Sonic The Hedgehog, who celebrated his 20th birthday earlier this week, was the Call of Duty of its day, SEGA West CEO Mike Hayes has suggested, claiming that it was the game every cool gamer was playing.
DSOgaming writes: KidsCo announced today that theyre airing a birthday special for Sonic across Asia and Africa as well as special promos on its website.
In celebration of his 20th birthday, Sega has announced that Sonic will be larger than life at the 85th annual macy's Thanksgiving day parade. Also, his 20 day demo is now live on both Xbox Live and the PlayStation network.
The melodies of Sonics adventures have been ingrained into every gamers head for close to 20 years now. Sure, the sounds of the Green Hill Zone may have received everything from metal riffs to orchestrated melodies, but none have received as much collaborative effort as OCRemixs latest album, The Sound of Speed.
The six vintage Mega Drive games heading to PlayStation Network over the next couple of months will feature online leaderboards and trophies, SEGA has revealed. SEGA's Mike Kebby stopped by the PlayStation Blog to announce that Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2, Golden Axe 2, Altered Beast and Comix Zone would all be online enabled. On top of leaderboards and trophies, Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2, Altered Beast and Comix Zone will also feature online co-op play. Kebby then divulged the full trophy list for classic platformer Sonic the Hedgehog, which hits PlayStation Network today.
If you're feeling all retro-ey, you can go back to the game that gave birth to a lovable blue hedgehog by downloading the classic Sonic the Hedgehog experience on Wii's Virtual Console or the Xbox Live Arcade. But those with a PS3 have had to wait patiently for their turn at reliving Green Hill Zone goodness. That wait will soon be over...
Andriasang: Sega sent out a press release just as the clocks turned 2011 announcing that it will be celebrating this year's 20th anniversaries for Sonic the Hedgehog and Puyo Puyo with a variety of projects.
For many, making current gen games into 8-bit remakes might be fun, but for others its all about bringing classics into the modern era of gaming. Here is a look at five great retro games updated to please the fans.
The summers hottest gaming event has had its musical act announced and boy have they got it spot on this year. Legendary band Crush 40, responsible for some of Sonics iconic songs including I Am All Of Me, Escape From The City and What Im Made Of have been booked for Summer Of Sonic 10!
SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that they have launched a video contest to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehogs 19th anniversary. Two lucky grand prize winners (one from America, one from the UK) will each receive a trip for two to Tokyo to visit SEGA Japan and meet the Sonic development team.
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