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Lego discovered gamers want their favorite characters and backdrops to be turned into toy bricks when it released its first wave of Super Mario items. Mario Lego gets new sets all the time, and in March, the first Animal Crossing sets will join them. Sonic has quickly become the video game character with the most sets after his plumbing rival, though. What started as a Lego Ideas submission has turned into an entire collection, and next month, Knuckles and Rouge will join that collection.

A new Sonic the Hedgehog game is on the way to mobile later this year. Sega’s is a battle royale platformer coming to Android and iOS this winter, and fans can sign up for the beta now.  

A notable leaker has revealed a title known as Sonic Rumble, a multiplayer battle royale Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off for mobile devices. Sonic Rumble was first leaked by MbKKssTBhz5, or Midori, who has had an accurate track record throughout 2023 and 2024 regarding many unannounced Sega-produced titles. The upcoming Sonic Rumble is one of those games she had leaked previously, including what was the game's working title.

Three brand-new Sonic the Hedgehog-themed LEGO sets have been revealed, and are slated to be released later this August. Sega and LEGO previously collaborated to produce a few Sonic the Hedgehog LEGO sets in 2022, which were quite successful. This partnership continued in 2023 when five new Sonic LEGO sets were launched, which featured Sonic, Tails, and Amy. The momentum is continuing in 2024, with Sega and LEGO collaborating again on the production of three new sets.

Since before Sonic Frontiers even launched, Sega made it abundantly clear that future instalments in the franchise would be building on the foundations laid down by the open world platformer, and with Frontiers having sold as well as it did, it’s safe to assume that the company is probably sticking to those plans. In fact, a direct sequel to Sonic Frontiers seems to be in development.

The latest mainline installment in theSonic franchise, Sonic Frontiers, is getting a direct sequel, according to recent claims made by credible insiders. This is likely to excite many Sonic fans, as a potential sequel to the 2022 open world 3D platformer could build upon the foundations of Sonic Frontiers and rectify the wrongs of its predecessor.

Sonic x Shadow Generations has already received age classifications in several jurisdictions, with its latest rating emerging on April 19. This turn of events is a promising sign for Sega's fandom, as it indicates that Sonic x Shadow Generations is on course to hit the store shelves without any delays.

Sonic Dream Team's Content Update 2, or Version 1.3, has introduced a host of new content to the game, including a new zone. The last big content drop for the title was released in February.

A talented woodcarver has created a custom case for Sonic Adventure 2: Battle out of wood. The awesome fan art replicates the details of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle's cover, including its many iconic characters. After finishing the impressive project, they shared their work on social media for other fans to see.

More Sonic Toys Party gameplay footage has leaked online, giving fans a possible look at some of the stages and character costumes in the rumored mobile game. Sega had stated earlier this year that it was interested in developing titles exclusively for mobile devices. Spin-off games like Persona 5: The Phantom X and Sonic Toys Party are some of the ways that Sega is looking to expand its reach into the mobile gaming market.

Rumors regarding Sonic the Hedgehog suggest that the 2003 3D platformer, Sonic Heroes, could be making a comeback. Speculation about the game's revival has been sparked following a recent leak regarding the upcoming mobile game, Sonic Toys Party, igniting more rumors about Sonic the Hedgehog's future.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 character designer, Yasushi Yamaguchi, posted a piece of art paying tribute to the late Akira Toriyama that is a crossover between Sonic and Dragon Ball. On March 1, Akira Toriyama passed away at age 68. Toriyama was the creator of Dragon Ball, which would become one of the most popular manga series and multimedia franchises of all time. Toriyama also contributed to the character designs of properties like Chrono Trigger, Blue Dragon, and Dragon Quest. Toriyama's influence can be felt in other franchises, such as Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog.

A new leak has allegedly revealed the name of the rumored Fall Guys-inspired Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off, which is said to be titled Sonic Toys Party. On top of that, this leak has supposedly stated that the game will support up to 32 players in its multiplayer mode. This spin-off is likely to be a part of the franchise's momentum for 2024, as Sega has previously expressed interest in developing Sonic titles exclusively for mobile devices.

Sega executives have suggested that competition with Super Mario Bros. Wonder hurt the sales of Sonic Superstars when it was first released. The latest 2D iteration of the classic franchise, featuring a speedy hedgehog, was launched last year to average reviews and notably poor sales. Sonic Superstars managed to replicate much of the old-school gameplay of the series but seemingly failed to wow critics or fans, and this translated to a disappointing launch.

Sega has released a Sonic Superstars trailer to celebrate the release of the free DLC costume.

Details about four potential new Sonic the Hedgehog LEGO sets have been leaked online, which are slated to come out later this summer and fall. Sega and LEGO have partnered previously to create elaborate LEGO sets based on Sonic the Hedgehog, the first of these being released at the beginning of 2022. In addition, 2023 saw five new Sonic LEGO sets launched, which featured Sonic, Tails, and Amy.

A notable Sega leaker has stated that the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is getting a spin-off game that is allegedly similar to Mediatonic's Fall Guys. The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise had an excellent 2023, between the release of Sonic Superstars, Sonic Frontiers' post-launch updates, and the launch of the Apple Arcade exclusive title, Sonic Dream Team. Expectations for Sonic's 2024 are set pretty high as well, with the premiere of various TV shows and the third theatrical live-action film. On top of Sonic's multimedia efforts, a new spin-off game could also be coming out this year too.

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise already has plans for Shadow the Hedgehog's future if recent rumors from behind the scenes at Paramount are to be believed.

Funko has been pretty busy this festive period, although, with more than 13,000 Pops now out in the world, you could argue it's never really not busy. It's not done with 2023 just yet though as first looks at new figures releasing before the end of the year have appeared online. All of them Sonic figures, there appear to be eight Pops in total that will expand Sonic's Funko collection very soon.

The Sonic franchise has taken many forms, from 2D to 3D, and even a point-and-click game. This time around, we’re dealing with Sonic Dream Team which is a platformer available on various Apple devices through its Arcade.

is a polarizing series in gaming, but it's impossible to deny the strength of its overall legacy. During the early 90s when SEGA was struggling to establish itself as a formidable competitor to Nintendo, Sonic arrived and gave the company the mascot (and the hit game) it needed to convince customers to buy the Genesis/Mega Drive console. Inconsistent release quality, however, has led to mixed reception over the years.

With Sonic the Hedgehog 3 set to introduce Shadow, it's no surprise that fans are hoping the film takes inspiration from Sonic Adventure 2. In fact, some fans have taken this further, hoping the movie features Sonic Adventure 2's iconic theme song, Live & Learn by Crush 40.

Fan-favourite Sonic game, Sonic Mania Plus, is coming to mobile for the first time via Netflix.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

Sonic Mania Plus is heading to mobile via the Netflix app next year.

Carrying on something of a series tradition, Sega has announced some new free that fans can grab to celebrate the holiday season.

Hot on the heels of a new full-sized Sonic game in Sonic Superstars, the Apple Arcade exclusive Sonic Dream Team might not look like it has much to offer at first. It only has a dozen levels, and all you get control-wise are a D-pad and two buttons. For some, the fact that it’s only available on Apple devices (at least for the time being) is a non-starter all its own. But despite all that, Sonic Dream Team more than manages to justify its existence – in fact, its superb level design and bite-sized missions make it one of the most fun, creative, and enjoyable 3D platformers I’ve played in a long time.

During The Game Awards 2023, Sega announced its plans to revive quite a few of its classic franchises, including Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. In the press release announcing the revivals, Sega has revealed that the company has felt emboldened to bring back its legacy franchises thanks to the recent successes it has seen with Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic Superstars is a side-scrolling platformer available on multiple consoles, but it was always going to have a hard time in 2023 against a critically acclaimed Super Mario title. Speaking as part of its latest financial sales report, publisher SEGA hinted that launching the co-op outing against Nintendo’s latest – as well as Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – may not have been the brightest idea.

Apple Arcade has played host to a variety of outstanding games over the years – from Konami’s release of a new side-scrolling Castlevania adventure to Fantasian bringing back the classic Final Fantasy feel to more recent games like Samba Di Amigo getting an exclusive version with a storyline for the service. Today, Sega releases an all-new Sonic game exclusively to Apple Arcade in the form of Sonic Dream Team. This lightning-fast adventure sees a new 3D Sonic game created for the service and allows players to play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, Rouge, and Amy Rose.

will take players through imaginative new dreamscapes as they work to take down Dr. Eggman. Releasing today, the title comes from Sega HARDlight, a Sega-founded developer with a focus on mobile games which has previously produced other titles with the IP like and. An Apple Arcade exclusive, the new title centers around the Reverie, an ancient device capable of making dreams come true.

Sonic Dream Team is released today on Apple Arcade, and our gameplay footage lets you see it in action.

Sonic Dream Team, the forthcoming mobile game, will put players in an «exhilarating flow state», according to Sega Hardlight studio creative director Dan Rossati.

Yesterday, we got our first look at Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and while Shadow's shoes took the initial spotlight, there's another Easter egg buried in that initial teaser image which has set the hearts of old-school Sonic fans ablaze.

Penny’s Big Breakaway, an upcoming 3D platformer from several developers behind 2017’s well-received Sonic Mania, is set to release in early 2024. We got another glimpse of the game in action, as well as several of its main characters, in a new trailer shown during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted.

Sega has shared that Sonic Superstars didn't meet sales expectations following the game's launch.

While it’s been most people’s guess that filming is going well by now, confirmation is always good to see. There’s little confirmed about Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but with a recent announcement concerning the project’s progress, we have a little more to go on.

After literal decades of middling-to-terrible 3D Sonic games, it seemed like an actual honest-to-god miracle that the Sonic movie and its sequel were so successful. Both movies got largely positive reviews, were praised for the performances of Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Robotnik, and made $300 million and $400 million, respectively.

We found out last August that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was set to hit theaters on December 20, 2024, but a new teaser gave us another glimpse at its newest star: Shadow the Hedgehog.

Fans excited for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 got a nice little tease today. Jeff Fowler, director of both 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog and 2022’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2, published a tweet today teasing the emergence of one of the blue blur’s most iconic villains, Shadow the Hedgehog in next year’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Whether you realize it or not, Sonic The Hedgehog is doing better than ever across virtually all media. Seriously, Sonic had been “hanging” by various threads over the years, but ever since 2020, things have started to come together. He’s had two well-received video games in both the 2D and 3D space, he has a hit show on Netflix that fans adore, and then, there are the live-action movies. These films helped set the tone for future video game adaptations and showed that they aren’t all bad when you put the effort in, and Sonic The Hedgehog 3 will hopefully continue that.

The logo for the third Sonic movie has been officially revealed and it contains a nice nod to the logo for Sonic Adventure 2 which is, of course, where Shadow the Hedgehog debuted.

Sega says Yakuza and Persona mobile games could be on the way.

Capcom has announced that it will be delisting several pieces of Monster Hunter Rise collaboration content in January.

It's been over a year since Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released and, as such, Shadow first appeared. He debuted in the post-credit scene, awakening from a red-tinged vat at a long-hidden black site. Now, we've got our first look at him in Sonic 3 where he will play a much bigger role.

Sonic Superstars launched on October 17. Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched three days later, on October 20. Both 2D platformers went up against each other in an old-school video game rumble that rekindled memories of the Sega versus Nintendo playground battles of the 90s. Well, it seems this time around, there was a clear winner.

Monster Hunter Rise's Sonic the Hedgehog DLC will no longer be available from January next year.

Sega has admitted releasing Sonic Superstars at the same time as Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 may have hindered sales.

Sonic Superstars launched for PC and consoles in October in the midst of a particularly busy period of the year, and was met with mixed responses from critics and audiences. Similarly, it seems the game’s initial sales have also failed to match expectations.

Sega has stated that Sonic Superstars didn’t sell as well as it had hoped during its release period.

Capcom has announced that some of the collaboration DLC in Monster Hunter Rise will be delisted in January.

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Sonic the Hedgehog's Lego world has expanded quite a bit in 2023, and it's not done yet. Shadow the Hedgehog will be making his toy brick debut before the year is over, joining Tails and Amy who got their very own Minifigures and sets over the summer. The Shadow's Escape Lego set will be available to buy later this week, going on sale on December 1, 2023. However, some lucky Sonic fan has gotten their hands on it early, revealing a little more of what's to come after Lego Shadow makes his debut.

An artist for the Sonic Adventure games has revealed concept art for a cut character, known simply as "Spider Girl". While she would have likely been given a proper name at some point, she didn't make it into the games. However, she was in the works long enough to get at least one draft of a character design.

There’s a new Sonic the Hedgehog game imminent in the form of Sonic Dream Team, and now fans get a first look at the game’s intro. Ahead of the game’s launch, the official Sonic YouTube has revealed a stunning animated intro, with Sonic Mania artist Tyson Hesse lends his talent to the animation. 

Club Mocchi has some of the cutest plush figures of your favorite video game characters. From Isabelle and the infamous Tom Nook of Animal Crossing fame to Zelda from The Legend of Zelda and even Sonic and Master Chief, there's a Club Mocchi figure you'll love.

Official Sonic the Hedgehog artwork that's just been shared on Sonic Channel has shown off a version of Doctor Eggman that somehow has access to a Super form after using the Phantom Ruby.

This Sonic Superstars discount over at Amazon has quickly become one of my favorite Black Friday gaming deals so far. Having released little over a month ago, few expected Sega's long-awaited return to creating 2D Sonic games to drop in price so quickly. But here it is, one of the best Sonic games in the modern era available at Amazon for just $34.99 (was $59.99) on PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X, and Xbox One. 

Sega and Sonic Team have released the opening animation for Sonic Dream Team, its Apple Arcade-exclusive platformer that’s out next month. Directed by Tyson Hesse and animated by Powerhouse Animation with music by Tee Lopes, it sees Sonic, Amy, Tails, Knuckles, Cream and Rouge battling against Eggman and his latest schemes. Check it out below.

Sonic Superstars is out now, bringing everyone's favorite hedgehog and a whole bunch of old friends back for a new adventure. So whether you're a Sonic veteran or a newcomer to the series, here's a rundown of the characters you'll play as and the unique skills they can bring to bear.

Publisher SEGA and developer HARDlight have released the opening animation for Sonic the Hedgehog 3D action platformer Sonic Dream Team.

It takes a lot for a game to make me drop everything else and immediately play it after one glance, but that's just the kind of gravitational pull that Bzzzt, an awkwardly named platformer released earlier this month, has had on me. I was hooked from the first screenshot I saw this morning; the 100% positive user reviews were just the cherry on top. After beating the demo, I think my first impression was dead-on: this might be one of the best 2D platformers I've ever played. 

Better move fast if you want to buy Sonic Superstars at a big discount!

Sega's gracing our news pages a fair bit today. Firstly for being the subject of unfair labour practice allegations by its unionised workers, and now for, ah, talking up the possibility of films based on the Persona and Yakuza series. A bit of an awkward transition, but you play the hand you're dealt.

The success of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie has led to Sega wanting to explore other ways to bring its most popular IP to consumers. Of course, movies are still on the cards. Aside from the big screen, the company is investigating a variety of ways to breathe new life into its classic characters, be it through mobile adaptations of games or collaborations within existing titles. 

Sonic has been enjoying renewed popularity in recent years thanks to the two Sonic the Hedgehog movies that have become some of the highest-grossing video game adaptations. Sega hopes to capitalize on this by bringing more of its franchises to a non-gaming audience.

After the mega success of its Sonic movie adaptations, Sega says Yakuza and Persona don't have to just be video game series.

Sega has said it’s keen to expand the reach of its biggest franchises beyond video games.

Board games and video games go hand-in-hand for a lot of very obvious reasons. If you like playing one, then there's a very strong chance you'll like playing the other. That's why there tends to be a lot of crossover between the two worlds. Video games based on board games, and famous video game characters making the leap to your tabletop. Sonic will be doing a little of the latter in 2024 via Sonic Roll, a board game based on the original series of games created by Kess Entertainment.

A new Sonic board game is on the way, with players co-operating as Sonic and pals to defeat Eggman.

A new board game based on Sonic the Hedgehog has been announced.

Earlier this summer, developer Evening Star Studios and publisher Private Division revealed Penny's Big Breakaway during a Nintendo Direct. While the throwback 3D platforming adventure looked great in its own right, what caught a lot of people's attention was the team behind it. Evening Star's creative director and lead engine architect is Christian Whitehead, one of the lead developers behind 2017's Sonic Mania. Whitehead isn't alone, though, as various other Evening Star developers also worked on Sonic Mania. While we've still got some time before the game's release – it's due out sometime in 2024 – Game Informer has a special sneak peek at its music and can exclusively reveal three tracks from the game. 

Earlier this summer, developer Evening Star Studios and publisher Private Division revealed Penny's Big Breakaway during a Nintendo Direct. While the throwback 3D platforming adventure looked great in its own right, what caught a lot of people's attention was the team behind it. Evening Star's creative director and lead engine architect is Christian Whitehead, one of the lead developers behind 2017's Sonic Mania. Whitehead isn't alone, though, as various other Evening Star developers also worked on Sonic Mania. While we've still got some time before the game's release – it's due out sometime in 2024 – Game Informer has a special sneak peek at its music and can exclusively reveal three tracks from the game. 

Sonic the Hedgehog has a new game coming next month that pairs his trademark high-speed 3D platforming gameplay with the replayability and discovery of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Sonic Dream Team, developed by Sega’s Hardlight studio, also features a unique setting — the tangible dreams of Dr. Eggman — and a character totally new to the Sonic-verse.

Sonic the Hedgehog fans have only just discovered an easter egg in Sonic Superstars that goes by so fast that you basically have to view it in slow motion to see it.

A mod now available for One Step From Eden lets players take control of Super Sonic in the popular deck-building roguelike. The mod, developed and released on the Steam Workshop by user SoulCakeLive, comes packaged with 6 spells, a weapon, and an artifact meant to eviscerate your foes left and right. 

The creator of Sonic the Hedgehog is questioning what games like The Legend of Zelda or Armored Core 6 have over Sonic Frontiers in a recent interview. 

Hints Sonic's Lego world will be expanding in major ways very soon have been appearing online pretty frequently for the last few weeks. First an image of characters potentially getting Minifigures appeared online, and then a matching set for one of those characters followed suit. That character was Shadow, and now confirmation the set is real and coming very soon has been confirmed by Lego via a brand new store page.

Amazon's new B2G1 sale is live, giving you the chance to get some of the biggest games of the year at a great price--and possibly even for free.