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Sonic Frontiers free update adds Photo Mode, newly added features, and more

March 25, 2023VG247

Prepare for a couple of new timed modes. The first of three free content updates for Sonic Frontiers has been released, and it comes with newly added features and modes. Dubbed the Sights, Sounds, and Speed update, it includes a Photo Mode and a Juke Box that allows you to play your favorite tracks while exploring the Starfall Islands. It includes tracks from Sonic Frontiers and past Sonic games. Totaling 53 songs, 13 are instantly unlocked and playable as soon as the game is updated. You can unlock the remaining 40 songs by collecting Sound Memories across the five islands,…

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Sonic Origins Plus rating in Korea suggests an extended edition is on the way

February 11, 2023VG247

Is SEGA planning to follow in Sonic Mania’s footsteps? Sure sounds like it. The Korean Game Rating Board has given Sonic Origins Plus a provisional rating, suggesting that an extended edition of Sonic Origins is in development. This is according to a listing on the rating site dug up by Gematsu. Sonic Origins launch trailer – speed through four remastered titles that defined a generation. With “Plus” added to the end of the title, it suggests the publisher is going the same route as 2018’s Sonic Mania Plus which released with additional content not included initially. The extended edition could…

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I pity anyone playing Sonic Frontiers on Nintendo Switch

November 10, 2022VG247

An uneven game in its best form, on Switch Sonic Frontiers is a mess of pixels and is plain ugly. Sonic Frontiers on Switch is quite the experience. On the most powerful hardware (PC, PS5, Series X) the Blue Blur’s latest outing is a perfectly pleasant-looking game. It has problems, but it’s not ugly. You wouldn’t walk past it with your eyebrows raised, mouth agog, staring like Sonic’s pants had fallen to his ankles. It’s just fine. On Switch, Sonic’s pants haven’t just fallen down; they’ve been mangled and haphazardly thrown back on the hedgehog. This is the same core…

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The latest Sonic Frontiers video features showdowns with various bosses

November 4, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. It’s almost time to explore the Starfall Islands, and gather the Chaos Emeralds. A new trailer for Sonic Frontiers has been released, and it shows the fella fighting rather large, strange-looking bosses. In Sonic Frontiers, our blue hero is searching for the Chaos emeralds. While on this adventure, he becomes stranded on an ancient island teeming with unusual creatures. Sonic Frontiers – Showdown Trailer As Sonic, you will battle hordes of powerful enemies and experience open-zone platforming freedom across the…

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SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog series has sold an impressive 1.5 billion copies worldwide

October 29, 2022VG247

That’ll do, Sonic. That’ll do. In SEGA’s latest financial report, the company shared a rather remarkable figure for its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. According to the company, the series has sold over 1.5 billion copies worldwide. The figure spans both full games and free-to-play titles as of March 2022 (thanks, GI.biz). The figure will surely go up once Sonic Frontiers is released, and the company is also working on several Sonic IP projects for the fiscal year ending March 2024 and beyond. The company feels these new projects will “add to the franchise’s popularity and help sell more games.”. Sonic…

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Latest Sonic Frontiers video shows off combat, skill trees, and the upgrades system

October 13, 2022VG247

Parrying, combo attacks, and more can keep you from being bested by eemies. A new video for Sonic Frontiers is available, and it provides a look at combat. The video also covers the skill tree and upgrades. Sonic Frontiers – Combat & Upgrades Trailer The game features an all-new battle system and skill tree upgrades, allowing you to fight strategically. You can combine moves such as dodges, parries, counters, combos, and the new Cyloop ability to take down foes and titans. Sonic Frontiers will mark the first time a Skill Tree has been included in a Sonic game. It allows…

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This Twitch Streamer Just Became The First Person To Beat Every N64 Game

September 7, 2022Kotaku

Samuel “Acegamersam” Girard owns a lot of video games. The 32-year-old Québécois has a vast library of classic console titles, including complete collections of North American Dreamcast and N64 games. Five years ago, with a fledgling Twitch channel, Girard began streaming the Nintendo titles to a tiny audience. That audience quickly began to grow as he set out on his goal to complete all 296 of them, a feat no one else has claimed to have done before.

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This Sonic Frontiers video provides an overview of the game

September 1, 2022VG247

Explore a world of action, adventure and mystery. SEGA has released a new video for Sonic Frontiers that provides an overview of the game. The video shows all sorts of gameplay, and the narration provides plenty of details regarding Sonic’s latest adventure. In Sonic Frontiers, our blue hero is searching for the Chaos emeralds. While on this adventure, he becomes stranded on an ancient island teeming with unusual creatures. As Sonic, you will battle hordes of powerful enemies and experience open-zone platforming freedom across the Starfall Islands as the blue blur and friends go after Dr. Eggman, who has lost…

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Gamescom Is Basically E3 2.0 Now: Here’s Where To Watch (And What To Expect)

August 23, 2022Kotaku

And to think, it’s been two whole months since the phrase has bounced its way across a stage in curly font: “WORLD PREMIERE.” That changes this afternoon with Gamescom’s opening live stream. In recent years, Gamescom’s kickoff event, officially called Opening Night Live, has become one of the big three annual video game marketing hurrahs to watch. It’s meant to herald Gamescom, a week-long gaming- and kölsch-focused convention hosted every year in Cologne, Germany. As with previous years, Opening Night Live is hosted by Geoff “World Premiere” KeighleyGamescom Opening Night Live will broadcast officially on Keighley’s The Game Awards channels….

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Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to Fall Guys

August 10, 2022VG247

The crossover event will introduce a new Bean Hill Zone level, and plenty of Sonic-themed cosmetics to grab. The hype surrounding Sonic the Hedgehog right now is relatively high, especially given that 30th anniversary celebrations for the swift hedgehog have been underway for a while now. We’re also still awaiting the release of Sonic Frontiers, and it was announced just yesterday that a third Sonic the Hedgehog movie is on the way! So, it would make perfect sense for the blue blur to make a cameo elsewhere, right? Especially given recent leaks that the hedgehog may be coming to Fall…

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Sonic Origins video takes a deep dive into the modes included with the collection

June 18, 2022VG247

Find out what’s new in Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD. SEGA has released a new trailer for Sonic Origins that takes a deep dive into the new modes and additions in the remastered collection. The video starts by taking a look at the remastered visuals by showing a comparison between the original and the updated version through a scene from Sonic 2. It also shows the menu, which is where you will choose which mode to play. There’s Anniversary mode, Classic, Boss Rush, and Mirror Mode, all of which can be played in…

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Where To Watch Summer Game Fest’s Big Opening Event

June 9, 2022Kotaku

With E3 2022 canceled, there’s a vacuum at the center of the video game marketing season. Many eyes are on Summer Game Fest for being both the lengthiest and the widest-ranging presser on the horizon. But the host, Geoff Keighley, recently saw fit to temper expectations ahead of the show, saying that it won’t be flush with the “world premieres” for which his events have become known. This post was originally published on June 6, 2022.Now in its third year, Summer Game Fest is both a singular event (a showcase featuring trailers from a wide range of video game publishers)…

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What To Expect From Summer Game Fest’s Big Not-E3 Event

June 6, 2022Kotaku

With E3 2022 canceled, there’s a vacuum at the center of the video game marketing season. Many eyes are on Summer Game Fest for being both the lengthiest and the widest-ranging presser on the horizon. But the host, Geoff Keighley, recently saw fit to temper expectations ahead of the show, saying that it won’t be flush with the “world premieres” for which his events have become known. Now in its third year, Summer Game Fest is both a singular event (a showcase featuring trailers from a wide range of video game publishers) and a promotional tool (a logo that gets…

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Sonic Frontiers debut gameplay trailer shows seven minutes of Sonic speeding through the world

June 1, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Have a look at the blue blur’s latest. SEGA has released a seven-minute video showing off Sonic Frontiers gameplay. The IGN First video is part of the site’s month-long coverage of the game. In Sonic Frontiers, you will “accelerate to new heights” and experience “high-velocity open-zone freedom,” battle powerful enemies, and speed through the Starfall Islands featuring various biomes. It’s the latest 3D entry in the Sonic franchise and follows the blue blur and his friends as they go after…

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film is now the top-grossing video game adaptation of all time

May 6, 2022VG247

It broke the record set by the first film. SEGA has announced Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has surpassed $331.64 million at the box office worldwide, surpassing the $319.71 million record set by the previous film. This makes it the top-grossing video game-based film ever in the US, where it has so far topped $162.74 million, surpassing the first film’s $148.97 million. It also recorded $168.9 million internationally, and has yet to release in Japan where it will arrive in theaters on August 19. The film opened in 4,234 theaters on April 8 in the US and sequentially from March 31…

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