A master of robotics who looks like the love child of Yosimity Sam and Humpty Dumpty, running through the forest, scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head. Along comes a hedgehog who ...

If you played video games created during the 8-bit or 16-bit eras, chances are good you might have misread what an artist was trying to convey with just a few dozen pixels. Players have famously ...

With Sonic Mania, Sega has done the unthinkable for a corporate player in video games: They've given it to the fans. Sega has had a nightmarish time trying to rekindle the magic and majesty of its ...

Instead of seeing how many gameplay mechanics it can stuff into a single game, Sega has pared things down to the bare essence of the series: running fast. Building and maintaining momentum are once ...

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Where to begin? Well, for starters, let’s go with the lengthy campaign. There are 13 zones to explore again, with two acts for all but the first – 25 acts total. The zone names may be the same, such ...

Christopher is a Features writer from the USA who has been playing, working on, and writing about video games for over 20 years and has a lifelong passion for the gaming industry as a whole. He began ...

To be clear, Sonic Mania will have 2D graphics. You might not find any significant change in the way the side-scroller looks when compared to its previous iterations in early consoles - the visual ...

Sonic Mania isn’t over yet! After beating the last boss, there’s still a secret final battle to unlock — with an extended ending. Here’s how to get it. It isn’t a Sonic game without a “true” final ...

Born in the 8-bit era, raised by the 16-bit era, and perfected by the 32-bit era, Cory's roots grew from the likes Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man to the world of Resident Evil and Castlevania. Owning ...

Last year’s Sonic Mania was a superb return to form for one of gaming’s most enduring icons, and Sega has now delivered even more Sonic in the form of Sonic Mania Plus, which you can get as either DLC ...

One Knuckles isn’t enough for you? Here’s two. Learn how to unlock “& Knuckles” mode in Sonic Mania with this quick guide. Sonic Mania is sweeping the nation. The nostalgic adventure brings back the ...