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In a recent article, Sonic Team head Yuji Naka has expressed interest in all three next-gen consoles:

PlayStation 3 - "I am very interested in its high-quality graphics capabilities. It's equipped with a graphics chip that's twice as powerful as the high-end [graphics card] for the PC, which allows it to make realistic expressions that haven't been possible before."

Revolution - "I look forward to the 'new kind of fun' that's unique to Nintendo, and I expect that there will be a lot of surprises, such as the unannounced controller. It's also great that we'll be able to play Famicom and other games via download. I hope Sega games will be playable as well." [Note: A number of Sega games have been released for Nintendo consoles by Sunsoft.]

Xbox 360 - "[Microsoft has] used its knowledge from Xbox Live to evolve their network, making its services and controls even more convenient for the user, which I think is a very attractive point."

Source: Gamespot Article

According to an IGN Article, there will be more hidden games in Sonic Gems Colection:

"Sources in Japan are reporting that, rather than just one entry in the Streets of Rage series, Sega will be including all three entries as part of the collection. Streets of Rage apparently won't be alone. Sega will also be including the original caper game, Bonanza Brothers with the collection, our sources report. And this, apparently, isn't the end of the fun in this fun-filled collection."

Could this mean the inclusion of other missing games, namely Segasonic and Chaotix?

you have all probably noticed but if you didn't the price of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog has gone up 6 cents to $2.25.

IGN.com have added some new Shadow the Hedgehog videos. They show some unseen footage including one with Sonic!

The following is information on the upcoming "video games live" concert featuring music from Sonic:

Fantastic news! In response to the emails sent to them CiTV have changed their schedules and will now be showing episodes 24-26. Sonic X will still air at the same times previously reported but the episode airing on Tuesday 21st June will now be ep24 "How to Catch a Hedgehog" with episode 25 following on Friday 24th June.

Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #150 is on sale in comic shops starting today.

Source: Diamond Comics

According to Radiotimes.com Sonic X returns to CiTV on Tuesday 21st June at 4:00pm with the next episode on Friday 24th June also at 4:00pm. It appears it will run every Tuesday and Friday.

The bad news is that they've missed out episodes 24, 25 and 26 and have skipped ahead to episode 27! I plan to email CiTV about this and suggest any other displeased fans also send a polite email to CiTV asking them to start with ep 24. The CiTV email address is: webmanager@citv.co.uk

Those of you in the U.K. who have been waiting for a Sonic X DVD to be released will not have to wait long! Sendit.com have put up a release date of August 25th 2005, and retails at £12.99 and is now avaible to pre-order.

Before the first issue has even been released, it looks like Archie has already decided to make Sonic X an angoing comic. The story from Comics Continuum:

Archie Comics has announced that Sonic X, the latest addition to the Sonic stable of books, will now be an ongoing series, set to be published 10 times a year.

"The reaction from fans when it came to Sonic X was impossible to ignore," editor Mike Pellerito said. "We'd be foolish not to keep this book on the stands."

Sonic X is written by Joe Edkin, with art by Tim Smith and Andrew Pepoy and covers by Spaz.

Source: *Comics Continuum*