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News Trio of Sonic Games Coming to PS Now on 1st June

Virtua Fighter 5 will also debut on subscription

Sony has rocked up at SEGA HQ with a truck-load of readies, and it’s bringing all the games to PS Now. Well, to be more specific, three Sonic titles will be added to the subscription service on 1st June: throwback sidescroller Sonic Mania, modern platformer Sonic Forces, and kart racer Team Sonic...

• Thu 27th May 2021
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• PS Now
• PlayStation Now

News June 2019's PS Plus Games Are Available to Download Now on PS4

Sonic speed

Look, his movie might not be looking so hot, but colourful platformer Sonic Mania is a wonderful return to the hedgehog's glory days. If you've ever enjoyed one of the older titles from the nineties, you should definitely check it out in this month's PlayStation Plus update. The new line

• Tue 4th Jun 2019
• Sony
• PS4
• PS Plus
• PlayStation Plus
• June

Poll Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Games for June 2019?

Plus or minus?

You know, the PlayStation Plus lineup for June isn't bad at all -- at least, that's what we think. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection and Sonic Mania? That's a rock solid selection right there, but we do understand that they're both well received and quite popular PlayStation 4 games -- the kind of games that many of you will no...

• Thu 30th May 2019
• PS Plus
• PlayStation Plus
• June 2019
• PS4
• Polls

News Sonic Mania's Animated Shorts Continue with Special Festive Episode

Gotta go feast

The animated intro for Sonic Mania was such a hit with fans that a batch of short cartoons was released, collectively known as Sonic Mania Adventures. The fifth episode seemingly concluded the spin-off story, but it turns out SEGA had one more chapter up its sleeve. Embedded above, the sixth episode has a decidedly Christmassy theme...

• Thu 20th Dec 2018
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic Mania
• Videos

News Sonic Mania Cheat Codes Discovered - Infinite Continues, All Chaos Emeralds, More

Old school

Sonic Mania might update the old Sonic formula for a modern audience, but it's also a giant throwback to the Mega Drive days. Back in the 90s, it was common for games to be rife with cheat codes, an almost extinct way to change up the game by enabling things like infinite lives, or spawning in items you shouldn't have access to. As it...

• Mon 23rd Jul 2018
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Cheats

DLC Review Sonic Mania's Encore Content Pack Is a Big Plus

Mighty fine

Almost a year after its initial release, Sonic Mania remains a delight. The blue hedgehog's retro PS4 outing is not only his best game in a long time, but it's clearly been made with the love and passion that the 16-bit games deserve. It's both modern and nostalgic, merging old and new in brilliant ways that make old-school Sonic fans...

• Mon 23rd Jul 2018
• DLC Review
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic Mania
• Encore DLC

News Sonic Mania Plus Promo Apes Old SEGA Advert

A whole lot more for less

Sonic Mania Plus is out tomorrow, bringing the original game back to store shelves with a raft of extra content, such as long lost characters, Mighty and Ray. The wonderfully retro platformer leans heavily into 90s nostalgia, and the above new commercial for the game...

• Mon 16th Jul 2018
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Trailers

News Big Sonic Mania Patch Springs Up Early on PS4

Now removed by SEGA

A sizeable update for Sonic Mania was released on PlayStation 4 in the UK last night, much to the surprise of fans. It seems that SEGA accidentally launched the patch early, as access to it has now been removed. Of course, that didn't stop a handful of people from updating the much loved classic style Sonic title, and there are a...

• Wed 18th Apr 2018
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Updates

News Sonic Mania Plus Adds Two New Characters This Summer

Retail release finally confirmed

Sonic Mania Plus will spin into brick and mortar stores this summer, SEGA announced during an SXSW panel this evening. The updated version – which will be available as a DLC pack for those who already own the title digitally – will add two new characters to the throwback sidescroller: Mighty the Armadillo and Ray...

• Fri 16th Mar 2018
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic
• Announcements

News Unsurprisingly, Sonic Mania Is the Highest Rated New Sonic Game of the Last 15 Years

Shocking, we know

"Sonic Mania is the highest-rated new Sonic game in 15 years. Thank you all so much for being part of this journey with us," reads a rather proud-sounding post penned by the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account. The recently released retro-styled platformer currently sits at a metascore of 86 over on Metacritic, but does all...

• Thu 17th Aug 2017
• SEGA
• PS4
• Sonic