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Feature SEGA's Astonishing GameCube Rebound Following Defeat In The Console Wars
How SEGA turned its fortunes around and made friends with Nintendo
For gamers old enough to remember the turn of the century, the console landscape looked very different from how it does today. Everyone was excited for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo was getting the GameCube ready to succeed the Nintendo 64. Microsoft's Xbox was also in development...
News Sonic Frontiers Gets Rated In South Korea
Could a release date be on the way?
Sonic Frontiers is easily one of the most anticipated titles of 2022 and is currently scheduled to be released in "holiday 2022". If you have been wondering about its development status, it seems it's still on track for a release later this year - with the game recently being rated in South Korea. Perhaps we...
News Gameplay Footage Of Sonic-Themed Stage In Fall Guys Leaked
They're too fast!
Dataminers have been plugging away at Fall Guys to see what's coming next in the free-to-play multiplayer bonanza, and it looks like they've found something pretty big. GoNintendo shared the details of the stage, which was originally reported on by DualShockers. We already know that SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog is returning to Fall...
News Sega Reflects On Sonic Mania, Says It Was A Defining Moment For The Blue Blur
Can we have a sequel now?
Sonic Origins saw the return of Sonic 1,2, 3 and CD last month, but the modern generation 2D standout is still admittedly Sonic Mania. It was a revival of the classic side-scrolling Sonic series and ended up being an absolute hit thanks to Christian "The Taxman" Whitehead, Headcannon and a number of other talented parties...
News New Listing Potentially Narrows Down Sonic Frontiers Release Window
Update: A new date has appeared!
Update: It looks like Sonic fans have been eagerly watching the backend of Steam for most of today. Tails' Channel, a popular Sonic website, has spotted that since Nintendo Life and other outlets shared the store release date from SteamDB, the date has been changed. Now, instead of 8th November, the listing is now...
News Sega "Working On Fixing A Variety Of Issues" In Sonic Origins
"The team's been listening"
Sega's Sonic Origins compilation was released in June, and while we were rather impressed, not everyone was happy. Some of the Sonic community have been asking for patches to fix certain issues and bugs. The good news is the team is currently working on a patch. Sega of America social media manager Katie Chrzanowski...
Guide Where To Pre-Order SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Mini 2
Now confirmed for the west!
If you missed the news, Sega has announced that it's going to be bringing the upcoming SEGA Genesis Mini 2 (or SEGA Mega Drive Mini 2) to the west, as well as the company's homeland of Japan. If you're wanting to secure one for yourself, you've absolutely come to the right place. If you'd like to learn more about the...
News Takashi Iizuka Says He Already Knows What The Next Sonic Game Is
Life after Sonic Frontiers...
Sonic Frontiers will take the Sonic the Hedgehog series to new heights with its new "open-zone" design. It's also meant to pave the way for blue blur over the next decade. With this in mind, Game Informer recently sat down with head of Sonic team, Takashi Iizuka - asking him a bunch of rapid-fire questions. One, in...
News SEGA Genesis Mini 2 Confirmed For North American Release This October
Blasting to the West with SEGA CD games
Sega has announced that it's bringing the Genesis Mini 2 mini console to North America on 27th October. The mini console — which follows the original Mega Drive Mini and includes more Genesis titles and SEGA CD games to boot — was previously confirmed only for Japan, but we'll be enjoying the 50+ games it...
News "Screw This Game" - Sonic Origins Modder Halts Development On Massive Patch
Update: Modder clarifies that 'Origins is not “Absolute S***”'
Update [Wed 13th Jul, 2022 09:30 BST]: Modder Xanman has taken to Twitter saying that his original comments — specifically "It’s become way clearer that this game is absolute s***" — was "a huge exaggeration on my part". Linking to VGC's coverage of his comments, he goes on to...
News Sega's Old Arcades Are Flourishing Under New Owners, Sort Of
Genda Inc. reports 3 billion+ yen profit
Cast your minds back, dear readers, to the start of the year. We reported that Sega would sadly be leaving the arcade market, selling the remaining 14.9% of its Sega Entertainment division to Genda Inc with the division being subsequently rebranded as 'Genda GiGO Entertainment'. Now, it looks like the arcade...
News SEGA's Online UK Store Expands Its Range Of Sonic Sleepwear
Gotta go fast to the kitchen
If you've ever wanted to feel like Sonic in the bedroom, living room, or any other room around the house, Sega's online UK store has a new selection of loungewear and sleepwear garments available for pre-order. You know, for when you want to advertise your Sonic fandom in a subtle, sophisticated way. In addition to its...
News Yuji Naka Erases Former Co-Worker And Sonic Creator Naoto Ohshima From Team Photo
Update: Naka adds more detail
Update: Naka has posted some tweets which appear to give a little more insight into the altered photo: It would seem that Naka is referring to the fallout surrounding the release of the much-derided Balan Wonderworld, which was created alongside Ohshima. Original Story [Tue 5th Jul, 2022 21:30 BST]: Things are...
News Four Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games Have Been Added To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
Mega Man: The Wily Wars and more!
Nintendo has just added four more games to the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive app for the Switch Online Expansion Pack service. Here's what you'll get, along with a look. The latest additions include Comix Zone, Target Earth (Assault Suits Leynos), Zero Wing and Mega Man: The Wily Wars.
News First 4 Figures Unveils Stunning New Sonic The Hedgehog Statue, Pre-Orders Now Open
Update: Pre-orders closing soon!
Update 2 (Wed 29th June, 2022): If you're wanting to get your hands on any of these Sonic statues, you might want to act fast, as orders are set to close on 30th June 2022. First 4 Figures says that after this date, you'll have no choice but to be added to a waitlist "for a chance at owning" one. Update (Thu 21st...
Gallery Sega Shares Stunning New Screenshots Of Sonic Frontiers, Out On Switch Holiday 2022
Take a look
If the new trailer and info drop weren't already enough, Sega has also shared some other screenshots of Sonic Frontiers, coming out on the Nintendo Switch this holiday. This latest round-up gives Sonic fans a closer look at Starfall Islands, the Cyber Space areas (including some familar zones), and even some mysterious landmarks and...
News Sonic Frontiers Introduces Mysterious New Character, Here's Your First Look
Enemies, abilities and more also detailed
Yesterday's Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase arguably provided Sonic fans with the best Sonic Frontiers footage so far - showing off Starfall Islands, a new environment known as Cyber Space, the game's battle system, new enemies and characters, and even some of Sonic's abilities. Now, in a PR update,...
News Sonic Frontiers Shows Off Cyber Space And Switch Gameplay In New Trailer
Update: Bosses, characters, and more
Update [Tue 28th Jun, 2022 17:30 BST]: More details have been shared by Sega following the Direct on Sonic Frontiers (thanks, Nintendo Everything!). This includes new abilities, specific enemy types, and a brand new character called Sage. We've also got more confirmation that Tails and Amy will be involved in...
News Former Sega Of America President Bernie Stoler Has Passed Away
Helped launch PlayStation and Dreamcast
GamesBeat has reported that the founder of Sony Computer Entertainment America and former president of Sega of America, Bernie Stolar, has passed away aged 75. Stolar's career kicked off in the 80s after founding a coin-op company, but he soon moved to Atari. There he worked on arcade games, home consoles,...
News Sega Announces Sonic Collab With Hololive VTuber Star Inugami Korone
She's also doing VO for Sonic 2 movie's Japanese dub
As part of Sonic's 31st anniversary this week, Sega held Sonic Station livestream celebrating the launch of Sonic Origins. During the broadcast, Sega also announced a year-long collaboration with the Hololive Virtual YouTuber (and Sonic fan) Inugami Korone - titled “Sonikoro 2022". She's now...
News Sega Announces A USB Cyber Stick Controller For The Mega Drive Mini 2
Analogue power
Earlier today, Sega announced the next 11 games coming to the company's next mini console, the Mega Drive Mini 2. But that's not the only thing it revealed during the latest livestream. In a bit of a surprise announcement, Sega unveiled a new USB controller — based on the classic SHARP Cyber Stick — that will be compatible with...
News Sonic Origins Contributor Shares Frustrations Over The State Of The Game
"We want these problems to be addressed"
Sonic Origins' launch yesterday saw the return of the blue blurs classic Mega Drive/Genesis games, all bundled together on modern consoles. The most noteworthy part of the bundle is Sonic 3 & Knuckles, which sees Sonic 3 ported to consoles with new, HD upgrades for the first time. To help make this...
News Yuji Naka Is Shocked That Michael Jackson's Music Is Missing In Sonic Origins
"Oh my God"
Update [Thu 23rd Jun, 2022 16:10]: Yuji Naka is now sharing photos on Twitter of his time in America when he was working on the original Sonic 3. One of the photos Naka has shared is from the time when he visited "his" house, presumably Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in California. Just casually confirming things even more. Someone's...
Rumour Sonic Origins Datamine Hints At A Returning Character For Sonic Frontiers
And a game mode to match
Happy 31st birthday to the blue blur! We've seen Sonic the Hedgehog change and evolve tons over the years, and the next step in his journey — Sonic Frontiers — is bringing some of the franchise's biggest changes yet. But before we look forward, we're looking back today with the launch of Sonic Origins. The compilation...
News Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Movie Speeds Past $400 Million At The Global Box Office
A third movie has already been confirmed
The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie has just reached another milestone - surpassing $400 million at the global box office. According to Deadline, the film has now hit $190 million in the US and $209 million internationally, and it still has a Japan and Hong Kong release to go. The top five offshore markets to...
News Sega Is Teasing A New Game, Reveal Happening Soon
It's a "special Sega game"
Update [Thu 23rd Jun, 2022 02:55 BST]: IGN's 'Summer of Gaming' event has revealed the new Sega published title is Hyenas. It's a new multiplayer sci-fi FPS by Creative Assembly and is coming to Xbox, PlayStation and PC. Original article [Wed 22nd Jun, 2022 03:00 BST]: IGN's 'Summer of Gaming' continues tomorrow and...
News Sega Shares Another Extensive Overview Trailer For Sonic Origins
A closer look at the original game
Sonic Origins is out tomorrow and ahead of this 4-in-1 game release, Sega has been sharing all sorts of promotional trailers. Following on from last week's video, it's now released a second 'Sonic Speed Strats' episode which takes a "closer look" at the original title, Sonic the Hedgehog. There's a rundown of the...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Sonic Origins
Is it a blast to process?
Sega's compilation of all four classic Mega Drive/Genesis titles — Sonic Origins — arrives this Thursday on Switch (and other platforms!), and the reviews have been coming in as fast as the blue blur himself. This collection sees Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD all grouped...
News Here's How Sonic 3's New Music In Sonic Origins Stacks Up To The Classics
Brace yourselves...
Sonic Origins is just around the corner, launching on Switch on this coming Thursday. It's no secret at this point that the music in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was likely to be altered for the new release, owing to complications with the rights, and now we've got confirmation that this is indeed the case. It's sad that we have to...
Video We're Confused About Sonic Frontiers
Oh no!
This month, the world got its first look at the upcoming 'open-zone' Sonic game, Sonic Frontiers, and it's garnered some mixed reactions, to say the least. IGN has been promoting the game and sharing exclusive footage from Frontiers throughout June, and there's been a lot of online chatter. From the initial footage to more recent...
Random F1 Star Lewis Hamilton Couldn't Find Mario Kart, So He Bought Super Monaco GP II Instead
"I went to get Mario Kart but they didn’t have it"
Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he's digging back into the past to let off steam during what is proving to be a demanding season. Hamilton was infamously beaten to the title last season by Max Verstappen in controversial circumstances, but rule changes this year have...
News Takashi Iizuka: Sonic Frontiers Is Sonic's "Next Step For The Next 10 Years"
"This is the third generation, almost"
Head of Sonic Team, Takashi Iizuka, has previously mentioned on a number of occasions how the "key point" in the history of the Sonic series was the jump from 2D to 3D gameplay. Now, later this year, Sega will take the Sonic the Hedgehog series to new heights with "open-zone" gameplay in Sonic Frontiers. It's...
News Sonic Frontiers Will Take About 20 - 30 Hours To Complete
Completionist could "easily spend double" this time
In another IGN exclusive, Sonic Frontiers director Morio Kishimoto has revealed just how long the newest open zone entry in the series will take to finish. It will apparently take the "average player" anywhere between 20 to 30 hours to complete the main game. If you're more of a completionist and...
Random Don't Expect To See Sonic Kissing Anymore Humans, Says Sega
Takashi Iizuka lays down the rules
During a recent interview with Axios (thanks, IGN), the head of Sonic Team Takashi Iizuka laid down a few rules regarding the creation of games featuring Sega's mascot, Sonic. The first two are relatively self explanatory and serve as the "official" rules: number one, Sonic needs to display a strong sense of...
News Sonic Movie Was "A Huge Inspiration" For Sonic Frontiers' Combat
“In previous titles, we never really put a high emphasis on combat"
If you've seen the Sonic Frontiers trailers so far, you've probably noticed how the blue blur can now do a lot more attacks. In a recent interview with IGN, Sonic Frontiers director Morio Kishimoto mentioned how Sonic Team this time implemented a much "more fleshed-out" combat...
News Sega Reveals Crazy Taxi Merch Collection, Pre-Orders Now Open (UK)
All I Want
If you spent the turn of the century speeding around the streets of Crazy Taxi, bopping your head to those Bad Religion and The Offspring tunes as you raced against the clock, you might want to take a look at this new collection of merch that's currently up for pre-order from Sega. Giving fans of the classic series a chance to show off...
Feature We Speak To Zach Aguilar, Voice Of Tanjiro In The Demon Slayer Game, Out Now On Switch
You might also know him as Byleth
It's an exciting time for anime fans on the Nintendo Switch with the release of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles, which we called "a very solid action game, presenting a gripping story and thrilling action combat alongside an art style that almost perfectly matches the popular anime" in our...
News Sega Confirms Sonic Frontiers Won't Be Delayed, Says Fans "Don't Understand" It
"We've been getting a lot of great feedback"
Since IGN started its month-long coverage for Sonic Frontiers, feedback from the fans has been, well... mixed, at best. The gameplay videos shown so far have a few fans concerned about the new format, particularly the rather bizarre similarities to games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In...
Devilishly good
Though the manga only started in 2016, Demon Slayer has gone on to become one of the most successful media franchises in existence—even passing up the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog and Minecraft in raw sales. Despite this, Demon Slayer has had shockingly little presence in video games; aside from a Japan-only mobile game that still...
News Sonic Frontiers' Demo Title Screen Surfaces On Social Media
Take a look...
Sega has shared quite a bit of footage of Sonic Frontiers now, but one thing blue blur fans haven't seen yet is the title screen. If you have been wondering what it might look like, you're potentially in luck. Screenshots are surfacing on social media of the demo's title screen. It comes via the in-person Summer Game Fest 'Play Days'...
News Sega CO Takashi Iizuka Expresses Interest In A New Sonic Adventure Game
Please please please!
During an interview with IGN for the upcoming Sonic Frontiers, Sega's Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka has expressed his ongoing interest in creating a new Sonic Adventure game. It's been over 20 years since Sonic Adventure 2 originally released on the Sega Dreamcast. Not only that, but Iizuka stated that he hopes to use the...
News Jun Senoue To Adapt Some Of Sonic 3's Music For Sonic Origins
"Unfortunately we can’t use all of the original sounds"
Here's something we probably all saw coming and were simply waiting to be confirmed — Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will not have all of its original soundtrack intact in Sonic Origins. Sonic 3's music legacy has been long scrutinized and debated. A few years ago, it was confirmed that the King of...
News Brad Buxer Reconfirms Michael Jackson's Involvement With Sonic 3's Soundtrack
Stranger in Angel Island
Can anyone think of any video game soundtrack that's been debated over more that Sonic the Hedgehog 3's? The King of Pop — Michael Jackson's — involvement has long been debated, with other musicians seemingly confirming that he did indeed help with the game's music in an interview back in 2016. But this has still been...
Random Pokémon Voice Actor Shares His Take On Shadow The Hedgehog
"Here's what I'd do if I voiced Shadow"
Alejandro Saab is a well known figure within the voice acting industry. He's been in the game now for several years and has voiced such characters as Leon in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Yuri in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Jules in Final Fantasy VII Remake, among many others. A self-proclaimed Sonic...
Featuring Knuckles
Sega's latest 'Sonic Central' broadcast went fast, but there were a lot of announcements throughout it. One of the highlights was the reveal of the Sonic Frontiers: Prologue. This is a new animated special featuring Knuckles and will take place before the events of Sonic Frontiers. The "entire short" will be shared later this...
News The Sonic Frontiers Preview Footage Is From An "Early Build"
"open your heart, it's gonna be alright"
Sega has shared a first look at Sonic's new "open-zone" adventure Sonic Frontiers over the past few weeks via an exclusive deal with IGN. These previews have raised a number of concerns about the current state of the game, but fans of the blue blur have now been urged to calm down. In case you missed it,...
News Shadow The Hedgehog Joins The Cast Of Netflix's Sonic Prime
Anti-hero teased in brief video
SEGA has teased the return of Shadow the Hedgehog in Netflix's upcoming animated series, Sonic Prime. Little information has been provided regarding his involvement in the series, but we've been given a brief glimpse at his appearance via a short teaser. Sonic Prime will debut later this year on Netflix. We've yet...
News The First Hands-On With Sonic Frontiers Has Dropped
IGN have the goods
IGN's month-long look at the upcoming open-world Sonic game, Sonic Frontiers, continues today with the outlet's hands-on impressions of the game! Up until now, we've only seen footage of separate aspects of the game — one look at the gameplay, and one look at the combat — but IGN has actually spent some time with the game...
News Yuzo Koshiro Confirms He's Back For Vital Mega Drive Mini 2 Music
More menu music!
Legendary composer Yuzo Koshiro cut his teeth over at Nihon Falcom, but his most famous work is arguably in the 16-bit era, particularly with SEGA. From his first freelance work with the company on The Revenge of Shinobi to the iconic Streets of Rage, Koshiro cemented his status as one of the best. And SEGA clearly recognised that...
News Sonic Central Broadcast Airing On YouTube And Twitch June 7th
A "sneak peek" at upcoming projects & more
It's been a rather busy period for Sonic the Hedgehog. He's just released his second movie, his retro collection Sonic Origins is out at the end of this month, and later this year his new 3D adventure Sonic Frontiers will launch on multiple platforms including Switch. With this in mind, Sega has announced...
