Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird, a plane, or a geek wearing his underwear over his tights? Nope, it's a purple dinosaur dragon! Yes, Spyro looks like he's going to follow down Cloud Strife and Claire Redfield's footsteps: from video games straight to their own CGI movie. Today, a teaser poster for The Legend of Spyro 3D movie has been revealed. Check out the full article for the poster and some more info.

Following the trend of other video games going to the big screen (such as Castlevania), Sierra Entertainment's diminutive purple dragon Spyro may be hitting the movies as well.

Variety has recently reported that The Animation Pictures Co. managed to get the rights to create a Spyro 3D animation film based on the Spyro game franchise, similar to the likes of currently popular CGI animation movies such as Shrek.

The planned Spyro movie will get a top-notch movie treatment, with Dr. Doolittle's Steve and Dan Altiere as script writers. As for voice actors, considering that the game already had a high profile cast (such as Elijah Wood and Gary Oldman), it's not a far-fetched guess that the movie will have the same star-studded voice cast.

The director is yet to be hired and the release date yet to be revealed, but you can be sure that we'll keep you posted. More updates to come!

 

Sierra Entertainment has just announced the latest installment to the Spyro the Dragon franchise, The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night.  This time hitting the PlayStation 2, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and mobile phones, this video game is the second installment to The Legend of Spyro trilogy.

The game kicks off when the Ape King attempts to start a new age of darkness by going to the Temple of Souls. Around the same time, the protagonist Spyro starts receiving strange visions which serve as clues to what's happening around him. Players will take on the role of Spyro and solve the mysteries hidden in the visions to defeat enemies such as Skabb the Pirate and Gaul the Ape King.

Aside from new breath attacks and fury modes, a new weapon beefs up Spyro's already smoking-hot arsenal: Dragon Time. Spyro can use Dragon Time to bend time and allow him to dodge attacks, confuse enemies, and aid him in solving time environmental puzzles. Sounds interesting enough, and certainly adds a new twist to the usual puzzle solving games.

Spyro's new abilities include the following:

• Upgradeable Breath Attacks (Ice Bomb, Electric Orb, Earth Vine, Enhanced Fire)
• Four elemental melee attacks like Comet Dash, Artic Blast, Earth Pound, Electric Spin, and
• New Fury Attacks that come in either Earth, Electricity, Ice and Fire elements.

Sierra Entertainment's own Senior Vice-President for Global Marketing Al Simone is excited about this new project. "We’re really excited to continue the re-emergence of one of video gaming’s most popular characters through this ongoing trilogy," says Simone.

Hollywood actors Elijah Wood and Gary Oldman reprise their roles as the voices of Spyro and Ignitus the Fire Dragon Elder, respectively.

The Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night is expected to be released this autumn. Krome Studios is developing the PlayStation 2 and Wii versions; Amaze Entertainment is in charge for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance versions; and, Vivendi Games Mobile will make the mobile version of The Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night. The mobile games will be available for Europe and North American mobile subscribers.

After Vivendi re-brandished the Sierra name for game branding, Sierra is now out to accomplish the task it was revived to do: push out great games worthy of its name to PC and console. As Vivendi's bid for the mid-end to low-end bracket of the market, Sierra has announced the next in the Spyro the Dragon series, The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night.

Spyro the Dragon was originally released on the first Sony PlayStation, and players may remember accompanying the purple Puff (get it? Puff?) in his efforts to rescue his fellow drakes from their crystalline prisons. Two other titles succeeded the first and Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon by (guess who? Yep that's right!) Insomniac Games was considered the best of them all.

The PlayStation 2 versions, including the later The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, soon followed thereafter, and A New Beginning's revival of the series from a previous title's lackluster performance hinted that a sequel would be highly likely.

The Eternal Night will be developed once again by Krome Studios, together with Amaze Entertainment, for the PS2, GBA, Nintendo DS, and Wii. The official announcement came through with the news that Elijah Wood and Gary Oldman would voice the characters Spyro the Dragon and red dragon Ignitus, respectively.

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night for Wii

  

Click on Full Article for screenshots for the Nintendo DS version.