Sonic Mania Plus is coming to mobile via Netflix

Sonic's Lego journey started as a fan submission to Lego Ideas and is now a collection that is growing at a very fast rate. Shadow got his first Lego set at the end of 2023, Knuckles first set launched on New Year's Day, and now both characters will be getting their very own BrickHeadz. Both revealed by Lego via their new store listing, the set will be available to buy from February 1, 2024.

Chinese regulators could ban to some of the mobile gacha industry’s most well-known tactics, including login and purchase rewards if a new set of proposals goes through. 

The January 2024 reward for completing the Traveler's Log is the Golden Mobile Timepiece! Time is on your side with this month’s signature item—the Golden Mobile Timepiece transmog.

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.

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.

We are nearing the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series which many tipsters have claimed to be on January 17. And as the date comes close, we are hearing more and more about what the upcoming flagship series might feature. In recent times, one of the most interesting rumors claimed that the S24 series might feature the recently teased generative AI model Galaxy AI. But we have just seen a glimpse at this new AI tool by Samsung, and are yet to find out how it might bolster the S24 lineup. But, while we don't have the details, we do know something about this new technology and how it may shape Samsung mobiles in the future. Let us take a look.

Netflix head of gaming Mike Verdu has revealed the company has more than 10 games in development at its in-house studios.

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.