On Thursday, The Game Awards 2021 is set to take place, and viewers can expect to see a number of trailers and reveals for various games. Yesterday, Sega and Geoff Keighley playfully teased that some kind of Sonic-related reveal might happen during the show, and fans are really hoping that it ends up being the...
Earlier today, Xbox released a new FPS Boost update for three Sonic the Hedgehog games: Sonic Generations, Sonic Unleashed, and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Those three Xbox 360 games were previously made playable through backwards compatibility, but all have now gotten major performance upgrades, including 60 fps. As a result, the three games look...
When the original Judgment first released back in 2019, it became my first experience with Sega’s Yakuza franchise. Like many others who have dipped their toes into this expansive world in recent years, I quickly fell in love with Judgment and it became one of my favorite games of the console generation. As such, when...
In the early 2000s, Sega released two of the definitive games of the Nintendo GameCube era with Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2. The games were critical and commercial successes, but subsequent entries have been a mixed bag. In honor of the franchise’s 20th anniversary, Sega has gone back to the beginning with...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, and to celebrate, Sega is bringing back one of the character’s most beloved games in Sonic Colors: Ultimate. Originally released in 2010 for the Nintendo Wii, Sonic Colors has long been considered one of the character’s best 3D outings. Sonic Colors: Ultimate gives...
The 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog for PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360 is, broadly speaking, not remembered fondly. Sonic ’06, as it is often called, was a mixed bag with the critical consensus panning it for a number of reasons. It was meant to be a reboot of sorts for the franchise on its...
Next month, Sonic Colors: Ultimate will give Sega‘s beloved game some modern updates when it releases on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. To build hype for the new release, Sega has created a two-part animated adaptation, Rise of the Wisps. The second episode is now available online, and ComicBook.com had the privilege...
On August 15th, 2017, Sega released Sonic Mania, a 2D game that took the blue blur back to his Genesis roots. Lead developer Christian “Taxman” Whitehead started out making Sonic the Hedgehog fan games, but Sonic Mania gave him a chance to create an original game in an official capacity. The resulting game is one...
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is still a few months away, but Sega has been revealing some fun guest stars for the game ahead of its release. Earlier this month, the publisher revealed Beat from Jet Set Radio, and today, Sonic and Tails were also confirmed. With three classic Sega characters set to appear, fans...
On July 5th, 1996, NiGHTS Into Dreams first released on the Sega Saturn. Produced by Sonic Team’s Yuji Naka, the game instantly became a success story for Sega. With its flying mechanics and gorgeous graphics, the title captivated audiences, providing the first must-play game on Saturn. Since then, the game has been offered on a...
