So hell froze over and pigs are sprouting wings, Sega finally released a Sonic game geared specifically to old school fans of the series. But does it live up to all the high expectations set out by the fanboys? No! And no game ever will, but Sonic 4 comes close.
Sonic, in HD. Yeah, it doesn’t get better than that… or does it? While Sonic 4 does look shiny and such, honestly, it’s not that impressive. If anything, the visual style chosen for the game is what’s gotten so many fans of the series up in arms.
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.