universes is that they are so rich - there's no shortage of great characters to choose from. The downside to that is it makes it so difficult to choose because there's always someone great that isn't getting the attention they deserve!

3. What were the inspirations for Ripto’s moveset in Crash Team Rumble? Did you look at past classic Spyro games for reference?
Great question, and yes! Here's what our Senior Hero Designer, Jesse, had to say: "The key inspiration came from how Ripto fought in the final boss battle in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. We knew right away that we wanted his Fireball attack, but we also wanted to make sure he had a unique mobility option and something that would help him control space in Gem fights. In the Spyro 2 boss fight, Hunter drops orbs that augment Spyro and Ripto in ways that felt elemental. That felt like something we could latch onto for his two other moves, which ended up being a water based rising attack, and a lightning based anti-air, explosive attack."

4. I noticed Ripto makes a reference to Spyro 2: Season of Flame in the recent Rumble digital comic with mentions of "fireflies" and the "Rhynocs". Are certain Spyro games canon now, or is it just a shoutout for the fans?
I love your attention to detail! You know, I really don't want to be the litigator for what's canon and what's not. From my perspective, Crash Team Rumble is a fun spinoff focused on team sport and with these comics, where we can have some fun showing new layers to different personalities and pairings, we will!

5. Can we expect Ripto's archenemy, a certain purple dragon, to make an appearance in Rumble soon?
Spyro is certainly a dragon. Purple, in fact!

Interview with TLOS: ANB + TEN Lead Designer and Contract Writer

Recently I reached out to the lead designer of The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning and The Eternal Night, Cameron Davis, and contract writer, Patrick Hegarty, and asked them a few fan questions about The Legend of Spyro games developed by Krome Studios. You can read them in the document below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UZusjS4VG14o8pUjD54RSGdB6ESFWETSvDeI07LCqGk 

Say Hello to Your New King! Ripto up for Early Access!

No dragons allowed: sorcerer extraordinaire, Ripto, is here! He's available in Crash Team Rumble for a limited time for players to snag him early before he goes away for a while. He will return later on November 21st as a fully released character for users to unlock him while playing.

 

 

Crash Team Rumble - Ripto Digital Comic

Toys For Bob released their next installment of the Crash Team Rumble digital comic, that features Ripto and how he got roped into the brawl.

 

Spyro the Dragon is now a Microsoft IP

Today, Micosoft has bought Activision Blizzard, therefore owning their game franchises, including Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, and Skylanders.

https://newsroom.activisionblizzard.com/p/our-next-adventure 

 

Microsoft CEO, Phil Spencer, stated that the game franchises acquired from Activision will remain multiplatform.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/10/13/xbox-activision-blizzard/

 

 

 

Prototype Crash vs Spyro Racing Game Found

 Montage Vintage Gamer found an old protoype of a scrapped Crash vs Spyro Racing game for the original Xbox!

 

Crash Team Rumble Season 2 - Ripto, New Party Mode, More New Features

 Crash Team Rumble Season 2 has gone live today, with new features and new characters to be added soon down the line. The new hero, Ripto, will be the new Booster-type character to be added to the roster.

 

 

Spyro's 25th Birthday

 25 years have passed since the release of the first Spyro the Dragon game. The Spyro franchise is now 25 years old.

In celebration of Spyro's 25th, Toys For Bob released an art piece of Spyro drawn by Dev Madan. 

 

Ripto Crashing into Crash Team Rumble

Today the Crash Bandicoot social media pages announced the inclusion of Ripto for Crash Team Rumble! Other features for Season 2 include new game modes, maps and mayhem!

No sign of Spyro, but he was already teased in the game's background menu wallpaper.

 

 

 

 

 

Spyro Reignited Trilogy - 10 Million Units Sold

Activision has announced that the Spyro Reignited Trilogy has sold up to 10,000,000 units, nearly 5 years after its release in November 2018.

https://www.facebook.com/spyro/posts/pfbid0S4JFjCzLbgpbiUJWxXSRrcjGPsCQPK1BHC6EbB2ekJPjZ9fdcvGnu5dkZXbhED9Gl 

 

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning leaving the Xbox Store on July 29, 2024

Microsoft has announced they will be closing the Xbox Store on July 29, 2024. Spyro fans, if you haven't already, buy The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, Dawn of the Dragon before the deadline. 

 Microsoft wrote:
"On July 29, 2024, Xbox will stop supporting the ability to purchase new games, DLC, and other entertainment content from the Xbox 360 Store on the console and the Xbox 360 Marketplace (marketplace.xbox.com)"

"Between now and July 2024, you can continue purchasing games and DLC from the Xbox 360 Store and at the Xbox 360 Marketplace.

This change will not affect your ability to play Xbox 360 games or DLC you have already purchased. Xbox 360 game content previously purchased will still be available to play , not only the Xbox 360 console but also Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S devices via backward compatibility."

Can I still play my Xbox 360 games after July 2024?

Yes, you will still be able to play the games you purchased on Xbox 360. If you purchased the game digitally or have a physical disc, you can still jump in and play. If you’ve deleted a game that you have purchased, but you want to play again, you’ll still be able to re-download it.

What about multiplayer games via the Xbox network? Can I still play with my friends?

Yes. Even after July 2024, you will still be able to play games and connect with friends through multiplayer on the games you purchased, as long as the publisher still supports the online servers. You can still save your games and progress to the cloud, and if you choose to continue any of those available games on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, those cloud saves will transfer over.

Can I still buy and play Xbox 360 backward-compatible titles?  

There is no impact to purchasing or playing backward-compatible Xbox 360 titles.  After July 29, 2024, you will still be able to purchase hundreds of great backward-compatible Xbox 360 and Original Xbox games and DLC on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox.com. We believe in celebrating gaming’s rich history and have worked hard to preserve as many games as possible through our backward-compatibility program. You can find the full list of backward-compatible titles here.

 For those who wish to continue playing Xbox 360 games on Xbox Series X|S, we’ve taken the time to enhance those titles so they look and play better than ever before, while staying true to the original version. You can play those Xbox 360 titles with FPS Boost, Auto HDR, and faster loading times. 

Spyro themed assets spotted in Crash Team Rumble concept art

Spyro fans, including Miharu the Fox, have spotted Spyro themed details on a concept art banner in Crash Team Rumble Closed Beta. Fans have spotted Crystal Dragon statues on the map's art. This gives a hint that Spyro-themed stage in Rumble is planned, also hinting at a season featuring Spyro the Dragon.

 

New Play by Play Spyro Merchandise

New Ripto and Sheep Spyro the Dragon plushies by Play by Play! Even a Spyro plushie keychain.

 

Source: https://playbyplaytoys.es/en/collection/spyro-the-dragon-en/

 

 

Crash Team Rumble - Potential Comic on Spyro?

According to an interview with Kotaku, Toys For Bob is planning more comics like Catbat's backstory down the line to introduce characters for Crash Team Rumble. Makes me wonder if Spyro the Dragon will get his own comic if he is brought into the game.

Kotaku wrote:

The Catbat comic is part of a larger story initiative regarding Crash Team Rumble. Unlike Crash 4, the new game isn’t a single-player title that’s story heavy and can therefore expand upon the characters and their relationships. It’s a multiplayer game, and similar to games like Overwatch, much of Crash Team Rumble’s story will come from external media. Yan says the studio plans for these characters’ stories and relationships to “unfold over time,” rather than take place within the game itself.

“I think one thing that we’re most excited about with the comic, and future comics that will come out with heroes, is that this is a space that sits outside of the game,” Yan says. “If you are the type of fan who wants to know more about a character’s lore or their relationships or their identity or their personality, this is a place for those fans to kind of dig in deeper and ask those questions, and we can have that kind of exploration. Crash Team Rumble is not an adventure, it is a multiplayer game.”

 

Skylanders Academy episodes being uploading to 41 Entertainment Youtube Channel

A television distributor, 41 Entertainment, has began uploading Skylanders Academy episodes on their official Amazin' Adventures Youtube channel. Season 1 is nearly done, and is currently being uploaded weekly.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtcb1Xr7vIZu9P4AGJRbIKko84RONlNs4 

Stewart Copeland's Official Spyro Album

After an unfortunate release last year, the soundtrack of the original Spyro the Dragon trilogy composed by Stewart Copeland has been released to the public once again. It is currently on Youtube Music, Spotify, and Apple Music/iTunes. Soundtrack also includes never-before-heard music tracks.

Last year, there were issues with the soundtrack's release after AWAL, the former music distributor for the Spyro OST, started copyright claiming content creators and gameplay videos that contained the soundtrack while playing the Spyro game trilogy. In response to this, the OST had to be pulled while things had be sorted out. The Spyro OST's new music distributor is now The Orchard Enterprises.

 

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! - Ingame Spyro Character Skins

A couple of Spyro the Dragon-based skins for Crash and Coco Bandicoot that were made for Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

 

 

 

First 4 Figures TLOS Statue Interest

First 4 Figures is attempting to revive interest in the DOTD Spyro and Cynder resin statues! In 2019, in the First 4 Figures Collector's Club facebook group, fans reached 800+ yes votes in a poll for First 4 Figures to request Activision if they can do resin statues of Spyro and Cynder based on their designs from Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. Although there were model teasers for the statues, F4F went radio silent on any further progress.

 

  

 

 

To sign up to green light continued development of the DOTD Spyro and Cynder resin statues, go here:

http://first4figures.typeform.com/to/ULWkUo1f

 

More Dawn of the Dragon concept art discovered

I recently rediscovered Yannick Orboz's old concept art on The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon besides the ones we already know. The original source is on Flickr, behind a mature filter and you have to have an account in order to see the artwork.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/yz-pics/page9