{"id":637529,"date":"2026-06-14T01:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/637529\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T01:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:31:09","slug":"spyro-a-realm-beyond-exists-only-because-of-its-loud-and-consistent-community-of-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/637529\/","title":{"rendered":"Spyro: A Realm Beyond exists only because of its &#8220;loud and consistent&#8221; community of fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spyro: A Realm Beyond exists only because of &#8220;loud and consistent&#8221; fans.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to associate creative director, Lou Studdert, and Toys for Bob studio head, Paul Yan, who told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/platformer\/spyro-a-realm-beyond-dev-says-the-loud-and-consistent-fans-who-bought-11-million-copies-of-the-reignited-trilogy-helped-manifest-the-series-first-new-game-in-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GamesRadar+<\/a> that the team had &#8220;always wanted to return to the world of Spyro, to bring that character forward, and so time was right, and we left it to chance&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the new Spyro trailer!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vHFW16_mDbo\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, Spyro has kind of a deep place in our studio&#8217;s heart,&#8221; Studdert explained, reflecting on the work the studio did on Spyro Reignited Trilogy and the Skylanders series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always admired that kind of small but mighty underdog story of the character that&#8217;s taking on these overwhelming odds, you know, we see ourselves in that a little bit, and honestly, it just was a no-brainer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Talking specifically about how the community encouraged the studio to pitch a new instalment, Yan added: &#8220;Every year, every gaming event we hear the fanbase show up, like, &#8216;when is there going to be a new Spyro title?&#8217; even before we had even pitched this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we came up to Xbox and said, listen, here&#8217;s our plan, we said, &#8216;Look, there&#8217;s a community, it&#8217;s loud and consistent, they know what they want, you&#8217;re here to make this game, what else do you need, let&#8217;s get this thing going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yan continued: &#8220;We love Spyro, love Banjo, love all these types of titles. We&#8217;ve been doing this all along. It&#8217;s not a new thing that we&#8217;re shifting to, but we want to carry that type of experience into the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think that the world needs these types of experiences, and we want to make them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/spyro-a-realm-beyond-reveal-xbox-showcase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spyro: A Realm Beyond is set to release in spring 2027<\/a> on the Xbox Series X\/S, PS5, PC, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, with Spyro&#8217;s former voice actor Tom Kenny, returning to reprise the role. This marks the first original Spyro game in almost 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spyro: A Realm Beyond exists only because of &#8220;loud and consistent&#8221; fans. 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