Sonic HQ25 Years & Counting!

Game news site 'GamesAreFun.com' has reported that (allegedly) Play magazine has an article revealing a 'Sonic Collection 2'. The game is reported to include Sonic CD and Sonic the Fighters among others, and be GameCube exclusive - though the article is hardly 100% certain, and the facts have not been verified.

It does make sense considering the registration of the name 'Sonic Gems Collection' and the upcoming E3 show, as well as the reported development of a GameCube exclusive Sonic title. Again, note that the news is not yet confirmed.

Source: GamesAreFun.com

In the NOM magazine on sale from today in the UK, an exclusive play of the demo version of this controversial Shadow game to come later in the year reveals a lot of hidden surprises, as well as some accompanying screenshots.

It is confirmed by Iizuka-san that Shadow will be appearing on all three platforms, for starters. Screenshots are also shown of various play elements such as Shadow jumping into mounted cannons to blast off a few caps, soaring on a winged alien of some sort and more details of the enemies Shadow will face. Scans are available below, and they include some rather sexy promo art.

From an interview with AnimeNewsNetwork.com:

Q: On a similar note, do you have any intentions of releasing any other Japanese series in their original format?

A: We expect every series we license to be released in its original form.

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Adding to the countless pre-E3 rumours that have been circulating around the net, Game Stop have listed a PSP game under the simple title of 'Sonic'. A previous interview with Takashi Iizuka on 1UP has confirmed Sega's intention to make a PSP game. Interestingly, the game is listed under Action/Adventure/Racing - could this be the rumoured Sonic 360 or, being a 'racing' game, the speculated Sonic R Extreme?

Particularly if you read the Archie Sonic comics, you may be interested to learn that Mike Pellerito is interested in answering your questions concerning the Sonic The Hedgehog series and the upcoming Sonic X mini-series. For more information, read this.

The Sonic R game that Game Crazy reported was nothing more than a glitch in Sega's releases list. Sega have confirmed this, so there can't be anything more said.

Team Artail has new screenshots of the 78 episode of Sonic X. So far, its the last episode.

Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #148 is on sale in comic shops starting today.

Source: Diamond Comics