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Spyro the Dragon

The first game in the Spyro series has been completely remade from the ground up. It stars the title character, a young purple dragon named Spyro, and his dragonfly friend, Sparx, who must journey across the…

13 November 2018

Spyro the Dragon is an adventure developed by Toys for Bob, released 13 November 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Spyro the Dragon is

Spyro the Dragon is an adventure game developed by Toys for Bob and released in 2018. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first game in the Spyro series has been completely remade from the ground up. It stars the title character, a young purple dragon named Spyro, and his dragonfly friend, Sparx, who must journey across the Dragon Kingdom to defeat Gnasty Gnorc, who has overtaken the 5 dragon Homeworlds by trapping the other dragons in crystal and turning their hoard of gems into an army of minions.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Spyro the Dragon series

Spyro the Dragon is the 49th of 53 entries we hold in the Spyro the Dragon series. The next entry was Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! in 2018.

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What it launched against

Spyro the Dragon launched on 13 November 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2 and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2, Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

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When did Spyro the Dragon come out?
Spyro the Dragon was released on 13 November 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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