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Sonic EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Sonic costumes coming to LittleBigPlanet 32 Media Molecule has heard your cries, and have delivered -- Sonic the Hedgehog costumes are coming to LittleBigPlanet in December.  That's the good news. Bad news, it's based on Sonic Unleash... Sonic Classic Collection coming to DS because we need it 29 Jesus C*nting Christ! Despite there being roughly ten billion Sonic the Hedgehog compilations, it seems that Sega feels we can always have more, and has recently submitted Sonic Classic Collectio... Games on Demand update: Army of Two and fast stuff 12 A few new (old) games hit Microsoft’s Games on Demand digital distribution platform this morning, dudes. According to Mr. Xbox LIVE, Major Nelson, the kickin’ rad cooperative shooter ... Interview: Tom Sennett & Matt Thorson, creators of RunMan 14 ...": Race Around the World," the headline would say, if Elephant's character limit weren't so painfully brief.Of course, I don't have to tell you that. You've already played RunMan: RA... 250 GB PS3 slim coming to North America on November 3 47 To the surprise of no one, Sony has announced that on November 3, a slim PlayStation 3 with a 250 GB HDD will be available at retailers in North America. The cost? $349.99.According to Sony, ther... Best of Crush 40 (bad Sonic music) is coming! 76 Crush 40, known by the more familiar name of Those Wankers That Ruined Sonic The Hedgehog Soundtracks For Everybody, is coming out with a "best of" compilation CD, full of their signatu... Could user-created RunMan: RATW levels be on the horizon? 6 We've already discussed the greatness of RunMan: Race Around the World in some detail. But now that you've played it, beaten it, donated money and unlocked all the characters, what's left to do? ... Sorry, no enhanced version of new RunMan game coming 12 Upon completing Tom Sennett and Matt Thorson's RunMan: Race Around the World, I had only one thought -- namely, that the two creators oughtta be drowning in money for making such a damned good pl... Mad Catz gets exclusive rights to make Sonic-branded crap 19 Sega has continued its commitment to treating Sonic like a two-bit prostitute by striking a deal with third-party peripheral maker Mad Catz. The deal gives Mad Catz exclusive rights to produce a ... Talking to the Needlemouse: The Emerald Hills developers 25 There's been a lot of talk about the brand new, 2D, high-definition Sonic game. It's been something people have wanted for a long time, and the idea that this could be a sort of “Sonic 4&... Project Needlemouse site is fake (no Green Hill for you) 38 Yesterday we were all freaking out over the announcement of Project Needlemouse, a codenamed game that promised to be a brand new 2D Sonic the Hedgehog due for release in 2010. Don't worry, the g... HOLY CRAP! New 2D Sonic game! (Project Needlemouse) 141 Oh my God. Oh my God!We've just received a billion tips about a brand new 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game to be published by Sega in 2010. According to the video, this is an all-new Sonic game in hi-d... Sonic & Knuckles coming to XBLA with cart stacking bonus 34 Sonic & Knuckles is hitting XBLA on September 9 and it will indeed include the cart stacking bonuses of the classic original title! Sega is throwing in the bonuses, but you do have to have th... GC 09: An overload of Mario & Sonic at the OWGs media 7 My retro heart has such a horrible time accepting the Mario and Sonic crew getting along the way they do in these Olympic crossover games. They can’t be getting along! They should be beatin... Sonic's quality will be 'fixed with time' 70 Do you think Sonic the Hedgehog sucks these days? If you're over the age of twelve or not retarded, you probably think so. Sega is aware of our disappointment, and has promised that the blue sham... Impressive Sonic CD port for iPhone being pitched to Sega 24 Future!Christian Whitehead remembers when Sonic was good. I'm guessing that he's with me on the feeling that Sonic CD was the game series' highpoint. Why else would he be busting his ass to port ... SGC 09: Jim meets a personal hero 65 Outside the main convention halls, I was hanging out with a few members of Dtoid Austin (after having photos taken with some fans of mine which was great because I could pretend to be famous when... Happy birthday Sonic, you're finally legal 30 I know most of you sick bastards have been waiting for Miley Cyrus, but someone more important has just turned eighteen today, and he's everybody's favorite blue hedgehog. Sega's long-suffering m... Music Mashup Monday: Michael Jackson meets Sonic 2? 14 [In Music Mashup Monday we feature various amagalmations of videogame tunes and popular music, as well as remixes and orignial tunes. Music only gaming geeks could truly enjoy.]Recently, remixer ... San Diego Comic Con gets an exclusive Metal Sonic 20 The San Diego Comic Con is a month away, and with it comes news that attendees can get their hands on an exclusive special edition JUVI. Typing such words as these makes me feel like a Tomopop wr... E3 09: Burch n' Davis play Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing 23 Bayonetta. Aliens vs. Predator.Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. It didn't take a genius to see that something was amiss at Sega's E3 booth. Veritable mountains of blood and boobs were countered... E3 09: Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing screens confirm cars 9 Yes, it's Sonic the Hedgehog and he's in a car. We're not going to question it, or indeed, anything that Sonic has been doing for the past ten years. We've frankly given up trying to work it out.... E309: Mario & Sonic sneak out for a quickie 23 Destructoid was very lucky to catch a rare glimpse of one of gaming's most iconic videogame characters, Mario himself. He was also joined by some weird blue rat thing who nobody's ever heard of.... E3 09: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games trailer 8 Yeah, I know, you don't really care about this. However, we can't pick and choose what gets thrown our way at E3, and if I post the Aliens vs. Predator trailer, I also have to post Mario & So... Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing announced at last! 54 It's the game we've all been waiting for! Sega has today announced Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, a "fast and furious battle to the finish line." It's coming to the Xbox 360, PS3, W... Sega announces Vintage Collection 2 for PSN, XBLA 30 Confirming earlier reports, Sega of America has announced today that it will be bringing seven classic titles to Xbox LIVE Arcade, and one classic title PlayStation Network, under the “Vint... Nipples discovered in Sonic 2006: OH THE SCANDAL! 24 Remember the "Hot Coffee" scandal, when cheeky hackers discovered incredibly silly and unerotic sex scenes in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? Remember when outraged puritans forced the g... Sonic is going first class, up in the sky, in this hot remix 28 Sonic and Fergie? I thought our hedgehog friend was into more classy girls. Well, Fergie does claim to be Glamorous, doesn't she?Through this brilliant remix (it's not a mashup, as a mashup combi... Here's Sega's line up for E3 29 Sega recently revealed on their Twitter what they're going to be showing off at E3 this year. Here is a regurgitation of what was said:  Alpha ProtocolBayonettaMario & Sonic at the Olymp... Six-year-old boy asks King to change his name to Sonic X 31 I don't know if this story is heartwarming or distressing, but it tells the tale of a six-year-old Norwegian boy called Christer who wants more than anything in the world to be called Sonic X. Ac... A birthday message from Sonic the Hedgehog 85 Destructoid.com is three years old today, and this special anniversary also marks the birthday of its founder, as well as the man I've been proud to call "boss" for the past two years o... Sonic Unleashed DLC ... seriously 23 Yes, you read that right. Sega has announced that Sonic Unleashed, for some infernal reason, deserves its own downloadable content, A patch has been released for the game on Xbox 360, which paves... Sonic Team threatens us with more Werehog action in Sonic Unleashed 2 36 One of the main sore points about Sonic Unleashed was The Werehog, a new alter ego for Sonic that helped to represent everything that is wrong with Sonic Team's continued abuse of Sega's once-lov... New Woot shirt presents the original Sonic the Hedgehog 60 Buying a shirt from Woot appears to be a gambling game which you rarely ever win -- the designs are just so awesome that each new product seems to be sold out within minutes. That's why I did the... Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games has a trailer. Oh good 24   If your dream of Mario and Sonic's ultimate confronatation was a snowboarding competition, then you have lucked out today, son! Sega has posted a new teaser trailer for Mario & Sonic ... Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection shows us what Sonic 2 actually looked like! 19 Just in case you can't remember what Sonic 2 looks like after playing roughly fifty eight billion re-releases of the game, here are some screenshots from Sega's latest nostalgic compilation, Soni... Sidescrolling Sonic game for Wii revealed by ESRB [update] 32 Once again, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board has spilled the beans on an upcoming game, this time one that is of particular interest to this old school Sonic fanboy. Sonic Chaos has appea... Sonic and the Black Knight is TOTALLY the rebirth of Sonic this time! 74 Ever since I found out that Sonic Team was little more than a big blue sweatshop, I have come to terms with the fact that anything coming from that studio will just be a disappointment. Sonic g... Commercial Success: Indian Sonic thinks Bollywood is stupid 23 You may or may not have seen this one on your Internet travels, but today's old commercial is an absolute classic. The Sega Genesis was brought to India by Shaw Wallace, and if this advert is a... Why can't Sonic Team make a good game? Rediscovered revelations give sad insight 41 Back in 2006, a man was blogging about the problems of Sega while nobody batted an eyelid. His name, though unknown at the time, was Ben Andac, and he worked as a game evaluator and Admissions an... Sonic fan overthrows city's real-life hedgehog ban 39 In a story of triumph and retribution too uplifting not to post, it is being reported that a young Kansas boy's love of Sonic the Hedgehog was so great, he yearned for a real-life spiny mammal th... Yuji Naka working on a Sonic-like game, discusses Let's Tap and Sega 4 The famous Yuji Naka has been chatting it up with Gamasutra where he discussed his departure from Sega, his excellent looking Let's Tap and his plans for the future, which include a game being de... Happy holidays: Watch the 1996 Sonic Christmas Blast holiday special 23 Following on from our Christmas Comes to Pacland post, here's another root through Youtube for nearly half an hour's worth of entertainment that will leave you feeling embarrassed and ashamed -... Leaked Sonic X-Treme video shows more of the game that never was 34 Features writer and talented doodler Ashley Davis wrote an article a few weeks ago about Sonic X-Treme, the Saturn game that never was. An interesting 3D title with a fish-eye lens and spherica... Sonic Unleashed demo now up on Xbox Live, creepy image now up on this post 20 So, you've read Jim's review of Sonic Unleashed, pondered purchasing the title for under $30 during an Amazon sale, decided against it, and now you are questioning how wise of a decision that was... Destructoid interview: Sonic Unleashed 19 A few weeks ago, Destructoid was lucky enough to get a Q&A session with Sonic Unleashed producer Yoshihisa Hashimoto. I got to ask him about fan reaction to the Werehog, whether or not Sonic ... If Sonic just ran, Unleashed would be three hours long 33 By now you should have read our review of Sonic Unleashed, a title that Sega has been calling a game of two halves. Indeed it is, but not just because it's split between running and brawling, but... Sonic and the Black Knight screens: The Red Knight always triumphs! 30 My apologies to the person who responded to our Sonic Unleashed review with the hope that this meant an end to Sonic news being posted on the site. Unfortunately for you, Sonic and the Black Knig... Destructoid review: Sonic Unleashed 94 Sonic Unleashed is a bizarre paradox of a game, because never before have I played a game that is at once both jawdroppingly exhilarating and unbelievably frustrating. On the one hand, Sonic Unle... Sega presents: Sonic in Night of the Werehog 18 Sonic Unleashed shipped in North America this week for PlayStation 2 and the Wii, and to commemorate the event, Sega have unveiled Sonic's first short film. Head over to the official Web site to ... Shocker: Sonic Unleashed has another trailer, we report it with journalism 15 [video]111556:728[/video]Stop the presses! Sega has revealed yet another trailer for Sonic Unleashed, and we have uploaded it to be viewed on the Internet. You can count on Destructoid and only D... Sega clears up Sonic Unleashed release date issue 8 The other day we posted a curious bit of news concerning Sonic Unleashed, where it looked likely that the game was delayed in Japan for "quality" issues, while the North American releas... Sonic Unleashed is 'what loyal fans want' 22 Sonic Team director Yoshihisa Hashimoto has been chatting about Sega's latest attempt at reviving the spiky one's broken legacy, Sonic Unleashed, by boldly claiming that it can win back the love ... Sonic Unleashed delayed in Japan, on track in US? 17 There is word coming from Japan that Sonic Unleashed -- long pegged for a holiday release -- has been pushed significantly back until Spring 2009. The delay is intended to improve the quality of ... Sonic Unleashed reveals the obligatory ice level 29 [video]110750:689[/video]You always need an ice level, and Sonic Unleashed delivers. This latest trailer shows off the Holaska stage, which looks all pretty and probably has the best music so far... Daily irrelevance: Robotnik is a Dreamcast fanboy CONFIRMED! 21 This screencap, taken from the epic Sonic Unleashed opening that Sega tore away from the Internet, reveals that Dr. Robotnik isn't the bad egg he's cracked up to be. After all, he loves the Dream... The Sonic Unleashed opening cinematic must have cost $1000000000 [Update] 72 Behold, the opening cinematic for Sonic Unleashed, presented in Moonspeak. Regardless of whether or not you are a cynic, you can't deny that the sheer quality of this movie is quite something. ... More Sonic Unleashed videos: Night of the Werehog 18 [video]109962:651[/video]We're a day out with the above video, but here's a late Halloween greeting from Sega, as they present a scary trailer revolving around Sonic's new Werehog form. Actually,... Sonic Unleashed trailer has music that doesn't suck, also Sonic is Jesus 44 [video]109112:602[/video]The latest Sonic Unleashed trailer has water walking. This cements my long-standing theory that Sonic the Hedgehog is actually the Son of God, our Lord The Baby Jesus Chr... Sonic the Hedgehog = the UK's favorite videogame character 27 I've always believed that the hardcore Sega and Sonic faithful are nearly always British. 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