- Sonic Mania 2 was never in the works because Sega and its devs wanted to move away from pixel art and “make something fresh” - 28 July 2023
Sonic Mania 2 isn’t in development and never was, according to the devs behind the celebrated 2D revival of the blue hedgehog. Contrary to rumours, that’s not because of a falling out between publisher Sega and Sonic Mania ’s devs, but because both sides of the creative team decided they wanted to make something new. Read more
- Sonic Frontiers & More – On Sale Now! - 21 March 2023
The Steam Spring Sale is here! Save big on Sonic Frontiers and other great Sonic titles for a limited time! Sonic Adventure DX – 75% off Sonic Adventure 2 – 75% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate Deluxe Edition – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – Ultimate Cosmetic Pack – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – Music Pack – 30% off Sonic Generations Collection - 75% off Sonic Adventure 2: Battle DLC - 75% off Sonic Lost World - 75% off Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection - 75% off Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing - 75% off Sonic Forces – Digital Bonus Edition - 75% off Sonic Mania – 33% off Sonic Mania – Encore DLC – 33% off Team Sonic Racing - 75% off These prices won’t last, so gotta go fast!
- Former Sonic Mania devs are making an original 3D platformer - 2 October 2021
By most accounts, Sonic Mania is the best thing to come out of the venerable series in ages - an excellent tribute to the old games led by members of the fangame community. Several members of that team announced their own studio, Evening Star, back in 2019, and now we've finally got a few details on what they're making. "Evening Star is currently working on our debut title, a fully original 3D action platformer game powered by our Star Engine", the devs say on the newly-updated official site . The Star Engine is built to efficiently support "non-photorealistic rendering techniques", and "can be seen as the high definition companion to the Retro Engine" used to build Sonic Mania. The devs say they have a publishing partner lined up, and more details are coming "soon". (They're also looking to do some hiring, if you're in the market for a development job.) Sonic Mania director Christian W…
- Sonic Mania is currently free on the Epic Games Store - 24 June 2021
It's very much a case of 'gotta go faster' this week on the Epic Games Store, where Sega's masterful retro platformer reimagining Sonic Mania and the excellent old-school arcade racer Horizon Chase Turbo are both currently free. 2017's Sonic Mania, if it somehow managed to pass you by, sees developer Christian Whitehead and team serving up a sumptuous smorgasbord of classic side-scrolling platforming, meticulously designed to evoke the breathless left-right thrills of Sonic's 16-bit heyday. Brand-new stages sit alongside beloved classics taken from Sonic 1 through Sonic & Knuckles - all thoroughly, expertly remixed to form playful new challenges - and the package is topped off with vibrant visuals and a flawless soundtrack, both managing to perfectly capture the spirit of Sonic's original Mega Drive adventures. Read more
- Next week's free games from Epic have been revealed - 17 June 2021
It's Thursday, and now that the Epic Games Store Mega Sale is over, we're back to getting peeks at the upcoming free PC games that will be available next week on the Epic Games Store. This week's free games are Overcooked 2 and Hell is Other Demons, and next week we'll have the chance to pick up free copies of Horizon Chase Turbo and Sonic Mania. Sonic Mania first launched in 2017, but it's a lovingly made tribute to the classic 16-bit era Sonic platformers that first appeared on the Genesis in the '90s. It's full of all new levels capped off by brand-new bosses, but you'll feel right at home if you played any of the original Sonic the Hedgehog games of the 1990s. It's also moddable, as we discovered thanks to the Knuckles Mania featuring Knuckles & Knuckles mod , which came out shortly after Sonic Mania appeared on PC. In the years since then, we can only imagine what Sonic fans have a…
- Sonic the Hedgehog Lego announced - 4 February 2021
Sonic the Hedgehog is getting an official Lego set featuring Sega's iconic mascot and his Green Hill Zone. The set's design was created by 24-year-old UK Sega fan Viv Grannell, who uploaded it to the Lego's Ideas platform. The response to her idea was positive, and Lego then got in touch. Here's how it looks: Read more
- Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has begun - 4 January 2021
Get your speedrunning shoes on and prepare your glitches: Awesome Games Done Quick has arrived for its yearly speedrunning extravaganza. As with previous years, the charity event is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s been live since yesterday evening and runs until this Sunday, and there are already some fab runs in the likes of Mirror’s Edge and Dragon Age: Origins to catch up on. (more…)
- Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has begun - 4 January 2021
Get your speedrunning shoes on and prepare your glitches: Awesome Games Done Quick has arrived for its yearly speedrunning extravaganza. As with previous years, the charity event is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s been live since yesterday evening and runs until this Sunday, and there are already some fab runs in the likes of Mirror’s Edge and Dragon Age: Origins to catch up on. (more…)
- SEGA's 60th Anniversary Celebration - 9 October 2020
Come Celebrate SEGA's 60th Anniversary with us on Steam! Get Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for FREE from October 9th-18th! While you're around, check out some of our new HIGHEST DISCOUNTS. Grab our EXCLUSIVE FREE MINI-GAMES that we’re giving away every day from October 15th – 18th. These brand new games were created just for SEGA’s 60th and are available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Be sure to come back every day to claim the daily mini-game! We look forward to seeing you there and hope you enjoy celebrating 60 years of SEGA with us!
- Want a Mario PC game? Try these great 2D and 3D platformers - 14 September 2020
Mario may be the most recognisable videogame character of all time, having seized family living rooms by the million via the NES and SNES consoles back in the '80s and early '90s, since when his vice-like plumber's grip on the game industry has only tightened. We on PC remain one of the last bastions of resistance, our towers still holding firm against the sinister cheerfulness of the moustached fiend and his dungarees. But while we may thank our own idols - Doomguy, Kane, Commander Keen - that our houses are mercifully free from chipper, irritating cries of 'It's-a me, Maaaario!', we will admit that Mario's creator (or summoner), Nintendo, knows how to make a damn good game. And we're a little salty that we don't get to play them because Nintendo hoards its toys. Thankfully, this has opened the door to any number of competitors over the years who are happier to share - even those who h…
- Sonic Mania runs full-speed into EA Origin Access - 30 July 2020
As a nostalgia trip, Sonic Mania is impeccably precise. So, naturally, you’ll want to really nail those throwback kicks by, uh, playing it through an unrelated publisher’s digital subscription service. The blue blur and his grossly mutated twin-tailed fox friend are now sprinting through EA’s Origin Access Premiere service, with Two Point Hospital and Endless Legend set to join them in the near future. (more…)
- The Sonic movie theme song is here, and it's by Wiz Khalifa - 24 January 2020
Remember when the very first Sonic the Hedgehog film trailer emerged , and it was rather unexpectedly set to Gangsta's Paradise? We've now moved on to slightly more up-to-date rap, as the official movie song is a collaboration between Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Yachty & Sueco the Child. Sure. You can watch the music video for Speed Me Up below, which features lyrics such as "ladies love my speed" and "leave my knuckles, attack me for my finance". To be fair, the chorus is surprisingly catchy, and will probably be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Something a little less fun, however, is the recent news regarding the studio behind Sonic's redesign. After the internet mocked the first trailer for Sonic's (frankly bizarre) original look, Paramount Pictures and Sega announced it would delay the movie to re-do the visual effects , and much of the work for this was done by Moving…
- Some great (and not so great) Sonic games now in Humble Bundle - 27 November 2019
Fresh from his movie trailer glow-up , Sonic the Hedgehog has dashed over to Humble Bundle . There, a range of adventures are now available for the store's usual low price of your choosing. Pay just 78p ($1) and you'll get Sonic Adventure 2 and its Battle DLC, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic CD and Sonic Adventure DX. This is a very good deal. Pay more than the average (at the time of writing, 4.58) and you'll get Sonic Generations and its Casino Night DLC, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2, and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. All great games. You also get Sonic Lost World, which is rubbish. Read more
- Get 12 Sonic games for less than $12 in Humble's latest bundle - 27 November 2019
Humble unveiled a brand-new game bundle last night and it’s absolutely rammed with Sonic games . There are 12 in total, ranging from the blue blur’s early forays into marathon running and chilli-dog eating with Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD all the way through to his more recent revivals in games such as Sonic Generations and Sonic Mania . (more…)
- Midweek Madness - Sonic Franchise, Up to 85% Off - 12 November 2019
Save up to 85% on Sonic Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Sonic Mania joins the October Humble Monthly bundle - 24 September 2019
I thought it was a little strange that only Battletech was revealed as the single early unlock game for October's Humble Monthly bundle. But now, Sonic Mania has also been announced as a second title in the forthcoming bundle. You'll get access to both games immediately if you sign up to Humble Monthly for 10/$12 . The remaining games in the October bundle will then be confirmed and made available next Friday. Sonic Mania is an exciting new addition to the bundle, as it's been very positively received since release back in 2017. After years of misfires, it feels like a classic 2D platformer that truly celebrates and builds upon the roots of the series. It'll usually set you back around 15, too, so you're getting a small saving - plus a whole bunch of extra games - if you get it through the October Humble Monthly bundle . Read more
- Have You Played Sonic Mania Plus? - 7 June 2019
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. With Sonic Mania , a modder was put in charge of creating a new Sonic game with official backing. Decades after Sonic the Hedgehog came to PC, the modding scene had shown some incredible creativity, from a version of Sonic 1 where Dr. Robotnik is capturing animals, to another where you go fishing. But one of the more popular mods came in the form of Sonic Megamix, which introduced new characters and moves. Its creator, Christian Whitehead, went on to create the definitive version of Sonic CD , but it’s Sonic Mania that got Sega’s nod, with the Plus add-on reintroducing some old friends. (more…)
- Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been delayed into next year - 24 May 2019
Paramount's much-maligned Sonic the Hedgehog movie project has been delayed by a little over three months, and will now release on 14th February, 2020. The Sonic movie was originally scheduled to hit cinemas on 7th November this year - until, that is, fan ridicule reached fever-pitch following the release of the film's first trailer last month. There was already deep scepticism surrounding the art choices Paramount had made in reimagining Sonic for the big screen, beginning almost immediately with the very first character reveal . However, when the world finally got a proper look at movie Sonic in action, the entire cinematic endeavour was hit with a tidal wave of online disapproval. Days after the trailer first landed on the internet, the Sonic movie's director, Jeff Fowler, took to Twitter , writing, "The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes…
- Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer reveals his horrible human teeth - 30 April 2019
I was unprepared for Sonic the Hedgehog to have human teeth. Seeing as chilli dogs are his favourite food yet he eats them without soaking the bun in milk, I suppose I knew that Sonic wouldn’t have the mouth and teeth of a real hedgehog in our world. I was still not ready for human teeth and weird lips. The first trailer for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie (or Sonic the Hedgepig, as it’ll likely be named in the UK) has arrived, starring a CGI hedgepig voiced by Ben Schwartz (best known as Jean-Ralphio in Parks and Recreation) alongside human actors including Jim Carrey and James Marsden, and I just wasn’t ready for the teeth. (more…)
- Midweek Madness - Sonic Mania, 30% - 85% Off - 16 October 2018
Save 30% to 85% on all Sonic The Hedgehog titles during this week's Midweek Madness*! *Offer ends Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time
