Tag: Sega
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Version 1.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
New gadgets, strengthened anti-cheat and more
Every game is getting in its final update of the year before the holiday period gets underway, and Sega has today rolled out a major patch for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. On the Nintendo front, this marks the arrival of the Switch 2 Edition as well as the Upgrade Pack for existing Switch owners. Apart...
News New 'Sonic Universe' Movie Spin-Off Announced For 2028
Well that was fast
Paramount has revealed some of its future movie plans, but for us, the biggest draw is that Sonic the Hedgehog will be getting a brand new spin-off movie in 2028. Variety reports that this upcoming spin-off is currently untitled, but it's being referred to to as the "Sonic Universe Event Film". It will launch in cinemas on 22nd...
News Yakuza Kiwami 3 Is More Than Just A Remake, And It Contains "Major Hints" For Series' Future
Not tied down
The Yakuza / Like A Dragon series has been one of the biggest surprises of the Switch 2 generation, with three games — 0, Kiwami 1, and Kiwami 2 — available on the platform already. In February next year, it'll be joined by the brand new Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties which is much more than a remake of Yakuza 3, says RGG Studio...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Pac-Man DLC Pack Arrives Early 2026
Update: Fans might not have to wait much longer...
In case you missed it, it's been announced Pac-Man is joining the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Season Pass. Pac-Man and the "iconic rival ghosts" will link up with not only Sonic's crew but also characters from other Sega universes and beyond (including Minecraft, SpongeBob, and more). Apart from...
Reminder Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds SpongeBob SquarePants DLC Now Available
More racers are on the way
If Kirby's new track outing isn't your thing, perhaps you would rather return to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds to try out the new SpongeBob SquarePants Pack. This paid DLC pack is now officially available on the Nintendo Switch. In case you missed it, it contains SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star as playable characters,...
News Sega Gives Japanese Employees "Peace Of Mind" With Another Salary Raise
Plus an increase for new-hires
Sega has announced that it is raising the salary for its full-time staff along with increasing the starting salary for new-hires over in Japan (thanks, Automaton). Starting from 1st April 2026, the base salary for full-time employees will raise by an average of around 10%. Sega is introducing a more flexible pay...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Faster On Switch 2 Next Month
And you can upgrade from Switch 1, too
At last, Sega has confirmed that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition launches on 4th December 2025 for $69.99, right in time for the holidays (via Gematsu). Note that a physical release, wh
News Raidou Remastered Is Getting A Free Demo On Switch & Switch 2
Not so soulless
SEGA and Atlus are dropping a surprise demo for one of its early Switch 2 titles, Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. The demo arrives on the Switch eShop — for both the Switch 1 and 2 versions of the game — at 9pm PST today (that's midnight EST and 5am BST on 5th November) and will allow you to play up to...
News Sega Provides Updated Sales Figures For Sonic Frontiers And Sonic Superstars
How is the blue blur doing?
Sega has released updated sales figures for both Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Superstars as part of its integrated report for 2025. As we'd expected, Sonic Frontiers is ahead of Superstars, likely due in part to the simple fact that it released much sooner, but we also believe that folks are generally more receptive to...
News Persona 5 Series Sales Just Won't Slow Down As Games Soar Past 13 Million
It's a show to remember
We're all waiting for the next mainline Persona game, but there's a reason SEGA and Atlus have sat pretty with Persona 5 for so long: Because it just won't stop selling. Sega Sammy has published its latest business report (via Persona Central,
News Two Point Museum Goes Wild With The 'Zooseum' DLC Expansion This Winter
Rawr
Two Point Museum is just about to launch on the Switch 2, and to celebrate, Sega has announced another new DLC expansion scheduled to launch this winter. Dubbed 'Zooseum', it's essentially, well... a zoo. It's a brand new location that will no doubt introduce a smorgasbord of interesting creatures to care for as you look to expand your...
News Sonic Team's Boss Wants To Put More Sonic Characters In The Spotlight
Sega celebrated the 'Year of Shadow' in 2024
Last year, Sega ran a year-long campaign for Shadow the Hedgehog that lined up with the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations and the introduction of the "Ultimate Lifeform" in the live-action Sonic movies. This was generally well-received by Sonic fans, and it's now led to some discussion about how Sega...
News Sega Announces Another Small Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S Update For Switch 2
Version 1.0.4 is coming soon
One of the many Sega games released alongside the Switch 2 at launch was Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S. Although it arguably didn't offer much for returning players, there was a new camera feature allowing you to superimpose your face during gameplay. It seems there were some display issues with "certain" USB cameras, but this...
News SEGA Announces New Olympic Merch Collab, Reigniting Hopes Of A Mario & Sonic Comeback
Sonic boom
SEGA and the International Olympic Committee have today announced that they are teaming up on a new "co-branded merchandising programme" featuring none other than Sonic the Hedgehog. The multi-year deal will see the blue blur cropping up alongside the Olympic rings in a whole range of merch planned for release next year. According to the...
Opinion Sonic Racing Crossworlds > Mario Kart World, And It's Not Even Close For Me
Plus, vote for your kurrent kart-racing king
When I initially found out that we were getting a brand new Mario Kart with the launch of Switch 2, I was a little bit concerned. Not disappointed, definitely excited, but concerned all the same. Mario Kart 8, you see, has become such an all-encompassing thing over the years, a sprawling collection of...
Video SEGA Shares "First Look" At Yakuza Kiwami 3's Combat Gameplay
Game-Key Card release also confirmed
Sega this week surprised Yakuza fans with the announcement of Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties for the Switch 2. It will be making its way to Nintendo's new hybrid system early next year on 12th February 2026, and while we've already got a teaser of what to expect, the team at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has now shared...
Review Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Switch) - Cracking Karting, But Struggles To Keep Up On Switch
Everybody super sonic racing
Nintendo has spent the past few decades going from strength to strength with Mario Kart, so it’s not hard to see why companies holding other recognisable IP have wanted to take a crack at the kart-racer formula to see if they can pull a following of their own. While plenty of copycats have popped up over the years, one...
News Go Fast With Puma's Brand New Sonic The Hedgehog Collection
"We're so back"
Sega and Athletic apparel brand Puma have announced a brand new limited edition Sonic the Hedgehog collaboration, which launches on 30th October 2025, all to celebrate the release of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. This collection doesn't just include the Blue Blur, either — both his sidekick Tails and Shadow the Hedgehog will be...
News Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Switch Resolution Update Now Available
Some other bugs have also been addressed
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance made its arrival on the Switch eShop last week, and while we think it's got the potential to be "pure ninja gold", there are aspects of this particular version that could use some work. One issue was tied to the game's resolution not being properly optimised. Fortunately, it looks...
Site News So, Where's Our Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Review?
Fast feat
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is out for Switch and other platforms today, and you may have seen generally positive reviews popping up elsewhere. It seems Sega has managed to assemble a dynamic, colourful racer to rival Mario Kart World in many respects, a feat which was far from a foregone conclusion. Yes, Sega was confident enough to...
News Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Announced For Switch 2, Launching In February 2026
Experience a brand-new tale in Dark Ties
Sega isn't slowing down any time soon when it comes to the Yakuza series, and with this in mind, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has today announced it's bringing Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties to the Switch 2 and multiple other platforms next year. During RGG Summit 2025, the talented studio confirmed this particular...
News Sonic Adventure 2 'Live And Learn' Lawsuit Dismissed, Crush 40 Musician Issues Statement
The song remains in "limbo"
You might recall how there's been some drama over the popular Sonic Adventure 2 track 'Live and Learn'. Crush 40 musician and singer Johnny Gioeli filed a lawsuit against Sega last December, claiming he had not been correctly compensated over the past 23 years. In an update, new court documents have confirmed the case...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Here's what the critics had to say
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is out next week on multiple platforms and the first lot of reviews have now gone live. If you are curious to know how this new experience generally holds up, this round up should help. When we hear more about the Switch version, we'll let you know. The Switch 2 version is also scheduled...
News Raidou Remastered Updated On Switch And Switch 2, Here Are The Patch Notes
Quality-of-life improvements aplenty
Sega and Atlus have released a new update for RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army on Switch and Switch 2, bringing the game up to version 1.10. The update brings a whole bunch of quality-of-life improvements to game alongside some standard bug fixes. The remaster launched on 19th June 2025,...
News Sega Reignites Its Nintendo Rivalry In New Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Trailer
"Segaaah!"
Sega has released a new trailer for the upcoming Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and with it has reignited its rivalry with Nintendo (albeit in a cute, harmless sort of way). In an effort to pay homage to its Sega Genesis vs. SNES advertisement from the early '90s, the new trailer highlights CrossWorlds' high-speed action, broad...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Scores Free Single-Player Demo This Month
Driving solo
The Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Open Network Test wrapped up last weekend, but it looks like we won't have to wait long before we get to go hands on with the blue blur's upcoming racer again ahead of launch. SEGA capped off the test period by sharing that a free demo will be heading our way at some point in mid-September, with "more info...
Reminder Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 'Open Network Test' For Switch Is Now Live
Try it out this weekend
Apart from the news Sonic is doing a collab with Pac-Man, Sega has also announced it's running an 'Open Network Test' for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. This test will take place later this month on 29th August 2025 and runs until 1st September 2025. This time, it invites Switch users as well as players on PlayStation 5, Xbox...
News SEGA Shares A Detailed Look At Yakuza Kiwami & Kiwami 2 In New Switch 2 Gameplay Footage
A frame rate brawl
SEGA popped up in the July Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase to reveal that Yakuza Kiwami and Kiwami 2 would be brawling their way onto Switch 2 on 13th November. Of course, the former is already available on Switch 1, but this new release promised improved graphics and frame rates, alongside some bonus language options.
News Takashi Iizuka Explains Why Sonic Racing: CrossWorld's Guest Racers Stay Silent In-Game
DL-Seen and not DL-Heard
We are quickly closing in on 2025' next high-profile arcade racer, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and SEGA keeps adding more and more characters to its rapidly expanding roster. Those loaded up on the game's Season Pass and DLC will see the likes of Steve and Alex from Minecraft, SpongeBob SquarePants and Persona 5's Joker all...
Guide Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds: Full Character Roster - Every Racer Confirmed So Far
Every Sonic, SEGA, DLC and Season Pass racer
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds arrives on 25th September 2025 and Sega has now officially confirmed the character line up at launch. CrossWorlds will include not only characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series but also icons from other "SEGA Universes". Sega has also noted how this will be the "largest...
News Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance To Get Classic SEGA Villains Stage DLC Next Year
Dr. Eggman is first up
Joe Musashi has fought countless demons, strange lifeforms, and ninja clans across the Shinobi series' vast history. But in SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance — which launches on Switch at the end of August — his greatest threat awaits in some DLC. Coming in early 2026, Sega has announced the SEGA Villains Stage, and first up for...
News Sonic Mania 2 Prototype Artwork Revealed By Christian Whitehead
"The game that never was"
Sonic Mania is one of the best Sonic games ever, and while there were hopes it would get a sequel, a few years ago, it was revealed how Sega was eager to move beyond pixel art and ultimately it didn't go ahead. At the time, Sega worked with Headcannon and Christian Whitehead "to consider concepts for the next generation of...
News Sega Drops OST Remix Video For Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
That's one radical highway
With the release date for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds drawing ever closer (that's 25th September, speed freaks), Sega is keeping the old hype train rolling along in the right direction with a brand new remix of some of the tunes featured in the upcoming racer, which, we have to say, looks absolutely cracking. You can check...
News Timberland Is Teaming Up With Sonic On A New Range Of Boots And Clothing
Gotta go... slow?
After collaborating on a pair of Crocs back in 2023, SEGA is continuing its streak of 'Footwear That Would Be Inappropriate For Sonic The Hedgehog' with a new pair of Sonic-inspired Timberland kicks. Let's manage those expectations right from the jump. It's unlikely that most of us will ever get our hands on a pair of these bad...
Video Sega Unveils New Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Trailer
"Coming soon" to Switch 2
It's the fighting game event EVO 2025 this weekend, and there are all sorts of announcements taking place alongside the competition. With this in mind, SEGA has released a new trailer for Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. It focuses on the "all-new" immersive mode "World Stage". Here's a bit about it, and you can check out the...
News Yakuza Kiwami 2 Brawls Onto Switch 2 In November
Kiwami 1 also getting a Switch 2 release
Kazuma Kiryu's story will continue on Switch 2 later this year as Yakuza Kiwami 2 releases on 13th November 2025. Continuing the story on from Yakuza Kiwami — a remake of the first Yakuza game that received a Switch port last year — Kiryu will be facing off against the Dragon of Kansai, Ryuji Goda...
News Sonic Racing: Crossworlds On Switch 2 Will Feature The Full Base Game On Cartridge
That's right, no Game-Key Card!
Sega has just earned itself a big win by confirming that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on the Switch 2 will not be a Game-Key Card when it launches physically in early 2026. In a press release, the company confirmed that Crossworlds will launch digitally on Switch 2 in Holiday 2025 and physically in Early 2026, with two...
News First 4 Figures Unveils Sonic The Hedgehog Title Screen, Pre-Orders Now Live
"Go fast to grab the early bird offer"
[Wed 2nd Jul, 2025 06:30 BST]: Sonic the Hedgehog is getting another First 4 Figures statue and if you're wondering what could be next, it's the classic and iconic title screen. To be precise, it's the screen from the Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis release. As mentioned in the official description, it's...
News Sega Teases New Sonic Racing Animation, Speeding Ahead This September
Launching the same month as CrossWorlds
Sega is promoting its upcoming release Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds in all sorts of ways, and apart from the game's opening theme reveal earlier this week, it's also recently teased a new animation. This new animation celebrating Sonic's latest racing game is scheduled to arrive this September (the same month as...
News Wait, 'Busted' Member Is The Singer Of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Opening?
He said "I've been to the year 3000"
Sega has shared the opening theme to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and, rather than pulling in familiar faces such as Crush40, Kellin Quinn, or Madeline Wood, there's a very familiar voice to a certain generation of people from the UK. James Bourne of the British pop-punk band Busted — yes, really — is the lead...
News Sega's President Wants Company's Revival To Be His "Greatest Achievement"
But he's concerned about the console business
Sega's president and COO, Shuji Utsumi, has stated his wish for the company's revival to be the "greatest achievement" in his career. During an interview with The Game Business, Utsumi, who produced the business plan for Sony's first PlayStation before overseeing first-party development for the...
News Look, Maybe We Should Stop Asking For A Sonic Adventure Remaster
Iizuka once again shuts it down
If you're still grasping onto the idea of a Sonic Adventure remaster in this here year 2025, then it might be time to put such hopes to rest, because it sounds like Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka simply isn't interested in the idea. In speaking with Shack News (thanks, Push Square) Iizuka said he acknowledges the...
News Sega Knows You Hate Mario Kart's Blue Shells
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds removes "unfair" and "stressful" items
A cornerstone of the Mario Kart experience is, for better or worse, the dreaded Blue Shell. Seen as a means of keeping the playing field (relatively) level, this item targets the player in first place, and has been the cause of much frustration over the decades—to the point where...
Guide Best Sonic Games Of All Time
With Sonic now on Switch 2, what is the best Sonic game?
Happy 34th anniversary to Sonic the Hedgehog! We're republishing this list to celebrate the blue blur's birthday, along with the addition of the Switch 2 version of Sonic X Shadow Generations. Sonic the Hedgehog — the blue dude with the most 'tude — first sprinted onto the Mega Drive in...
Nothing soulless about this one
Never let it be said that Atlus is afraid of finding new ways to capitalise on its flagship Shin Megami Tensei franchise—for quite a while now, there have been significantly more spinoff ‘SMT-adjacent’ games than mainline entries. Still, that’s certainly not a bad thing, as the company has clearly come up with...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Switch 2 Version Announced Alongside "Paid Upgrade" For Switch
Guest characters and release date also revealed
Sega has now officially locked in a release date for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – announcing it will be speeding on to the Switch on 25th September 2025 for $59.99 / £54.99. Perhaps even more excitingly is the news there will be a Nintendo Switch 2 version "coming at a later date" for $69.99 /...
Random Yakuza 0's Antagonists Reunite To Play Switch 2 Together
Even crime lords need to unwind
Sega has released a new trailer for Yakuza 0: Director's Cut in Japan and it's an absolute doozy. Rather than just showcase the game and be done with it, the trailer instead features actual actors from Yakuza 0; specifically the three lieutenants from the Dojima Family – Hitoshi Ozawa (Daisaku Kuze), Riki Takeuchi...
Rumour Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Character Leaks Reportedly Surface
Are you ready, Sonic fans?
Sega has hyped up Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds as having the "largest" roster ever in a Sonic Racing game. It's set to include characters from across the Sega Universe, but it seems there could be even more surprises on the way... Ahead of the Summer Games Fest, a new leak has reportedly emerged and it's revealed a possible...
News Switch 2 Exclusive Yakuza 0: Director's Cut Gets An Extensive Overview Trailer
Plus a hotline for US citizens
Yakuza 0: Director's Cut, an updated Switch 2 exclusive of the 2015 title, has received a new overview trailer ahead of its launch later this week. It's pretty standard stuff, really. The trailer goes into the basic plot of the game (without heading into spoiler territory, we might add) while also providing a bit of...
News Asphalt Legends Unite Speeds Up On Switch With "Limited-Time" Sonic Event
Gotta go faster
Sega launched a new brand campaign recently which plans to dedicate an entire year to Sonic the Hedgehog's trademark characteristics of "speed and attitude". As part of this, there'll be all sorts of racing-inspired partnerships and the latest one is now live. Sonic has teamed up with Gameloft's free-to-play racer Asphalt Legends...
