Sonic Boom season 2 will be coming to a close this weekend with the season finale called, “Eggman: The Video Game” and it will be a two-part episode series aired back to back. I’ve seen and it doesn’t disappoint. In fact, it’ll make you wish why the rest of the series wasn’t more like it. […]
The site might look a little different to you today. This is because we thought it might be time to give it a massive UI overhaul. As you can see it gets a lot of cues from Sonic Mania. You can toggle the comics listing on the main page by clicking the 2 column icon […]
Looks like we are getting a Sonic Forces comic after what seemed like a joke at the town hall earlier this week. Starting today, we’ll be getting a 4 part digital comic series leading up to the release of Sonic Forces. Ian Flynn is also writing it! It’s also free! Today, SEGA® released the first […]
When you don’t like the tools that’s there, what do you do? Build your own! As revealed by GameHut on YouTube, Director of Traveller’s Tales for 29 years, we’re treated to how levels were contrued using the game’s built in editor. It’s likely you’re only able to use this in a beta version of the game.
Materia Collective is thrilled to release Sonic BeATS, a collection of music by artist Funk Fiction written for the highly-regarded Sonic: Before the Sequel and Sonic: After the Sequel tribute games. Just in time to celebrate the18th birthday of the SEGA Dreamcast (released 9/9/99) and the classic Sonic the Hedgehog renaissance ushered in by Sonic Mania, the time was right to get these amazingly funky electronic pop soundtracks into the hands of fans for the first time. Sonic BeATS is now available.
The Sonic BTS and ATS soundtracks are widely praised as being one of the best parts of the games, with Sonic series composer Jun Senoue himself decreeing the albums as "excellent work" filled with "lots of catchy tracks." Funk Fiction states his favorite game in the Sonic series "has always been Sonic the Hedgehog 3," as he feels it "pushed the envelope with one foot in the familiar Sonic sound established in the first two games and another foot in the uncharted territory of complex yet catchy Michael Jackson vibes."
"In the same philosophy of evolution from the first two Sonic games towards the third, I wanted to apply the same maturation for Sonic BTS and ATS," comments Funk Fiction. "This time, integrating external influences such as Yuzo Koshiro's Streets of Rage, the French Touch flavor of early Daft Punk's Homework & Discovery, and the rich, gooey, and supremely funky essence of Jamiroquai. This is the result of what you hear in Sonic BeATS."
Sonic: Before the Sequel (2012) and Sonic: After the Sequel (2013) achieved over 300,000 tracked downloads with the soundtracks in particular earning cult status on SoundCloud and YouTube, but the music hasn't been made available for download anywhere until now. This music played a vital role in developing Funk Fiction's musical identity, essentially launching his career. It's with that idea in mind that he and Materia Collective have decided to give Sonic BeATS the official release it deserves, which also features brilliant artwork by Andy Tunstall.
Learn more on the official Sonic BeATS website:
https://www.materiacollective.com/music/sonic-beats
Below we interview Funk Fiction, creator of Sonic BeATS
IDW hosted a town hall today at the panel and they announced that Ian Flynn will be reprising his role as the writer for IDW’s Sonic series. Many people attending asked about if certain characters would return or be featured (including the freedom fighters) to which they were not able to answer and to stay […]
In a blog post on IDW's site, IDW announced a date and time for their event with Sonic at the New York Comic Con. Attention convention goers, IDW and Sega are bringing the once and only Sonic The Hedgehog to New York Comic Con! The First Official Sonic The Hedgehog/IDW Town Hall October 08, 2017, […]
Sega announced via their livestream that Sonic Mania for the PC will be delayed until August 29th to allow for more time for testing and better performance. If you pre-ordered the PC version, you'll be treated with a free version of Sonic 1 (not the updated Christian Whitehead version) for your troubles. If you pre-ordered the Collector's Edition, you'll still get the box and the download code will still work but will initially release Sonic 1 until August 29.
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Looks like Tyson Hesse and Hyper Potions are at it again
Looks like we finally get to see what the special stages and bonus stage(s) will be like.
In “Blue Spheres”, players navigate Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles through a series of blue spheres to clear the stage. But be careful! Once touched, the blue spheres will turn red. Touching a red sphere instantly ends the Bonus Stage. Silver Medallions are awarded to players who complete the Bonus Stage, while collecting all the blue spheres and rings awards players with a perfect score and a Gold Medallion.
Time Attack was also revealed to be a new mode in Sonic Mania. Prove you’re the best of the best in Time Attack, which lets players compete for fastest speed in the world by recording their time in the game’s online leaderboard.
In Special Stages, players chase down enemy UFOs to secure various Chaos Emeralds. Collecting blue spheres along the way will give their character an added boost of speed to their meter. Once the meter fills up, the Mach level increases. Just watch out and don’t speed off the stage!
We won't have to wait much longer. Sonic Mania comes out August 15th. Video and images in the link below.