Sydney, Australia \u2013 November 5, 2008 \u2013Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced the third and final chapter of the popular The Legend of Spyro\u2122 video game trilogy, The Legend of Spyro\u2122 Dawn of the Dragon, is currently available at Australian retailers for the Xbox 360\u00ae, PLAYSTATION\u00d23, PlayStation\u00ae2 and Nintendo Wii\u2122.\u00a0 The Nintendo DS\u2122 version will be available from November 19th 2008. The game features legendary leading men, Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Gary Oldman (Sirius Black from the Harry Potter films), who will reprise their roles as Spyro and his mentor Ignitus, as well as Hollywood talents Christina Ricci, Blair Underwood, Mark Hamill and Wayne Brady.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year is Spyro\u2019s 10th anniversary and players are definitely going to see noticeable advances in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon on the next-gen machines,\u201d said David Pokress, vice president, global brand management, Activision Publishing, Inc.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThis latest chapter in the Spyro franchise introduces fun new faces and entertaining game elements like flying at any time and drop-in\/drop-out co-op, with both Spyro and Cynder.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon is rated PG (Mild Fantasy Violence) for the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION\u00d23 computer entertainment system, Wii\u2122 home video game system, PlayStation\u00ae2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo DS\u2122.<\/p>\n
Developed by Etranges Libellules (Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 System, Wii, PlayStation 2 System) and Tantalus (Nintendo DS), The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon introduces two never before seen elements into the Spyro universe: Spyro can now fly at any time and gamers can play together with the new cooperative feature.\u00a0 The co-op feature allows players to have the option of completing the game as either Spyro or Cynder, giving them more freedom to explore Spyro\u2019s world in completely new ways.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
For more information on The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, please visit www.spyrothedragon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sydney, Australia \u2013 November 5, 2008 \u2013Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced the third and final chapter of the popular The Legend of Spyro\u2122 video game trilogy, The Legend of Spyro\u2122 Dawn of the Dragon, is currently available at Australian retailers for the Xbox 360\u00ae, PLAYSTATION\u00d23, PlayStation\u00ae2 and Nintendo Wii\u2122.\u00a0 The Nintendo DS\u2122 version<\/p>\n