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Another large update has hit for Skylanders: Ring of Heroes this time adding the first pair of new Skylanders since launch: Nightfall and Blastermind.


The update also includes a new set of levels they're calling an Episode Dungeon (it will only be available to play until April 11th so don't hang around!), many changes to lots of existing Skylanders and a lot more changes and fixes.

Guilds in the mobile game Skylanders: Ring of Heroes just got their first bit of actual content, Invasion!


If you're in a guild then once a day you can take on a Dark Doom Raider in an attempt to inflict as much damage as you possibly can, the more damage you do before it defeats you the better your score and the better your reward.

Your individual score will then be combined with your fellow guild members' scores to give your guild a total score. That's used to compete against other guilds on your server with rewards given out at the end of each week based on your guild's ranking.

Today finally sees the global release of Skylanders: Ring of Heroes, check out the long list of countries that that includes as it misses plenty of places but they do continue to promise more regions will be added in the future. Or just hop on over to your local version of the App Store or Google Play Store to see if you can download it and get started playing.


The game has also seen a new patch that updated a fair few things like adding in the ability to have private realtime arena battles with your friends instead of just randomly selected opponents.

As they continue to prepare for a wider release, Skylanders: Ring of Heroes today updated to add a real time friendly arena mode that lets you fight against other randomly selected players. There's no ranking in this mode so no penalty for losing and there is not yet a way to battle a specific opponent but that is apparently on its way in a future update.


They've also kicked off a couple of new events. The "Create Your 5* Dream Team" event asks you to use the Ultra Premium Summon (800 Gems) and they'll then give you a Legendary 5* Skylander (or 50 Soul Stones for it if you already own it) on the 3rd time, the 10th time, and the 20th time you use the summon. The event lasts 14 days but that's an awful lot of gems to spend....


The second event they've started is "Hugo's Portal Master Mission Book" which is a lot more manageable and gives you smaller rewards for completing a variety of basic tasks. Every three you complete will get you a bunch of bonus gems. This one lasts until the beginning of April.


And there were also a whole slew of other changes as detailed in the full patch notes below:

Quote: Update Notice

1. New Content: Friendly Match

• This is a REALTIME Arena mode where you can compete against other Portal Masters!
  
• You can enter Friendly Match from the Duels menu then to Friendly Match.
  
• Quick: Random matches with current participants.
  
• Unlike the Arena, no Gears will be needed to play a match on Friendly Match.
  
• Private mode (against friends) will be added on future updates.

2. New Packages

• 4 brand new packages will be added.

1) Energy Package

• 300 Energy + 20 Red Potions (S)

2) Value Package 1

• 1,250 Gems + 450 Energy

3) Value Package 2

• 1,250 Gems + 45,000 Gold

4) Power-up Package

• 1,250 Gems + 250 Energy + 15 Red Potions (L)

3. Town Background Change

• Winter themed Skylands are now over! We’re going back to original Skylands.

4. Improvements

1) UI Improvements

• Tutorial and Quest menus are revised to be more intuitive.
  
• Rune menu layout and usability has been improved.
  
• Tutorial features are added for more user-friendly experience.
  
• The battle result screen has been improved.
  
• The currency you get when defeated are displayed.
  
• Recommended guild display conditions are added.
  
• The info of Watcher stones in boss stages are now displayed in the battle preparation screen.
  
• The enemy team's power rating is also displayed in the battle prep screen.

2) Battle

• Invincibility buff will now remove all debuffs granted on the target.
  
• Behavior of Hot Dog when in auto-battle will be improved. (Fire Bark skill is now used more frequently when HP is low.)

3) Summoning

• You will be able to summon Skylanders with sufficient Soul Stones right from the result screen.
  
• The tutorial summoning has been re-vamped. (Previously: 1 type of 4? ? Changed to: 1 type of 4? and Soul Stones of 2~4?)

4) Others

• You do not need to build a Spring of Souls anymore. We've done that for you.
  
• Amount of Gold required to use Red/ Blue Potions (L) and (XL) has been reduced!

1) Red Potion (L)
2,500 Gold → 2,000 Gold

2) Red Potion (XL)
12,500 Gold → 7,500 Gold

3) Blue Potion (L)
300 Gold → 250 Gold

4) Blue Potion (XL)
900 Gold → 550 Gold

* Gold cost per potion usage.

• More precise Power Rating calculations.
  


• Displayed power rating may look different than previous rating due to the improvements in calculation method.
  
• Summon Villain’s power will also be included in the power rating calculation.

5. Bug Fixes

• Addressed typos on several skill descriptions translations.
  
• Correct Arena grade icons will be displayed at the top ranks.
  
• Incomplete requests will now show at the top of the guild support menu.
  
• Battle play time will now stop counting at the end of each battles.
  
• Skylanders will not be defeated anymore when Instant Defeat debuff is removed with a debuff removing effect.
  
• Distorted Dimensions' drop Rune info will show properly.
  
• Fixed a bug where buffs did not activate when summoning characters.
  
• No damage will be done with damaging effects while Invincible buff is active.
  
• Additional damage will be done to enemies for Awakened Chain Reaction while shield is active.
  
• Enigma's skill "Mystic Staff" now casts ATK UP to correct ally target.
  
• Skylander Soul Stones required to summon Krypt King has been addressed to the correct amount.
  
• The battle pause pop-up won't be exposed while auto battle is on.
  
• Nightshade will now activate counterattack when using a skill right after using the Clone skill.
  
• Fixed an issue where Shadow King Pen did not return to its original position during battles.
  
• The limits on deletions of friends per day will now reset every day.
  
• Auto battle won't be disabled if you tap the auto battle button while using the auto battle function.
  
• Fixed an issue where Tidepool's Whale Tale skill heals a random target.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cynder’s passive skill ‘Ghost effect’ did not show when activated.

Today a patch was released for Skylanders: Ring of Heroes that added a whole new type of dungeon to the game: the Cave of Gold.


The Cave of Gold is a new source of coins giving you several thousand gold each time you successfully complete a floor, the catch being that you can only enter three times a day across its five floors so you'll have to be cautious not to venture too high for your Skylanders' abilities. You'll also first have to complete level 2-4 on Normal difficulty to unlock access to the dungeon.

It's still in a limited launch in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada but as it's rapidly approaching Christmas the brand new mobile game Skylanders: Ring of Heroes has started its first in-game event.



Running until the 3rd of January this event simply requires you to complete three very basic daily missions and then spin a wheel to win a prize. There are extra bonuses for every five times you do that up to 30 times so with a limit of three spins per day it'll take at least ten days to earn the final reward of 800 Gems.

It doesn't look like there's anything exclusive to win, just in-game currency, so those not yet able to play won't miss out on too much.

Beta Test Participation Event Coupons

Anyone who took part in the beta earlier this year should check their emails for their coupon, make sure to check your spam folders as that's where it ended up for me. While it says it won't expire until the 30th of June 2019 your email provider might delete the message a lot sooner if it's left sitting in your spam folder unnoticed.

For those of you in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada it has been announced on the official Facebook page that tomorrow is the day when the mobile game Skylanders: Ring of Heroes finally launches.

Quote:

Launching Schedule: Dec. 12th 5pm PST

• Australia: Dec. 13th 12pm (GMT+11)
  
• Canada: Dec. 12th 8pm (GMT-5)
  
• New Zealand: Dec. 13th 2pm (GMT+13)

Other regions will have to continue waiting for a release in their local app stores but as of yet there is no clear schedule for when that will happen or in what order.

The pre-registration event for Skylanders: Ring of Heroes has gone live, to take part you just enter your email address on the site to register your interest in the game, the more people that sign up the greater the in-game reward once the game finally launches.


You can also pre-register with Google Play.

But with no displayed end date for the event it still isn't actually clear when the game is going to launch, but hopefully it'll only be a few weeks now.

During com2us's Q2 Financial Results yesterday they revealed that the launch of their mobile game, Skylanders Ring of Heroes, has been delayed a little from the original August release to an October release instead.


Hopefully this means that they're making good use of the data and feedback from the recent beta.

The beta for Skylanders Ring of Heroes has gone live on Google Play, the beta will last until the 25th of June and is only available on Android (the final game will be available on iOS, it's just the beta that isn't).


There's an extra 611MB download once you've started the app so make sure you've got space for it all.

Just before the beta is due to start the first trailer for the mobile game Skylanders Ring of Heroes has been added to the game's official website:


It starts off with some pre-rendered cutscenes of a few Skylanders in their Awakened forms before showing a bit of the actual gameplay.

The video's description on Youtube also offers some details on the game:

Quote:

Reassemble the Squad.
Master your Skills. Awaken your Champion.

The ALL-NEW Skylanders mobile RPG is finally here.
Join Spyro, Stealth Elf, and many more of your favorite Skylanders in this epic adventure of Skylanders Ring of Heroes.

Build the ultimate Skylanders team.

• Collect from more than 60+ Skylanders.
  
• Level up, evolve, and awaken your Skylanders to make them stronger than ever before.
  
• Equip your Skylanders with up to 10 magical Rune abilities.
  
• Summon Skylanders and Villains alike to fight by your side
  

Become the #1 champion.

• Mix and match Skylanders with unique skills and abilities to create the ultimate team.
  
• Time your attacks and use mana wisely to overcome your enemies.
  
• Knock down your enemies defenseless, use elements to your advantage, trigger the status effects.
  
• Intuitive game play for on-the-go: just tap on skills and your Skylanders are ready to fight.
  
• Test your strength against Portal Masters from all over the world.
  

Watch the Skylands come to life.

• Experience the rich and colorful world of Skylanders.
  
• Reimagine Skylands and give it your personal touch.
  

And while there's been no major announcements about the Spyro Reignited Trilogy the game is at E3 and has a playable demo there featuring the levels Toasty and Tree Tops so there's a lot of new footage of them on Youtube. And there's a whole load of new screenshots and pieces of concept art in our Spyro Reignited Trilogy Gallery.

The official Facebook page for Skylanders Ring of Heroes has announced that the beta test for the upcoming mobile game is due to start in 3 days time (the 14th of June).


Exact details of how to access the beta have not yet been made clear but it will only be available on Android, will last until the 22nd 25th of June and, according to the Korean webpage for the beta, taking part will get you a 750 Gem reward that can be used when the game officially launches a bit later in the year.

Over the past couple of weeks the Facebook page has been slowly revealing more of the "Awakened" forms of Skylanders so make sure to go check them out if you haven't already. From the looks of it the roster will be quite extensive so those reveals may be continuing for a while yet.

First mentioned back in February 2017, the mysterious mobile game has finally had its name revealed as Skylanders Ring of Heroes thanks to what appears to be the game's official Facebook page.


Hopefully this means we'll be getting actual details on the game soon.

Thanks to forum member Bifrost for the heads up on this one.

In their earnings call today Activision announced that they will not be making a new Skylanders console game this year but will instead be focusing on further supporting Skylanders Imaginators with "multiple adventure packs, new characters, and new in-game content". They did however announce that a new Skylanders mobile game is in development but did not provide any further details.

Quote: Earnings Call

In 2017, rather than releasing a new console title, we will be supporting the award winning Skylanders Imaginators with multiple adventure packs, new characters and new in-game content.

We are also excited to bring Skylanders Imaginators to Nintendo Switch as a launch title next month and we have a new Skylanders mobile game in development.

The first of this new content is arriving in March in the form of the Cursed Tiki Temple Adventure Pack which comes with Wild Storm. A second new Adventure Pack featuring RO-BOW has also been discovered with a late April release but its name still remains a mystery.

This is all fairly reminiscent of Disney's original announcement of the future of Disney Infinity before they ultimately cancelled the series just two months later. Hopefully with the Netflix show being renewed for a third season and this new mobile game in development it won't turn out the same way and we'll get a properly followed through plan for the future of the Skylanders franchise.