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8:03 PM - Thursday the 16th of November, 2023 - by dark52
Season 3 of Crash Team Rumble has been announced for December 7th along with two new characters: Spyro and Elora!

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The exact dates that the two new characters will become available to play as has not yet been revealed.
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7:21 AM - Wednesday the 6th of September, 2023 - by dark52
His arrival was teased a couple of weeks ago in a comic but now it is official, Ripto is coming to Crash Team Rumble!

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Season 2 will start next week, on the 12th of September, but no specifics for exactly when Ripto will be available to play as have been released yet. Crash Team Rumble is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Update: The season 2 calendar has been posted showing the early access event for Ripto running from the 26th of October to the 2nd of November with his full release on the 21st of November.
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10:25 AM - Thursday the 30th of December, 2021 - by dark52
Despite a full relaunch just over a year ago Skylanders Ring of Heroes has unfortunately reached the end of its life and is about to be shut down. Announced earlier today via an in-game banner, the game is due to cease all operation on the 28th of Februrary 2022 and has already switched off all in-app purchases.

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Those of you who have unused currency that you paid real money for will be able to get a refund for it provided you still have it at the close of service. See the full Hive message for more details.
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3:51 PM - Thursday the 22nd of July, 2021 - by dark52
A new update has landed for the mobile game Skylanders Ring of Heroes that has added a brand new set of high level content and a new Legendary Water Defense Skylander Thumpback.

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The "Black Dimension" is unlocked for players who have beaten the existing campaign on Hard mode and sees you face off against increasingly powerful "Shadow" versions of the bosses to earn a new type of evolution currency. That currency can then be used to evolve your level 80 Skylanders in order to reach the new max level 100.

Thumpback will be available through his specific Pickup Summon from tomorrow.
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2:54 PM - Wednesday the 9th of June, 2021 - by dark52
Season 3, "Battle of the Dragons", of the Crash Bandicoot mobile game Crash On the Run! is about to begin with some new bosses from the Spyro universe: Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc. You'll apparently also be able to get your hands on new Spyro themed costumes for Crash and Coco.

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Spyro is trapped in our realm and it's up to us to help him return to his dimension. Unlock special rewards, new skins and gain access to exclusive challenges and runs.


And in other mobile game news, Skylanders Ring of Heroes will update later on today to bring back Shadow King Pen, welcome a new Portal Master called Adriana, and add a new "Relations System".
8:45 PM - Thursday the 29th of April, 2021 - by dark52
Today's update to the mobile game Skylanders Ring of Heroes brought with it the Swap Force character Free Ranger as a legendary rarity, attack type Skylander and a new Guild Battle feature to give guilds something to do together.

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Guild Battles see you placing teams of Skylanders to defend your guild's base from another guild's attacks while you also attack their teams in an attempt to destroy their base. For the full complicated details check out the guide that was posted.

Guild Battles are in beta at the moment so the results won't actually affect the rewards your guild gets until June.

Free Ranger is at the moment available exclusively through his Pickup Summon event "Great Storm Tracker". Each summon attempt costs either 1 Pickup Summon Ticket or 120 Gems. If you manage to make 120 unsuccessful summon attempts you get a guaranteed summon ticket for him. He is not available through any of the other summon types.

Other changes to the game include various buffs for existing Skylanders, a new elemental ore power up system for level 80 Skylanders, changes to the AI for auto battling, a way to downgrade and extract skill stones from upgraded skills, and various other improvements and fixes. See them all in the patch notes.
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9:10 PM - Thursday the 18th of February, 2021 - by dark52
Following his tease in last week's Episode Dungeon, Flameslinger is now available to own in Skylanders Ring of Heroes.

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As usual since he's a Legendary he's only available to get through his special "Pickup Summon" event and for the time being is not available through the regular random summons. But thanks to some unscheduled maintenance today you get 30 free tries to get him.
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10:49 PM - Thursday the 21st of January, 2021 - by dark52
Today's update for Skylanders: Ring of Heroes added two new Skylanders: Smash Hit from SuperChargers and Scratch from Swap Force.

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Smash Hit is presented as a Legendary Skylander who specialises in Area of Effect attacks and Scratch is a Heroic Skylander who attacks multiple times.

As a new Legendary Skylander you will initially only be able to get Smash Hit from his special event summons but Scratch is immediately available through all the different summon types.
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10:10 AM - Wednesday the 23rd of December, 2020 - by dark52
Just in time for Christmas, Skylanders: Ring of Heroes has released an update today that adds a couple of "new" Skylanders, Mysticat and Chopscotch, and the fourth Portal Master, Ryeo. And there's also a new Christmas themed wheel spinning event running for the new two weeks.

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Mysticat and Chopscotch were in the game prior to the revamp and oddly missing at the relaunch but they're back now and ready to join your squad with their newly revamped abilities. Mysticat is only available to summon from the special Magic Sphinx Cat event summoning but you should be able to randomly summon Chopscotch from any of the summons.

Portal Master Ryeo is unlocked at Academy Level 15 and has the ability to increase your Skylanders' attack power. You can read the full notes over on Hive.
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10:57 AM - Thursday the 3rd of December, 2020 - by dark52
The long awaited complete overhaul of the mobile game Skylanders Ring of Heroes has finally gone live today, bringing with it the new turn based combat system.

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The scale of the changes has meant that all progress has been reset, so you'll have to start building your teams all over again. If you played the game's previous version then you will receive a one time gem reward based on your Portal Master Level.
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4:01 PM - Thursday the 3rd of September, 2020 - by dark52
As part of the ongoing glimpses of the upcoming revamp to the mobile game Skylanders: Ring of Heroes the developers have released a first look at how the battle system will be modified.

The biggest change by far is that the real time battle system will be replaced, instead the game's battles will take place using a turn based system. It will still run on mana but you'll take turns choosing an attack instead of racing to get your attacks in the queue first.

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Villains will no longer be a part of your team, instead teams will consist of four Skylanders and your Portal Master avatar.

Endurance will no longer automatically stun when it reaches zero, instead the Skylander/enemy's attack and defence will be lowered and they will become vulnerable to certain skills that can stun.

And nearly all of the Skylander skills will get some form of modification so you'll probably have to completely reassess which Skylanders you're going to be using.
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11:10 AM - Tuesday the 21st of July, 2020 - by dark52
The mobile game Skylanders: Ring of Heroes has been quiet for most of the year after announcing in February that they were going to revamp the game in some manner. Today they have shared some information on how the role of the Portal Master will be changed in this revamp.

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Eugenie, George, Ryeo, and Bruno

Not only are they adding two new designs but they've given each of them a name and a backstory along with their own special abilities to use during battles which you will be able to level up to improve.

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When it comes to Portal Masters, Eugenie is a bookworm. She was most comfortable in the basement reading area of the library at her school. When Eugenie came through the Portal to Skylands, Master Eon recognized her strengths and allowed her full access to the Academy Library. Master Eon discovered that Eugenie possessed the ability to analyze the strengths of Skylanders, and utilize these strengths to benefit allies.

Eugenie uses her skills to buff the attack stat of Skylanders.


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When the weak are in need of help, George's strength shines through. When George arrived in Skylands, the powers in the land sensed his strong heart. George was gifted with this power, an ability suited to his strengths. George is now able to create a solid shield of earth and stone that can compete with any other shield in Skylands.

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Ryeo has always had an interest and connection with fortune-telling, especially tarot cards. When she became a Portal Master, she was excited to learn about the future and to be gifted this ability through the powers of Skylands. Unfortunately for her, the only ability she received was to throw cards as she wished. Ryeo was disheartened, but Master Eon and Hugo gifted her special tarot cards that fit her powers and were suited for use in battle. After much practice, she is now able to throw the cards to block the enemies' sight.

Ryeo’s skills weaken her enemies.


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Bruno has spent so much time around clocks, he could almost control time itself. When Bruno enters the battle, he becomes a fearsome ruler of time. All Skylanders' skills require the consumption of mana and a cooldown time once they're used, but Bruno's watch makes this immutable rule disappear.

Bruno uses his skills to help in battle by controlling time.


No new information on a potential time frame for release was provided.

Thanks to panseit on the Skylanders: Ring of Heroes subreddit for spotting the post.
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9:20 PM - Wednesday the 19th of February, 2020 - by dark52
As part of Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled's final Grand Prix event, the Gasmoxia Grand Prix, Spyro is getting another new skin: Space Spyro!

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Like last time the skin will be available for purchase in the Pit Stop, the Grand Prix runs from the 20th of February to the 22nd of March.

Although this is the last Grand Prix it may not necessarily be the last Spyro content for the game as there are plans to keep adding new characters and skins.
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5:20 PM - Tuesday the 10th of December, 2019 - by dark52
Although his dedicated Grand Prix is long over Spyro is still getting content in Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled with the addition of a brand new skin. You'll be able to get your hands on it from this Thursday as part of the new Winter Festival Grand Prix.

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The Winter Guardian Spyro skin will be available in the pit stop so all you'll need to get it is enough coins.
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4:57 PM - Friday the 1st of November, 2019 - by dark52
The seventh post launch playable Skylander addition to the mobile game Skylanders Ring of Heroes has been released and it's the Life Sensei Boom Bloom!

Rounding out the Senseis from Imaginators you can earn enough soul stones to summon her through playing the brand new Episode Dungeon that has released alongside her, which is as usual only open for two weeks.

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You can read the full patch notes to get the full details but Boom Bloom and the Episode Dungeon are pretty much the entire patch.
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