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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 synopsis pits Sonic and Tails against Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik

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Having sped through its first round of production these past two months, Paramount Pictures and SEGA’s sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2 now has an official plot synopsis by way of a leaked copyright listing which has surfaced online on social media. The synopsis confirms the inclusion of Knuckles, which we’d already learned through set photos […]

Jeff Fowler confirms that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has wrapped filming

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At a speed befitting of the spikey blue hedgehog himself, director Jeff Fowler has confirmed that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has wrapped filming in Vancouver. It only feels like five minutes ago that Sonic the Hedgehog was collecting all of the gold rings as one of the last pre-pandemic blockbusters, making $319M globally just as […]

Street Fighter coming to Fist of The North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE

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SEGA has announced that characters from Capcom’s iconic Street Fighter franchise are heading to Fist of The North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE next week for a special collaboration event. The Street Fighter x Fist of The North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE event is set to get underway on April 30th, with Sakura appearing as a Super Rare (SR) […]

Knuckles spotted on the set of Sonic the Hedgehog 2

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Sonic the Hedgehog overcame a redesign and the start of a pandemic to gross $319 million at the global box-office. Now that the world is slowly emerging from lockdown at a speed on the opposite end of the scale to SEGA’s iconic blue erinaceinae, filming has begun on the sequel, and it has given us […]

Netflix announces Sonic Prime animated series coming in 2022

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Netflix, SEGA and WildBrain have announced a new animated series featuring everyone’s favourite blue hedgehog Sonic is winging its way to Netflix in 2022.  Sonic Prime will be a 24 episode long series that takes Sonic to a strange new multiverse and it won’t just be about the running, the official waffle describes it as […]

Sega is developing a live-action movie adaptation of Yakuza

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Sega is officially developing a live-action movie adaptation of its bestselling Yakuza video game franchise with production companies 1212 Entertainment and Wild Sheep Content. According to Variety, Erik Barmack, Roberto Grande and Joshua Long will produce the live-action adaptation of the video game series, but no writers or director have been attached to the project as of yet. […]

Crunchyroll and Adult Swim team for anime adaptation of SEGA’s Shenmue

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Crunchyroll has announced that it is partnering with Adult Swim for an anime series based upon the beloved SEGA video game franchise Shenmue. “The first Shenmue video game was released more than twenty years ago and we’re so excited to be working again with Adult Swim to bring this franchise to life through anime,” said […]

Fist of The North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE x Virtua Fighter collaboration event starts this week

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SEGA will be releasing a new collaboration event for Fist of The North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE that sees two characters from the iconic fighting game Virtua Fighter join the lineup.  A new trailer can be seen below showing these classic characters in action. With this collaboration event the martial art styles of Hokuto Shinken and […]

Shinobi and Fantasy Zone coming to SEGA AGES on Nintendo Switch this January

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Shinobi and Fantasy Zone were two very popular arcade games back in those heady neon days of the 1980s and these are the latest two games coming to SEGA AGES on the Nintendo Switch on 23rd January.  These latest two titles join a growing list of all time classic SEGA games available on the Switch, including Space […]