A popular gaming mascot could return in 2018

Activision is reportedly working on remastering the original Spyro trilogy.

According to a collection of sources reporting to Kotaku, a remaster of the original Spyro games could be heading to the PlayStation 4 later this year.

Apparently the plan is to officially announce the game this March, with a launch slated for Q3 2018. Getting more specific, a source has narrowed the launch window to September of this year, which would line up nicely with the 20th anniversary of the Spyro series. When it arrives, the remaster is said to include brand new assets, lighting, cinematics and a retooled soundtrack, basically making for three new versions of the PlayStation classic trilogy built from the ground up. There will also be a new save system rather than relying on codes to jump to your desired level.

If you're getting flashbacks to last year's Crash Bandicoot remaster collection, there's a good reason for it. Based on the reports, the game is being developed by the same team at Vicarious Visions, with Activision publishing. Also similar to the Crash collection, the Spyro trilogy is said to offer content that was cut from the original games.

There have been quite a few Spyro games over the years, especially if you count the more recent and massively popular Skylanders series. This trilogy, though, will be all about the original games, including Spyro the Dragon, Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon. All three of those games are available as PSOne Classics on the PlayStation Network but, otherwise, they're pretty difficult to find and play with ease. These remasters would fix that issue, on top of making them more playable by modern standards.