Sega has released to the public an entire act of Classic Sonic in Green Hill along with some high resolution screenshots. Click the thumbnails to see them in their 5K glory.
One thing interesting to note is that the number at the end of each of the filenames of these images are UNIX time stamps. 1492046832 for example is Thu, 13 Apr 2017 01:27:12 GMT or likely the time these screens were taken.
We got a sneak peak of the third character in the upcoming Sonic Forces game during Nintendo Direct and it looks like to be... some wolf guy?
It's obviously a tease. There's also rumors floating around that this is really just stand in for a custom character creation tool but I'm not buying it.
Sega revealed today behind closed doors to the press that the upcoming Sonic Forces game would INDEED include VR support for the PS4, Oculus and HTC Vive. Sadly, nothing has been said regarding the Nintendo Switch as Nintendo currently has no plans for VR. Players will be able to strap on a helmet and see in first person what Sonic sees when he runs.
This hasn’t been a great experience, unfortunately. Mrs Fogherty of Polygon had this to report:
“It was great until I started to go REALLY fast. I had never experienced such a rush of speed. I forced myself to get used to it but then I jumped and that’s when I had to reach for a bucket. I hope they fix this before release. They should NOT have the camera rotate along with Sonic when you jump. This is asking for trouble.”
It’s not unusual to hear about nausea when using VR, unfortunately, it gets worse.
“I don’t even think I could play another VR game now. The experience has left me constantly nauseous ever since. The game is otherwise fun to play. Just don’t play with VR, whatever you do. I may try again with a wet rag but I’m not sure yet. I wasn’t the only one either!”
Well there you have it. Looks like Sonic wasn’t made for Virtual Reality or hopefully they work out the bugs before release. Sonic Forces will release later this year for PC, PS4, XBox One and Nintendo Switch.
We were able to get a sneak peak of the VR demo in Sonic Forces as seen below:
Sega held an event today at SXSW. There was no official stream, however, Sonic sites such as TSSZ and Tails Channel were able to stream from the audience.
Lets take a look at what was announced.
This is not looking good.
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool posted an article noting that you could no longer subscribe to the comic via Archie's website. As you can see there, no Sonic options. This is also the deep link for the Sonic The Hedgehog book and Sonic Universe, which again, is missing the option to subscribe.
Earlier today, Sonic Stadium user doctorbenMD called Archie to get some more information and was told the book may be ending at 290. This is far from fully confirmed but if so, looks like the book was dropped suddenly. Archie nor Sega have made a public statement yet. I'll update this as more information comes.
Some more reading on this:
Update: Jan 23 2017
There still has been no official word from Archie regarding the cancellation of the comics however, new solicitations have come out. This will be updated when subscriptions have been resolved.
Update: Feb 22 2017
Archie has not released any Sonic solicitations for May. In addition, issues 291 and 292 have been pushed to April according to Previews World. Sega and Archie have maintained a stiff lip for now.
We’ve made all around optimizations to the site. Moved to a new server Rewritten Music section Comics section optimizations Other misc UI updates This should hopefully mean more exciting updates in the future as well.
SHQ has received a lot of various "rumors" over the years. Mostly in the past. Considering it's now been over 10 years since these "reports" were submitted, I figured to shed some light on a few. I won't be showing the names. Just the title and content. These were all submitted to SHQ's older news feed.
Sega held their Sonic 25th anniversary party at the House of Blues in San Diego last night. As expected, there were many announcements. Two of which were new games. Sonic Mania – For long time Sonic fans, this is what we’ve been waiting for. A sprite based Sonic game akin to old Genesis/Megadrive days. It’s being […]
It’s interesting isn’t it? It’s a testament to the oldness feeling and it’s very real. It feels like just yesterday it was Sonic’s 10th Anniversary, celebrating with Sonic Adventure 2. I remember getting that along with the collector’s edition which had that nifty coin. (Unfortunately now I can’t find it). We then celebrated Sonic’s 15th anniversary […]
Sega announced via their official Sonic twitter account today that Sonic would be joining in with Lego Dimensions. He will be part of wave 6, an expansion pack, expected to release this coming September. Sonic accompanies 15 other franchises for this wave. In total there will be 30 franchises as of wave 6. If you’re […]