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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Knuckles, the Ugandan Feminist Professional Epic-Theme haver of the Sonic franchise has been confirmed for an upcoming TV series starring Idris Elba, who will be playing the character in the upcoming sequel to Sonic The Hedgehog (2020).

I’m not even going to pretend to be unbiased for this piece, I fawned over the Sonic Heroes character sections of the game manual and fan-boyed for Knuckles because he was Martial-Artist and I was always on a Bruce Lee or Jean Claude Van-Damme film bender every other week!

The series will be dropping around 2023 exclusively on Paramount+, alongside a Star Trek series, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and even another cinematic crack at the world of Dungeons and Dragons… Okay, really? DnD? Don’t get me wrong, I love me some roleplaying, but the whole appeal is that you and your mates get to take part in your own story running on the most powerful graphics processor in the world: Your Imagination! Isn’t that right Michael?

You Already Had Second Movie – “I know, but what about third movie”? Haruki Satomi (SEGA CEO) expressed his delight at the news of a third Sonic the Hedgehog film already being announced for development, so I imagine he and the folks at Paramount are pretty confident in the success for the sequel. Fingers crossed this doesn’t turn into a ‘Dark Universe’ debacle where everyone makes promises they can’t keep and purely rely on the test of time to conveniently hope everyone forgets while being too busy drooling over the next Marvel film!

A Socio-Historical Explanation of Knuckles In Meme Culture:

First off is the relatively pedestrian stuff: Knuckles is a sometimes-friend, sometimes-enemy and mostly-frenemy to Sonic the Hedgehog across much of the series.

Cut to some nebulous time in 2016 when YouTuber VirtuallyVain roleplayed as an African drug lord in a Call of Duty letsplay video, the breakout mock phrase from that video being “follow me, I know the way”

Not long after that, YouTuber Gregzilla released a sonic game review that featured an… Artistically peculiar-looking version of Knuckles lovingly dubbed “Fuckles”.

A popular pastime for Call of Duty players in the early days of the internet was to smush in sound clips of African soldiers and battle cries, something VirtuallyVain was playing off at the time. Then comes the game VR Chat, a DeviantArt artist by tidiestflyer made a 3D model of ‘Fuckles’ for the game and ey presto- Now you’ve got a jokey funtime trolling community that consists of a sea of ‘Fuckles’ madly ad-libing about “the way”, based on VirtuallyVain’s own pastiche and 2000s Ugandan action B-movies like Who Killed Captain Alex.

As is the case with most things on the internet, the original meaning of “the way” naturally expanded to mean literally anything the user desires it too! The original context was “follow me, I know the way” to win in a shooty bang-bang game, or in the case of Captain Alex, “he knows the way… of using a gun”. Nowadays, “the way” or “the wae” is a sort of hilariously abstract generalized idea of an ideal mindset, goal or purpose.

I’d do a deep-dive into the Ugandan Knuckles “Kwin”/”Queen” joke, but that’d require me to get even more NSFW than I have been lately, a brother can’t live on flippant sex jokes immature asides alone!

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WW3, 2o22! Numerical spoonerism!

Gran Turismo 7. Vrewm. Shooty shooty bang-bang? Doom

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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 Mania, plus a fun art book! Knuckles and Knuckles, a bauble head, look!

Dying Light implies Living Darkness… Sleep paralysis weird, yo.

There was once an AMIIBO called Bowser, called Lucas to talk about flowers. With a hand-each from Lottie, Tom Nook’s favorite totty, they said “let’s give these buds a shower”.

There was once a young woman named Barbie, one day she got bit by a zombie! But she didn’t turn, for soon she would learn, she had no brains- “oh, harder Harvey”!

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Tesla drivers get ready, as another game is going to be available to you all soon! Elon Musk’s car company is pairing up with legendary game developers SEGA to bring the original Sonic the Hedgehog to the vehicle’s gaming library. How exciting!

We reported earlier this year that Tesla will be looking to provide more video games to their drivers, and they really have got right to it! It was only a few months ago when they advertised their job listing for a Video Games Engineer, so clearly they’ve found their person! Whilst it was stated that their technology could run games like Cyberpunk 2077, it should come as no surprise they’ve decided to start off with a slightly easier project. Baby steps, after all.

How did we hear this news, we hear you ask? Well it was announced through a press release, which also went onto to say that every Tesla model will be able to play. This will come as a relief to those Sonic lovers who don’t want to fork out for a new car just to get involved!

Not only this, but all players will need to do is plug in a handheld controller through one of the car’s USB ports to get going. It really is that simple! Nostalgia is really going to be kicking in for many owners too, as it’s going to be the exact same game that was released back in 1991. Did you throw your SEGA Genesis away years ago? Well fear not, because you’ll be able to relive it all here!

We must say, its quite the time to be a Sonic fan too. The next game in the main series was revealed at the latest game awards and is called Sonic Frontiers. For the first time in the franchise, it’ll be an open world adventure which will contain similar aspects to the Sonic adventure games. It seems that Dr Eggman discovers some ancient technology, and well that can never be a good thing can it?

The fun doesn’t stop there as well! Fans were also treated to a trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, where we got our first glimpse at the iconic character Knuckles. Idris Elba sounds like he’s going to absolutely smash the role, so 2022 really can’t come soon enough for Sonic fans.

So what do you think about the latest announcements? Excited to get stuck into the classic game in your Tesla? Let us know down below. Additionally, make sure you head on over to our store to see all the sonic related goodies we have there!

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You know those times when Google switches up it’s search engine logo along with some kinda theme? Like when you could click a play button on it to be transported to a JRPG-style minigame selection in celebration of Japan’s Olympics? That’s Google Doodle, and the next one is apparently harder than Don Giovanni on a warm summer day.

If you thought Pizzagate was weird, get a load of this!

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The aim of the game is to go chippity-choppity for a specific number of pizza slices with a limited number of cuts available to you. Then things progress when you have to get specific toppings on certain slices, etc etc.

Why pizza? Turns out that on this day in 2007, ‘the culinary art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’ was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’.

Why am I covering this? Because I have this weird fetish that makes me want to do something fun to distract from all the horrible stuff in the game industry I’ve covered from alleged nonces in charge of PlayStation to literally everything Activision Blizzard has been up to! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to play a children’s minigame, so I may be able to give you all a lightly funny review of it!

That was a little underwhelming. It’s hard to get a perfect 3 stars on all the tasks, I’ll give it that, but you can scrape by on one-star random hacky-slashies without really having to worry about failure… EUREKA! I’VE GOT IT! I’m going to try and see if the game has a failure state! I’ll try drawing up teeny tiny itsy bitsy little crust slices and see how that goes!

Okay, so you CAN fail in the game! Let’s see, what else can I fudge around with? The game sure is making me hungry with all that pizza talk! The piano music is quite nice. Very smooth, contemplative, but also rhythmic with those little samba-shakey sounds. Maybe I’ll try making a Pizza rap out of it!

Side tangent before I go on, have a looksie at my colleague’s blog on Venba, an upcoming (or possibly already out) story-based cooking game on PC. Think a mashup of Cooking Mama (psst! which we have!) and Spiritfarer.

Well… I discovered a new method of torturing war criminals. Just tell them to try and rap to an oddly-specific piano instrumental to a Google Doodle game and the self-inflicted cringe will be so much that they’ll spill the beans on everything!

Broke: Waterboarding. Woke: Cringe-torture!

Before you head off, we’ve got lots of non Google related deals and voucher codes available, so get em while they’re hot. But like, hot in the fun way, not the illegal way… I mean, sometimes hot can be fun in the illegal way if you’re talking about the 50+ countries that make being LGBT a crime, but- STOLEN, the initial joke was meant to be stolen! No, I didn’t steal the joke Brenda, I was talking about the first sentence of- Nevermind, ROLL IN THE AD!

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Our very own Idris Elba is set to voice everyone’s favourite fictional (and possibly real) echidna…

The Suicide Squad actor will be taking off his supervillain gloves and replacing them with a pair of iconic white gloves for his next role.

Idris Elba has announced on his social media platforms that his next role will be to join the upcoming sequel to the adaption of SEGA’s hit series, Sonic the Hedgehog.

Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2

On Tuesday, the Luther star published an image of Knuckles trademark gloves across his social media pages along with the eery message “Knock, knock….” and the hashtags #Knuckles and #SonicMovie2.

Knock, knock….#SonicMovie2 #Knuckles pic.twitter.com/N1PW5XaCEd

— Idris Elba (@idriselba) August 10, 2021

It was announced earlier this year that after the surprising success of Sonic the Hedgehog that we would be getting a sequel, set to be released on April 8 2022.

Fans also received a photo showing Knuckles with Sonic and Tails, the iconic trio, from the set of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 back in April this year.

The first movie was set in Green Hills, Montana, and saw Sonic teaming up with James Marsden’s character Tom Wachowski as he tries to escape the US Department of Defense aided by Jim Carrey’s character Doctor Robotnik. The end of the movie teased fans with a glimpse of Tails coming to Earth in search of Sonic, yet it wasn’t announced whether there would be a sequel at the time.

It has yet to be confirmed who will be voicing Tails alongside Ben Schwartz (Sonic’s voice actor) and Idris Elba.

Some fans believe they have uncovered what we can expect in the upcoming sequel with a leaked analysis, with Knuckles teaming up with Doctor Robotnik in search for an emerald that has the power to both build and destroy civilizations, yet this has not been classified.

For now, we can try to guess what kind of accent Idris will use for everyone’s favourite echidna.

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Below we have ten of our favourite pop-culture inspired alcoholic drinks from all of your favourite games and shows. Scroll through and let us know what you think.

Ocarina of Lime (Zelda)

• Bacardi Superior Rum
• Fresh limes
• Mint leaves
• Teaspoon of brown sugar
• Sparkling Water

View the full recipe here

Metroid Cocktail (Metroid)

• 1/2 shot Bacardi Big Apple Rum
• 1/2 shot Coconut Rum
• 1/2 glass Kiwi Strawberry Minute Maid (or Kool-Aid)
• A little less than 1/2 a glass Sprite
• 3 Strawberries

View the full recipe here

Sonic the Hedgehog shot (Sonic)

• 1 part grenadine
• 2 parts Menthomint Schnapps
• 4 parts Blue Curacao

View the full recipe here

The Kirby (Kirby)

• Cherry jello shot made with Malibu Coconut Rum
• Pink lemonade
• Bacardi Superior Rum
• Hiram Walker Blackberry Brandy

View the full recipe here

The Warp Pipe (Super Mario Bros.)

• Blue Curacao
• Mikes Hard Limeade
• Bols Melon
• Lime

View the full recipe here

Zero-Suit Samus (Metroid)

• Hpnotiq
• Blue Curacao
• Orange juice
• Midori
• Apple Pucker

View the full recipe here

The Portal Two (Portal)

• Blue Curacao
• Vodka
• Lemonade
• Cointreau
• Rum
• Orangina
• Small tumblers

View the full recipe here

The Flaming Hunter (Left 4 Dead)

• 50ml Maker’s Mark Whiskey
• 10ml Cherry Heering
• 10ml Contra
• A dash of Angostura

View the full recipe here

The White Walker (Game of Thrones)

• Ice
• 1/2 glass white chocolate liqueur
• 1/2 glass vanilla cream soda
• Blue Curacao

View the full recipe here

Needle (Game of Thrones)

• 1 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz ginger beer
• Juice of half a lime

View the full recipe here

Do you have any recipes of your own that you would like to share? Let us know in the comments if you have any recipes that didn’t make the list!

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