Sonic News
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Random Is That The Zelda Triforce In Sonic Racing's Artwork? No, Probably Not
Sonic experts are on the case
Last week, SEGA unveiled the first batch of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds guest characters. This includes not only characters like Hatsune Miku but also Steve, Alex and Creeper from Minecraft. There are some other supposed leaks still doing the rounds as well. Now, the official Sonic social media has sent Sonic...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Switch 2 Version Announced Alongside "Paid Upgrade" For Switch
Guest characters and release date also revealed
Sega has now officially locked in a release date for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – announcing it will be speeding on to the Switch on 25th September 2025 for $59.99 / £54.99. Perhaps even more excitingly is the news there will be a Nintendo Switch 2 version "coming at a later date" for $69.99 /...
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Rumour Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Character Leaks Reportedly Surface
Are you ready, Sonic fans?
Sega has hyped up Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds as having the "largest" roster ever in a Sonic Racing game. It's set to include characters from across the Sega Universe, but it seems there could be even more surprises on the way... Ahead of the Summer Games Fest, a new leak has reportedly emerged and it's revealed a possible...
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News Asphalt Legends Unite Speeds Up On Switch With "Limited-Time" Sonic Event
Gotta go faster
Sega launched a new brand campaign recently which plans to dedicate an entire year to Sonic the Hedgehog's trademark characteristics of "speed and attitude". As part of this, there'll be all sorts of racing-inspired partnerships and the latest one is now live. Sonic has teamed up with Gameloft's free-to-play racer Asphalt Legends...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Ready To Race With A New Rating Down Under
SEGA launched Sonic's new campaign this week
Alongside Sonic's new campaign launch this week, it seems his racing game Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has now been officially rated. This rating by Sega popped up in Australia earlier this month. According to the Australian Classification Board, it will be 'PG' for 'Parental Guidance' and contains...
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News SEGA Unveils New Sonic 'Racing Around The World' Campaign
"Sonic Team partners with Red Bull"
[Wed 21st May, 2025 00:30 BST]: Sonic the Hedgehog is known for all sorts of partnerships and ahead of the arrival of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Sega might be teasing some sort of collaboration with the energy drink company Red Bull. Sonic's official social media posted a rally car featuring a Sonic the...
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News DC x Sonic The Hedgehog Toy Line Hits Shelves And Online Retailers Fall 2025
JAKKS Pacific will produce an all-new toy line
In 2024, Sega announced it would be teaming up with DC Comics to release a special comic line featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and the rest of his pals as iconic superheroes like Batman and Superman. It also confirmed at the time this partnership would extend into 2025 and 2026, and today it's followed...
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Video Sega Reflects On Sonic's Rich Racing History Ahead Of CrossWorlds
Take a drive down memory lane
It's a big year for racing games in more ways than one and apart from the new open-world Mario Kart game, Sega will also be releasing its new Sonic Racing game. In the leadup to this game's release, it's now ed a video (with narration by the YouTuber Sam Procrastinates) covering "the history of Sonic Racing"...
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News Sonic X Shadow Generations Is Confirmed As A Launch Title For Switch 2
Update: Upgrade seemingly not available for current owners
Sega has already confirmed that Sonic x Shadow Generations will be heading to the Switch 2, but now we have a date: 5th June, 2025. Yes, the Switch 2 launch date. This means that Sonic X Shadow Generations will be ing Yakuza 0 Director's Cut and Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S on day one, making...
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News Sonic X Shadow Generations "Coming Soon" To Switch 2, Here's A First Look
"Enhanced and optimized"
Earlier this week, Sega announced it would be releasing five games on the Switch 2 within the launch window the system. One of these happens to be last year's release Sonic x Shadow Generations. Sega has now provided a slight update about this particular game, revealing a Switch 2 game trailer - noting how the game will be...
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News Sega Announces Five Titles For Switch 2 "Launch Window"
Sonic and much more is on the way
Nintendo overloaded fans during the Switch 2 Direct with all sorts of game announcements, and if you didn't catch it - Sega will actually be bringing five titles to the system during its "launch window". Obviously, the big one is Yakuza 0 Director's Cut - the "definitive edition" of the critically acclaimed origin...
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Random Sega Surprises Sonic The Hedgehog Fans With Official Timeline
Get to know the Blue Blur's history
Sonic the Hedgehog has been around for a long time now and if you're having trouble keeping track of all the highlights in his career, don't worry - Sega's got you covered with its official timeline. This is all part of the Sonic Channel's relaunch in Japan, which has now been going strong for 20 years. The video...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Reveals "Most Popular Characters" From Network Test
Take a guess who won
SEGA has been sharing all sorts of information about Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds since its closed network test and today it's revealed the "most popular" character selections. In first place is perhaps unsurprisingly the blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog. In second place we've got the ultimate lifeform Shadow the Hedgehog, following...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Acknowledges Closed Network Test Player
"We've read through your comments"
Following the full reveal in February, Sega's release Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds held a special closed network test exclusively for the PlayStation 5. While part of the focus was on the stability of online matchmaking, there was also a lot of from the community about the gameplay and how the...
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Random The "Grail" Of Sonic Merch Pops Up On eBay With Insane Price Tag
That's a lotta Rings
If you cast your mind back to last year's arrival of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in cinemas, you might that SEGA created an all-new Genesis cart as a neat bit of promotion. The cart itself didn't contain anything too special (character images, posters and a small minigame), but it was a working cart and it was rare. So you...
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Random This Unofficial Sonic Unleashed PC Port Has Us Dreaming Of A Switch 2 Remaster
Werehogs, not swearhogs
Like all big pop culture moments, time has done weird things to the public perception of Sonic Unleashed. What launched in HD on Xbox 360 and PS3 (and in SD on Wii and PS2) back in 2008 to the lukewarm reception of "oh, it's like Sonic only slower... and greyer" has developed into something a tad more nostalgic, particularly...
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Round Up The First Impressions Of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 'Closed Network Test' Are In
Here are some thought so far...
Sega is this weekend running a limited-time Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 'closed network test' for the PlayStation 5 and the first impressions are now rolling in. There's obviously no about the Switch version at this stage, but there's still enough commentary doing the rounds online to give Sonic fans an idea...
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News DC x Sonic The Hedgehog First Issue Cover Art Officially Revealed
This super collab starts next month
As part of the Batman Day celebrations last year, Sega announced a special collaboration with DC Comics, where the blue blur and friends would be teaming up with the Dark Knight and other legendary superheroes from the DC universe. Now, in a new update, we've got a look at the cover of the very first issue of...
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Guide Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds: Full Character Roster - Every Racer Confirmed So Far
Every Sonic, SEGA, DLC and Season racer
Sega has officially released its 'announce' trailer for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - revealing all sorts of exciting details about the newest entry in the long-running Sonic Racing series. This update has also confirmed CrossWorlds will include not only characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series but...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Characters From "SEGA Universes"
Update: IGN has an exclusive preview up
SEGA has now officially released its announcement trailer for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and as part of this, it's shared some new details about what exactly Sonic fans can expect from this new racing experience. Not only will this game include the "largest" roster ever in a Sonic Racing game, but it will...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Trailer Released, Speeding Onto Switch "Soon"
The announcement follows rumours and leaks
At The Game Awards last year, SEGA announced its new racing game Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds was "coming soon" to multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch. If you're wondering about when we'll be getting another update, there's now a rumour more information could be arriving as soon as this week...
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News Sega Files New 'Sonic Blitz' Trademark
But what could it be?
Sega has filed a new trademark for something called Sonic Blitz, as revealed via Chizai Watch (thanks, Sonic Stadium). Naturally, very little is known about the trademark, but it covers all the usual categories you might expect from a company like Sega: education and entertainment, machinery, ROM cartridges, programs for home...
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News Sonic X Shadow Generations Speeds Past Two Million Sales Worldwide
As SEGA continues new "transmedia development" strategy
It has been roughly three months since Sonic X Shadow Generations arrived on Switch, and while the release was (fittingly) quick out the gate, shifting one million copies in its opening weekend, SEGA's latest sales update shows that it's still got some life left in it. Shared in a press...
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News Sonic The Hedgehog Will Be Back For A Fourth Movie
Update: Confirmed for March 2027
We're just one day away from the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie — which introduces Shadow the Hedgehog to the blockbuster franchise — hitting cinemas worldwide. But Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures has already greenlighted a fourth film. Shocked? Nope, not us. According to the report, the movie is aiming...
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News Sonic's Third Movie Outing Gets A Speedy Digital Release This Week
Gotta go fast
Sonic 3 only recently arrived in cinemas but if you would prefer to watch it at home, you might want to read on... According to a listing on the online movie streaming service Vudu, Sonic the Hedgehog's third movie outing could be arriving digitally as soon as later this month. There's no update from Paramount just yet, but as noted...
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News 'Sonic Jam' Skin Is Now Free For All Owners Of Sonic X Shadow Generations
Just it from the eShop
Before Sonic X Shadow Generations launched on 25th October 2024, Sega ran a promotion in which it gave away a free Sonic Jam character skin to those who signed up to the company's emails. Well, that promotion is long gone now, and Sega has decided to offer the skin to all owners of Sonic X Shadow Generations,...
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News Sonic's Next Movie Outings Could Go Beyond Earth To New "Fantastical Zones"
"We assume the audience would like to see it"
It's already been confirmed Sonic will be returning in a fourth live-action movie, so where to next for the blue blur? While nothing has been finalised just yet, speaking to Collider earlier this month - the Sonic 3 movie writers Josh Miller and Pat Casey mentioned how Sonic and the gang could...
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News Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Toys Speed Into McDonald's UK Happy Meals
Fast food
After arriving overseas at the end of last year, McDonald's restaurants across the UK have now finally got their hands on a Sonic the Hedgehog 3-themed Happy Meal, though the tie-in toys are a little different to those found in the US (thanks, Eurogamer). Yep, while our friends across the pond landed plastic figurines of Sonic and co. to...
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News Sonic's Live-Action Movies Have Apparently Sured $1 Billion At The Box Office
A fourth movie is already on the way
Sonic's movie career started as a nightmare but quickly turned around when the team behind the original live-action movie changed his look. It's now morphed into three entire films and following the release of Sonic 3 late last month, this series has just hit another big-screen milestone. According to Box Office...
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Poll What Score Would You Give The Year Of Shadow? Go On, Tell Us
2024 marked a year-long celebration
2024 is now over and that means the "Year of Shadow" and all of the celebrations related to the "Ultimate Lifeform" are winding down. Sega originally announced this annual campaign in April 2024 and followed it up with all sorts of announcements, merchandise, and toys. Sonic fans even got new Shadow-themed LEGO,...
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News Jim Carrey "Open To The Idea" Of Playing Robotnik In Future Sonic Movies
Ivo or Gerald, though?
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 marked the return of Jim Carrey after the actor previously claimed that he would likely be retiring from the industry. He didn't just return to play Ivo Robotnik, however, but also took on another role in the form of Gerald Robotnik, Ivo's grandfather and creator of Shadow the Hedgehog. In a previous...
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News Samsung Reveals New Sonic-Themed MicroSD Cards
Shadow trumps Sonic
With Sonic and co. currently making waves in the global box office with Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Samsung has revealed that it is launching a new set of 'Pro Plus' MicroSD cards based on key characters from the franchise (thanks, Hot Hardware). No release date has been set at the time of writing, but prospective customers can...
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News Sonic The Hedgehog 'Metal Sonic' First 4 Figures Statue Revealed, Here's Another Look
If you know, you know
First 4 Figures has released all sorts of stunning figures over the years and the latest one it's now teased is a statue of Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic debuted in Sonic CD (playable in Sonic Origins on Switch) and will be "coming soon" to the First 4 Figures line, with pre-orders for this statue set to open on 7th January 2025...
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News Sega President Shuji Utsumi On Sonic The Hedgehog’s Next Major Outing
It must be a "great game"
Sonic’s profile has continued to skyrocket in recent years thanks to a trilogy of successful live-action movies and multiple games that have been mostly well-received by fans and critics alike. As for what’s next for the blue blur, it’s not clear exactly what to expect just yet in of future major outings, but...
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News Here's Another Look At Sonic's DC Crossover Comic Series
The Sonic characters become famous superheroes
Update [Tue 24th Sep, 2024 17:45 BST]: Sega and DC Comics have elaborated on their "partnership" and it involves monthly crossover comics between DC and the Blue Blur. From March 2025, comics penned by Archie Comics writer Ian Flynn will be published all the way through to 2026. These will...
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News Sonic X Shadow Generations Full Soundtrack Now Available, Here's Every Song Included
Send out the year of Shadow with a bang
Sonic X Shadow Generations is arguably one of Sonic's best outings ever and if you enjoyed the soundtrack in Shadow's new campaign as much as we did, you might be interested to know Sega has now officially released the entire album on all "major" digital services. This includes sites (and apps) like Spotify,...
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Random Sonic 3's Movie Writers Would Love To Adapt Zelda: Wind Waker To The Big Screen
"We're putting it out there in the world"
There's already a live-action Zelda movie in the works, but beyond this, it's not clear how else this legendary Nintendo series could be adapted to the big screen going forward. Enter Sonic 3 movie writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller - who revealed to IGN in the same interview recently the video games they...
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News Sonic Movie Writers Talk About Two Requested Characters For Live-Action
There's still hope with a fourth movie confirmed
Sonic the Hedgehog's third movie outing is now in cinemas and while there are some new faces in this latest live-action entry like Shadow, a few other fan favourites have missed out (again). This includes (spoiler alert) Big the Cat and Rouge the Bat. According to the writers Pat Casey and Josh...
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News Crush 40 Musician Is Suing Sega Over Sonic Adventure 2 Theme, 'Live And Learn'
Never too late, eh?
Johnny Gioeli, the Crush 40 musician and singer behind the iconic Sonic Adventure 2 track 'Live and Learn', is suing SEGA of America over breach of contract for the song's repeated use throughout the Sonic series (thanks, Polygon). According to Gioeli's lawsuit (via Polygon), filed to the District Court of S
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Round Up The Reviews Are In For The Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Movie
Here's what the critics had to say...
Sonic the Hedgehog's third big-screen outing arrives this week and the critic reviews are now rolling in... This outing brings Shadow into the picture and it seems the reviews have (mostly) been enjoying the fun and family-friendly action so far. Many reviews are also praising Jim Carrey's efforts as well as...
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PSA Watch Out, Sonic 3 Movie Spoilers Are Already Cropping Up Online
Including the all-important post-credits scene
We are speeding ever closer to the worldwide release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in cinemas from 20th December, so, naturally, spoilers are already popping up online. Tut. Select pre-screenings of the movie have taken place in recent weeks, and it appears that some naughty customers whipped their phones...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Speeds Onto Nintendo Switch "Soon"
Update: New info has surfaced
At this year's Game Awards show, SEGA announced it would be releasing a new racing game officially titled Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. We've only got a cinematic trailer so far, but as you can see, Shadow the Hedgehog features. It will be "coming soon" to the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. Sega has also...
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Reminder Sonic X Shadow Generations 'Sonic 3 Movie Pack' DLC Now Available
"Featuring the voice of Keanu Reeves"
In case you missed the initial announcement, Sega is celebrating the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie this week with special DLC for Sonic X Shadow Generations. It allows you to "dash through the streets of Shibuya" in a unique stage inspired by the events of third live-action movie. Shadow is also...
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News Sonic, Tails And Knuckles Get The Stop-Motion Treatment In This New Festive Movie Promo
Five gold RINGS
We're almost halfway through December, so you know what's almost upon us? That's right, it's nearly time for Christmas Day Sonic the Hedgehog 3's theatrical release! Before the blue blur arrives on the big screen for the third time on 20th December, Paramount Pictures is filling the holiday season with festive tie-ins, including the...
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Round Up The First Impressions Of The Sonic 3 Movie Are In
Here's what critics and fans had to say
Although Sonic the Hedgehog 3 isn't officially out in cinemas until later this month, the blue carpet premiere got underway this week and the first impressions are now rolling in. Overall, it seems fans and critics alike are quite happy with what they've seen so far. We've got a handful of these initial...
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News Sonic X Transformers Collab Officially Teased, Photos Leaked Online
Update: Officially announced, pre-orders go live soon
The blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog has teamed up with all sorts of famous brands over the years, and one of the next collaborations on the way is with the robots in disguise, better known as Transformers. The official Transformers Instagram has already teased a brief video of its logo transforming...
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News Sonic 3 Movie Director Shares "First Piece Of Concept Art" Created
Highlighting the "story of Shadow & Maria"
We already know Sonic 3 movie director Jeff Fowler has a special connection with Shadow the Hedgehog, and now ahead of the third movie's launch this month, he's taken to social media to show off the "first piece of concept art" created for the latest outing. As mentioned (spoiler warning), it shows an...
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News Sonic 3 Movie Trailer Gives Shadow The Hedgehog Fans Everything They Want
Guns, motorbikes, and some crucial backstory
With less than a month to go until Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film hits movie theatres, Paramount Pictures has dropped the second official trailer, and Shadow the Hedgehog is clearly the star of the show here. The trailer gives Sonic (and Shadow) fans plenty to chew over, with Gerald Robotnik, the Space Colony...
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News Sonic X Shadow Generations 'Sonic 3 Movie Pack' Adds Keanu Reeves
Update: It seems we've got a standalone price
Sega's latest Sonic Central shared all sorts of updates, including a look at the story in the release Sonic X Shadow Generations. However, it didn't end there, with Sony's 'State of Play' broadcast sharing a little bit more information. In case you missed it, Sega announced there will be some...
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News Sonic X Shadow Generations Sures One Million Sales In Opening Weekend
Update: New sales data has been shared
Sega this week released Sonic X Shadow Generations on the Switch and multiple other platforms. It's a remaster of the 2011 title Sonic Generations and includes a brand new campaign starring Shadow the Hedgehog. It seems the game has got off to a solid start with Sega revealing it's sured one million sales...
