GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. From the opening title's splash screen, Sonic Mania's presentation is intoxicating. Its colorful, retro 2D graphics and vibrant '90s-inspired pop ...

After years of disappointments, with only a few decent games offering a small reprieve from an onslaught of garbage, the Sonic series has its first great entry in years. Sonic Mania, which comes out ...

Again, that's no surprise, considering it was created by a team that made a name for itself in modernizing Sonic's original adventures -- but this faithful re-creation of the original game's physics ...

SEGA and Epic Games revealed today that both Sonic Mania and the DLC Sonic Mania Plus have both been added to the Epic Games Store. Right now, as we're writing this, you can snag the primary game ...

It only took Sega a couple of decades and scores of mediocre games but, finally, the Japanese giant has realised 3D Sonic games suck. Seriously, they're awful. That's exactly why - alongside the next ...

Sega has announced that Sonic Mania will be released for the Nintendo Switch. Sonic Mania is being developed in the style of the Genesis-era Sonic the Hedgehog games and will play at 60 FPS and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The console versions of Sonic Mania are finally released today and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. In the past two decades Sonic games have been trying to target a ...

Sonic Mania starts spectacularly. There's the titular hedgehog himself, popping up on the title screen, waggling his finger at you in the way you remember, his face contorted into an expression that's ...

When Sega invited me behind closed doors to get an early look of Sonic Mania at GDC last month, I wasn't expecting much. I'd seen the trailers and indeed, it looked like a grand homage to franchise, ...

Netflix announced a new suite of games coming to its subscribers in the next year. Highlighting the list is Sonic Mania Plus, which will be available to Netflix subscribers sometime next year. As ...

For millions of kids in the '90s, the war between Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog was serious business. And for Nintendo and Sega, it was actually serious business. Nintendo controlled north of 90% ...