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  • Sonic Team Celebrating 2020 with new twitter campaign!

    Sonic Team and SEGA quickly started celebrating the new year(and decade), with a hashtag campaign on Twitter that may be used to promote upcoming Sonic projects! Here's to looking forward to a year of many new Sonic games, movie, merchandise, and possibly TV show!   ????????新年あけましておめでとうございます???????? 2020年は #SONIC2020 と題して様々なことにチャレンジしていきます!皆さんが今年チャレンジしたいことはなんですか? #SONIC2020 で教えてくださいね★ 本年もソニックをよろしくお願いします????https://t.co/b2gLp7ZuVa#新年のご挨拶 #2020年 #ねずみ年 pic.twitter.com/EotbYZivTx […]

    Humble Sonic Bundle 2019

    Sonic's back in a new Humble Bundle this year. Now's your chance to grab a load of games for Steam on the cheap, and support charity while you're at it. Available here till December 17th. $1 tier: Sonic Adventure 2 (+ Battle DLC) Sonic 3 & Knuckles (for Genesis Classics) Sonic CD Sonic 4, Episode […]

    Amazing Sonic 3 prototype found!

    Hold onto your pants, this is pretty HUGE. Over the past weeks, Hidden Palace (along with The Cutting Room Floor) have been celebrating “Sonic Month” by releasing a number of brand new (well, “new”) Sonic prototypes. Some super early Sonic CDs, a couple more Sonic 2s (out of like a dozen now!), a bit of […]

    Sonic 3D demo music released!

    A couple years ago, Jon Burton, founder of Traveller's Tales, shared pictures of a cassette tape made during the development of Sonic 3D Blast. This tape contained demos of the game's soundtrack, composed by Jun Senoue. These demos were created with keyboards and submitted for approval before being programmed into the game using the Genesis' […]

    Happy 20th Anniversary, Dreamcast!

    Well it's been 20 years since the Dreamcast was released in America on the fabled 9-9-99. Though its life was short, its impact was large. The Dreamcast brought a number of innovations to the table, most notably bringing online gaming to the forefront of the console space, even including a humble 56k modem built into […]

    Cartoon Network’s OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Gets a Visit from Sonic

    Cartoon Network has announced that SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog will guest star in a special upcoming episode of the animated series, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. In the episode titled, “Let’s Meet Sonic,” the iconic hedgehog visits the plaza, teaming up with KO to save the day! “Let’s Meet Sonic” will premiere on Sunday, August […]

    SONIC MOVIE PRODUCER ON REDESIGN: “FANS WILL BE PLEASED”

    Sonic the Hedgehog movie producer Tim Miller has spoken out about his experience regarding the backlash of Sonic’s intial movie design, and hints at his opinion of the redesign via Variety. Via an interview for Terminator: Dark Fate, Miller was asked about the negative response to the first Sonic movie trailer. To his credit, Miller agreed that Jeff […]

    Iizuka: Sonic Team/Pillar Wants To Take On A New Challenge For 30th Anniversary

    2021 will be a big year for Sonic, as the character and the franchise as a whole will be turning 30 years old. According to Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka, the team wants to take on a new kind of challenge for the the series’ big milestone.

    Iizuka shared that news in a recent interview with 4Gamer. During the same discussion, he was also asked about the possibility of Sonic crossing over into eSports territory. Given the nature of the main games, Iizuka believes it’s unlikely. Other genres may be a better fit for the idea, however.

     

    Here’s the full exchange between 4Gamer and Iizuka: