SEGA reveals a snippet of Sonic Frontiers gameplay as part of an IGN First cover story this June

Sonic Frontiers, the next mainline Sonic game after 2017’s Sonic Forces, has a new gameplay teaser trailer, available here.

Looking to change the formula since Sonic Unleashed introduced the “Boost style” gameplay in 2008, Sonic Frontiers will be the series first fully open world game, similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Featuring various biomes, new robotic enemies, large and small and a combat system reminiscent of the werehog levels in Unleashed, as Sonic repeatedly attacks enemies with a barrage of punches and kicks, the game looks to be combining past staples, including rail grinding, into an expansive world.

Peaking at #3 on YouTube Trending is no easy feat, leaving a lot of people hyped for its release later this year.

Originally set to release last year, to coincide with the franchise’s 30th anniversary, it has instead been set back to late 2022, with Sonic Colours Ultimate being a hold over. Alongside Frontiers, Sonic Origins, compiling the Sega Mega Drive trilogy and Sonic CD, is releasing June 23rd and Sonic Prime marks the franchise’s return to television, as a 24 episode series airing later this year, making this year an important one for SEGA.

It will be available for PS4, PS5, PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

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Sonic Frontiers, or as I lovingly call it, Sonic Odyssey meets Sonic of the Colossus, was originally pegged for a 2021 launch (according to an investor QnA with SEGA). Luckily, the folks at SonicStadium have confirmed that Sonic Frontiers is now planned to release around holiday season 2022, mainly to allow time to improve the game’s quality.

“Not only for this title, but during the development phase, we have been steadily conducting analysis to improve the quality of the title before release, such as introducing game testing based on external evaluations, and I have a feeling that it will become a good game and have high expectations for it” – SEGA response in QnA.

Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice (surprisingly NOT a Game of Thrones crossover) has also been delayed for the same reason.

While there’s no gameplay available yet, SEGA has promised that Sonic Frontiers should be taking the Sonic franchise in a new drastically different direction from past titles. Considering the trailer (psst, right here) seems to promise a vast world of nature and ancient ruins (ala Breath of the Wild), it would be interesting to see how the game handles traversal and parkour platforming with a character known for being bouncy and speedy.

Compared to SEGA’s announcement of interest in NFTs, I’d say the delay info is good news! For the blessedly uninitiated: NFTs are essentially fancy-shmancy receipts for digital art, not giving you ownership, but essentially saying “oh, but consider this: I might own it! Therefore, give me 69 billion quid if you want to use it”. For a more in-depth explanation on the concept, have a look at Patrick Macintyre’s blog on Ubisoft’s NFT announcement and the analysis video on NFTs (Nasty F****** Things) from Jim Sterling.

Going back to SEGA specifically, they have been trying out ‘various experiments and we have already started many different studies and considerations but nothing is decided at this point regards P2E (play-to-earn)’. SEGA also noted the large-scale unpopularity of NFTs, so hopefully they’ll come to their senses sooner or later. I mean, SEGA. Honey. Baby. It’s okay, you’ve been out of the console game too long, we all make widdle itsy bitsy mistakerooneys, just don’t forget to take your meds next time (UwU).

In other news, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developer GSC Game World has announced plans to avoid NFTs shortly after announcing plans to incorporate them, due to fan backlash.

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Sonic fans are certainly in for a few treats and surprises at the Game Awards 2021

The movie poster for the upcoming sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has been released by SEGA and Paramount.

Not only that, but the poster was specifically dropped so fans could get hyped ahead of the Game Awards 2021 as it was also announced the trailer will be premiered at the award show.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The movie poster for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 features Sonic and Tails onboard an aeroplane, being pursued the sky by Dr. Robotnik. There are no signs of Knuckles, but it has been confirmed the echidna will be making his debut in this next movie, voiced by none other than Idris Elba.

The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 trailer will be shown at the Game Awards, along with the actors Jim Carrey and Ben Schwartz (Dr. Robotnik and voice of Sonic), who will appear during the Game Awards to promote the film.

Geoff Keighley, the award show’s host and owner, recently gave hints that Sonic fans were in for a treat for another big gaming reveal, so it’s possible there will be a double whammy of news to look forward to.

Geoff Keighley replied to a tweet claiming that there will be a number of big announcements during the Game Awards 2021, and Keighley’s response confirmed that statement. He then was asked if he was a Sonic the Hedgehog fan, to which Keighley replied with “very much so” and the eyes emoji, something usually used to draw attention or deliberately act suspicious regarding something.

The official Twitter account for Sonic the Hedgehog then responded by asking for tickets for the award show, playing along with Keighley. People are guessing this announcement will be for Sonic Frontiers.

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As The Game Awards draw closer, game announcements are being teased for the award show

It’s now only two days until The Game Awards 2021 takes place from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and everyone is on edge waiting to see what world premieres and announcements the show has for us in store.

Well, it looks like we already have one teaser for what to expect, thanks to interactions on Twitter from the award show’s host and creator, Geoff Keighley, and it’s none other than everybody’s favourite hedgehog.

Sonic the Hedgehog Announcement

It all started when Geoff Keighley replied to a tweet claiming that there will be a number of big announcements during the Game Awards 2021, and Keighley’s response confirmed that statement. He then was asked if he was a Sonic the Hedgehog fan, to which Keighley replied with “very much so” and the eyes emoji, something usually used to draw attention or deliberately act suspicious regarding something.

After a few hours had passed, the official Twitter account for Sonic the Hedgehog tweeted the Game Awards’ creator asking if he had spare tickets for the event of Thursday.

Hey @geoffkeighley do you have any extra invites to TGA?

— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) December 6, 2021

This was followed by a very funny reply and quote retweet from Keighley and got fans excited even more at the prospect of a Sonic announcement at the Game Awards 2021.

I see you are thirty and flirty. DM incoming… #TheGameAwards https://t.co/ju3E8V6nMz

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 6, 2021

Following you now because you were cool enough to hook us up with an extra invite 😉 Thanks again!

— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) December 6, 2021

This would make sense the blue hedgehog has more announcements coming as it’s already been one hell of a year for the 30-year-old franchise. There’s also the discovery of a new domain that has been registered on the official Sonic the Hedgehog website, with the URL frontiers.sonicthehedgehog.com.

The site is unavailable to the public as it presents users with a 403 Forbidden message, but we can expect this to be revealed sometime soon as the 403 message suggests the URL is being used for something.

Sonic Frontiers is believed to be the name of the upcoming open-world Sonic the Hedgehog game that was first teased in May, during a Sonic Central presentation, and is expected to be headed to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch and PC.

We can expect quite a few announcements at the Game Awards this year, as it was also teased there will be another big announcement that has been in the works for over 2 years.

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