What if they set up the Reignited Trilogy as a Coming of Age story for Spyro in A Realm Beyond?

In the first Spyro the Dragon installment of the original trilogy and its Reignited remake, a couple of Peace Keeper dragons (Gunnar, Ivor, and Ragnar) mention to Spyro that they have anticipated Spyro's potential as he ventured through the Dragon Worlds to rescue the dragons, reclaim their treasure and defeat Gnasty Gnorc and his minions.

  

 

The events of Spyro 1, and possibly Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! and Year of the Dragon, could be what finally pushed Spyro into being what these elder dragons saw in him. In the Spyro games after the original trilogy, this was never brought up again, and we never find out what potential nor destiny these elder dragons were speaking of.

Toys For Bob mentioned that the mysterious new villain of the upcoming game, Spyro: A Realm Beyond, will challenge Spyro’s abilities and push him to new emotional depths that will see Spyro grow as a hero. Perhaps in A Realm Beyond, we might see the answer to what the elder dragons say Spyro is ready for? 

Spyro 28th Birthday came with A Realm Beyond Surprise

Today marks 28 years since Spyro first appeared on the PlayStation. He's been on a long journey, been through reboots and remade back with his original roots. On the horizon, a new original game is coming out in Spring 2027. 

To celebrate Spyro's 28th birthday, Spyro fans in California were sent mini burn away cakes that burn away to reveal special images on the cake of Spyro and other critters that will appear in A Realm Beyond.

Others far from California were sent images that were featured on said cake.

 

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/