Crash Team Rumble
has announced in-game that March 4th will be the final content update
and the game will remain live with a free battlepass tier that includes
new items.
I enjoyed the effort and passion put into this game. Toys for Bob did the best they can, and I appreciate it.
Here are early concept art for Skylanders: SuperChargers by Stuart Ng. These include concepts of Spyro, Pop Fizz, Eruptor and Bash having their own SuperCharger vehicles. Pop Fizz and Eruptor would later become SuperChargers in the final game with their own different vehicles.
The Crash Bandicoot social media pages released new screenshots of the Summer Forest map, which was released today in Crash Team Rumble.
A new art upload from one of the environmental artists who worked on The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon with Etranges Libellules revealed new details behind the development of the game, such as the bloom and the change in character texture maps. Not only did the console game have an outdated game engine and a broken game render, it also had no art director.
This explains why Cynder's scale colors were changed from black to dark purple, and why the Chronicler's colors were changed from gray to bright blue. Even the enemies had to have their texture map colors changed!
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/WBokoG
Yannick Gombart wrote:
"I won't talk much about Spyro because for me it's one of the worst productions I've worked on.
Our engine was too old to correctly display normal maps.
It was decided to boost glossiness and had an orange bloom. The whole game render looked oily and ugly"
"On most ELB productions, we didn't have an artistic director and decisions were made by the studio manager.
These choices were decisive in the final rendering of the game.
It was difficult to bring subtlety to the textures since the render was broken."
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| Original coloration of the Wyvern, which was made red in the final game to stand out in the game's bright bloom |
Tomorrow on Thursday, Spyro the Dragon will permanently be added to the Crash Team Rumble roster! Players will be able to unlock him by earning Relic Assist badges.
Summer Forest is coming to Crash Team Rumble this Thursday! Be ready!
1 more day until Elora is available for Early Access in Crash Team Rumble!
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.
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
The Crash Bandicoot social media pages released new images of the upcoming Artisans Arena map for Crash Team Rumble. This arena is based on the Artisans home world from Spyro 1, the first home world in the game. Statues of a few dragon elders are spotted, and hanging banners of Spyro are seen along the walls of the area.
