After years of disappointments, with only a few decent games offering a small reprieve from an onslaught of garbage, the Sonic series has its first great entry in years. Sonic Mania, which comes out ...

Unnecessary, egregious re-releases have become commonplace in today’s gaming industry, so much so that Bethesda felt compelled to poke fun at themselves during their annual E3 presentation for the ...

1992 is alive and well. Christian Whitehead and team turn in a beautiful rewrite of the 16-bit Sonic games with all-new stages. There's an area in Sonic 2's Chemical Plant Zone that still has me ...

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They actually did it. They nailed it. Sonic is back. Or he's back, at least, until the extremely dubious-looking Sonic Forces launches later this year. Forces is what it is, but Mania is the real deal ...

Again, that's no surprise, considering it was created by a team that made a name for itself in modernizing Sonic's original adventures -- but this faithful re-creation of the original game's physics ...

Update August 30, 2017: After a bit of a snafu yesterday, Sega have pushed out a Sonic Mania patch that allows you to play the game offline. Following community outcry, Sega have rectified the always ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It has been a long time since I actively looked forward to a new ...

Sonic Mania is now four years old, which may not be a huge landmark but, well, this Sonic-nerd wants to celebrate it anyway. It is the game, after all, that reminds players old and new that, actually, ...

When "Sonic the Hedgehog" burst onto the Sega Genesis console in 1991, he was a very impressive little guy. He ran incredibly fast, as did the game he starred in — it was especially impressive ...

The director behind Sonic Frontiers has indicated that more 2D Sonic games on the way. Sonic Team has revealed that we probably won’t get another look at a major Sonic title until the series’ 30th ...

Sonic Mania is a 2D love letter to the classic Sonic games from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Created by Christian Whitehead and his team, in partnership with Sega, Sonic Mania blends brand-new stages ...