The makers of Spyro the Dragon, Avatar and Heatseeker have announced (and released) a gameplay trailer for Raskulls. The Xbox Live Arcade game by Halfbrick Studios is a unique blend of platforming, puzzle and racing. Levels are fashioned from hundreds of blocks, arranged Tetris-style, that the Raskulls will race through using their unique abilities.

Players can choose to play the king, wizard, knight, ninja, koala and more, in a race to beat their own time or a friend’s online (or stranger, if you’d prefer). Up to four players can race through a huge variety of levels and modes complete with weapons and power-ups.

Daniel Vogt, Lead designer of Raskulls confidently believes the game will be a one-of-a-kind experience with quality gameplay to back it up. “It’s difficult to categorize Raskulls, but instead of using that as an excuse, the whole dev team knows it’s an advantage,” said Daniel Vogt, “Everyone is familiar with simple block-based gaming, but we’ve taken it to the next level by placing the player directly into the puzzle-based environment – and given them heaps of gameplay options. Combine the variety of powerups, the lengthy story mode and addictive multiplayer, and we know we’re onto a winner.”

If you were still having trouble grasping the idea of the game, I hope this trailer cleared all doubts up for you. We’ll be looking forward to this “one-of-a-kind” racer/platformer/puzzler later this fall!