Dana from Game North reviews Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1.
From the review:
"The last time I sat down to play a Sonic the Hedgehog game, it was Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing. That game was great, but it wasn’t exactly what you’d call a true blue Sonic game (pun intended). Sonic hasn’t been treated well since Sonic & Knuckles for the SEGA Genesis in 1994. After playing Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, I am still under the impression that SEGA has a ways to go before recapturing the hearts of the Sonic-scorned."
SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.
GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.
The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive."
Sega had such a turbulent existence from the mid-90s to when they dropped out of console manufacturing entirely in 2001, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the Genesis Nomad.