SEGA CEO Credits Sonic Mania With Restoring Fan Trust After Sonic Boom
Haruki Satomi reflects on Sonic Boom's failure, Sonic Mania's fan-driven revival and the movie redesign that helped shape SEGA's current IP strategy.
Haruki Satomi reflects on Sonic Boom's failure, Sonic Mania's fan-driven revival and the movie redesign that helped shape SEGA's current IP strategy.
Evening Star, the studio formed by Sonic Mania veterans, is reportedly working on Sony’s rumored Ape Escape revival according to a source claiming ties to the developer.
Takashi Iizuka says he would love to see the Chaotix star in their own detective game, while Sonic Team plans to give more characters substantial playable roles in future mainline titles.
Three fan-made ports are bringing Sonic CD and Sonic Mania to original Sega hardware that never received them, with separate Saturn and 32X projects now in development.
SEGA is bringing two new Classic Sonic T-shirts and a Sonic Mania acrylic keychain to Tokyo Game Show 2026 ahead of their October release in Japan, alongside a pair of TGS-exclusive NEW UFO CATCHER collectibles.
Takashi Iizuka and Evening Star say both sides remain open to making another Sonic game together, although Evening Star’s current project is not Sonic and no new collaboration is underway.
Sonic Channel’s August 2026 release commemorative artwork celebrates nine years of Sonic Mania with Knuckles reading a suspiciously familiar book, complete with a nod to the game’s unlockable “& Knuckles” mode.
Sonic Mania is celebrating its ninth anniversary, with Sonic’s official Korean and Taiwanese accounts revisiting the game’s pre-release animation and the many expressions packed into one early Sonic scene.
Sonic Mania developer Christian Whitehead has marked the game’s ninth anniversary by revealing a cut animation showing the animals originally intended to explain the personalities of the Hard-Boiled Heavies.
SEGA’s Sonic 35th Anniversary Project includes Classic and Modern Sonic collections for Nintendo Switch, now confirmed for October 20, alongside new Genesis-compatible legacy cartridges for Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
A new rating for Sonic Frontiers Definitive Edition has appeared in Korea, pointing to a potential updated release of the 2022 title.
SEGA is preparing to remove the 2013 mobile versions of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 from iOS and Android, but both titles are currently free to download before delisting.
Sonic CDX developer Axanery has revealed Sonic Gateway, a new fangame framework aiming to recreate Sonic Mania’s physics and mechanics on a 1:1 basis, with a planned release in 2026.
The unofficial Sonic Mania Dreamcast port has cleared one of its biggest technical hurdles, with the team revealing how the console’s CPU limitations are being overcome to support the game’s 3D bonus stages.
On Sonic Mania’s eighth anniversary, Christian Whitehead shared prototype images that may reveal what a potential sequel could have looked like.
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