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Sonic Frontiers & More – On Sale Now!Mar 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsThe Steam Spring Sale is here! Save big on Sonic Frontiers and other great Sonic titles for a limited time! Sonic Adventure DX – 75% off Sonic Adventure 2 – 75% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate Deluxe Edition – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – Ultimate Cosmetic Pack – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – Music Pack – 30% off Sonic Generations Collection - 75% off Sonic Adventure 2: Battle DLC - 75% off Sonic Lost World - 75% off Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection - 75% off Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing - 75% off Sonic Forces – Digital Bonus Edition - 75% off Sonic Mania – 33% off Sonic Mania – Encore DLC – 33% off Team Sonic Racing - 75% off These prices won’t last, so gotta go fast! Ghostrunner, Ghost of Tsushima Legends, and Team Sonic Racing are the PS Plus game for March - updateFeb 23, 2022 - VG247Update: Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Plus games for March after the titles leaked earlier today. Ghostrunner (PS5), Ghost of Tsushima Legends (PS4, PS5), and Team Sonic Racing (PS4) were all three confirmed along with Ark: Survival Evolved (PS4). Al four titles will be made available March 1. This means you have until February 28 to download February’s PlayStation Plus lineup featuring EA Sports UFC 4, Planet Coaster: Console Edition, and Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep. Read more Sonic the Hedgehog voice actor suggests he's leaving the roleJan 28, 2021 - EurogamerUPDATE 29/01/21: Well, it's now official: Sega has waved goodbye to Roger Craig Smith, who voiced Sonic the Hedgehog for over 10 years. In a farewell post on Twitter, Sega said Smith had been an "integral part of the Sega family". "He brought the voice of Sonic to life, and we are forever grateful for his never-ending enthusiasm in helping the community and spreading joy," the publisher added. Read more Daily Deal - Team Sonic Racing , 50% OffOct 3, 2019 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 50% on Team Sonic Racing™!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday 10/7 at 10AM Pacific Time Daily Deal - Team Sonic Racing , 37% OffAug 27, 2019 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 37% on Team Sonic Racing™!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Thursday 8/29 at 10AM Pacific Time Patch Release (former Open Beta)Jul 15, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsEDIT: The beta patch is now officially live! An update should be available for all users for Team Sonic Racing. All issues brought up in this discussion have been monitored and reported. Please continue to let us know if you are having issues. To help understand the issues better, it would be a great help if you could include the specs of your PC when reporting your issues, as well as screenshots for graphical issues. This topic will continue to be checked regularly for feedback from the community, so please continue to use this thread for any bug reporting. Thank you all for your patience and your passion for Team Sonic Racing. --- We are pleased to announce an open beta patch that addresses several issues with Team Sonic Racing. Beta Patch notes: Fixed an issue when using alt+tab to minimize the game in full screen that made it difficult/impossible to re-display the game. 'A Friend In Speed...' achievement is now unlockable. Cyan Laser now displays properly on monitors above 60hz. Fixed an issue where save data fails to be created/loaded when the user's account contains special characters. Added Party system. To access the beta build, please use the code 'TeamSonicRacing' to access the 'publictest' branch following the standard Steam Beta opt-in method. NOTE: If you find any issues with this build, please report them in THIS THREAD so that they can be properly addressed. Thank you so much for supporting Team Sonic Racing! -Katie Team Sonic Racing is the first Sonic game to top the UK sales chart since Mario & Sonic at the Olympic GamesMay 28, 2019 - EurogamerTeam Sonic Racing is off to a quick start in the UK - it's the first Sonic game to top the UK sales chart since Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games came out in 2008. That's not all: according to our friends at GamesIndustry.biz, Team Sonic Racing's physical launch week sales more than doubled the launch week sales of its predecessor, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which came out seven years ago. It's a good result for publisher Sega, which is on something of a tear recently after the record-breaking launch of Total War: Three Kingdoms, and a positive sales story for UK developer Sumo Digital. (For more, check out our Team Sonic Racing review). Read more Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been delayed into next yearMay 24, 2019 - EurogamerParamount's much-maligned Sonic the Hedgehog movie project has been delayed by a little over three months, and will now release on 14th February, 2020. The Sonic movie was originally scheduled to hit cinemas on 7th November this year - until, that is, fan ridicule reached fever-pitch following the release of the film's first trailer last month. There was already deep scepticism surrounding the art choices Paramount had made in reimagining Sonic for the big screen, beginning almost immediately with the very first character reveal. However, when the world finally got a proper look at movie Sonic in action, the entire cinematic endeavour was hit with a tidal wave of online disapproval. Days after the trailer first landed on the internet, the Sonic movie's director, Jeff Fowler, took to Twitter, writing, "The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes." These changes would now be made, he pledged, insisting that, "Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be..." Read more Team Sonic Racing power-slides into stores todayMay 21, 2019 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIf we ignore the wonky Sonic R, then Sonic The Hedgehog has had a pretty good track record as far as mascot kart-racers go. Team Sonic Racing is out today and the latest from Sumo Digital, formerly of the excellent Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. This time, they’ve narrowed their focus a bit, swapping transforming omni-vehicles for regular cars and focusing solely on Sonic and pals instead of the greater Sega universe. From what I’ve heard from folks who snagged the console version early, it’s still a grand time despite missing out on Football Manager racing around Skies Of Arcadia. Below, a launch trailer. (more…) Now Available on Steam - Team Sonic RacingMay 21, 2019 - Product ReleaseTeam Sonic Racing™ is Now Available on Steam! Team Sonic Racing combines the best elements of arcade and fast-paced competitive style racing as you face-off with friends in intense multiplayer racing. Team Sonic Racing review - a smart spin on the character kart formulaMay 17, 2019 - EurogamerHere's hyperbole for you. Just as Sonic Mania saw a group of talented fans going wild with Sega's icon to create something as good as, if not better than the very best 2D Sonic games, then the enthusiasts at Sumo Digital have worked similar magic here. Not that it's saying particularly much, but this might well be the best 3D Sonic in a generation or two. Maybe that shouldn't come as much of a surprise - not if you've been paying attention, anyway. Some seven years ago Sumo Digital made, in All-Stars Racing Transformed, an arcade racer worthy of the greats, helped in no small part by how it leaned on so many of Sega's legends. Panzer Dragoon! Skies of Arcadia! Burning Rangers! For players of a certain vintage, it was pure heaven. Team Sonic Racing is a very different game led by a different team, with development primarily handled by Sumo's Nottingham studio, staffed in part by former Free Radical team members. For Sumo Digital's third kart racer for Sega, it sees the biggest departure from the formula yet. There are none of the rich, broad references to Sega's past - instead, this is a pure, dedicated Sonic game (a reverse trajectory to that of Mario Kart, funnily enough, which with the eighth instalment became a Nintendo all-stars series). Jet Set Radio's Beat is out, in other words, but Big the Cat is in. Read more Team Sonic Racing looks lightning quick and colorful in new trailerApr 2, 2019 - PC GamerEach time I'm reminded Team Sonic Racing exists I get newly excited: it's a new kart racer by Sumo Digital (also responsible for the low-key amazing Sonic & All-Star Racing Transformed), and it looks smooth and colorful and cheerful. It'll no doubt prove a mandatory palate cleanser after the enduring trauma this has caused. The new trailer is embedded above. It's yet to be seen whether Sumo can pull off the "team" aspect of the game: screwing with the kart racing formula is a very daring act indeed, but it sounds like teams will collaborate in order to accumulate a "Team Ultimate Boost", which I take to mean a short burst of going really heckin' fast. The objective is still the win the race, so that's promising. Team Sonic Racing releases on May 21. It'll support 12 player online races as well as local splitscreen play. A new Sonic game is in developmentMar 17, 2019 - EurogamerTakashi Iizuka has confirmed the next main Sonic game has "begun production". Talking at the SXSW Sonic panel this weekend (thanks, PCGN), Team Sonic were keen to temper expectations - apparently, we're unlikely to see anything concrete about the new instalment until next year - but said the team "will be excited to share more news with you in the future, but for now, thank you for your patience until we have something to show". The panel also revealed an all-new trailer for upcoming Team Sonic Racing, scheduled to drop on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 21st May, 2019. The teaser offered a peek at the new customisation options - albeit ones that stop short at full character creation, sadly - as well as a little glimpse of the game in action. Players are able to tweak pretty much everything about their vehicle, from handling and defence to acceleration and paint finishes, and even the sound of your horn. Here, take a look: Read more Team Sonic Racing delayed into May 2019Oct 29, 2018 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun “Make haste!” Sonic is always saying, but even that zippy fella knows that too much haste will see you running face-first into a wall of spikes. And that’s why Team Sonic Racing, the new spin-off racing game from the makers of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, has been delayed. Previously slated to launch this winter, the game is now due on May 21st, 2019. Team Sonic Racing seems a little less silly (and way more Sonic-y) than the crossover of All-Stars but ah g’wan, I’ll wait for the hope of good karting. (more…) Team Sonic Racing has been delayed to May next yearOct 25, 2018 - EurogamerTeam Sonic Racing will no longer release this year, as originally planned, Sega has announced. Instead, those that like their hedgehogs blue and their woodland animals fast will now need to wait until May 21st next year. Team Sonic Racing is being developer by Sumo Digital, the developer behind 2012's superb Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and its predecessor Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Following much teasing and leaking earlier this year, Sega finally announced the game would be coming to PC, Switch, Xbox One, and PS4 some time "this winter". Fans rejoiced! As did Eurogamer's Martin Robinson, who took a look at Team Sonic Racing in June. He came away impressed, calling it "the same fundamentally brilliant arcade racer Sumo Digital has proven it's more than adept at creating over the years". Read more… On British wackiness and cooperation in Team Sonic RacingOct 5, 2018 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunI’m no Sonichead, but I still got a kick out of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Instead of making you turn into planes and boats, Sumo Digital’s new upcoming kart racer makes you turn to your friends. You race as a team of three, passing power-ups between you while boosting behind each other’s bottoms. I sat down with Team Sonic Racing design director Derek Littlewood at EGX, and asked him about how racers might feel about being dependent on other people. And maybe also opened the door for a reappearance from the Football Manager manager. (more…) Big the Cat is in Team Sonic RacingJun 23, 2018 - EurogamerOn Sonic the Hedgehog's 27th birthday (that big 3-0 is fast approaching!), Sega has detailed Team Rose for Team Sonic Racing. The announcement was made during an event to celebrate Sonic's birthday (you can watch it in the video below). Team Rose is made up of Amy Rose, Chao and Big the Cat. Yep, Big the Cat, the large, anthropomorphic purple cat who made his name in the Sonic Adventure series, is in Team Sonic Racing. As if there was any doubt. Read more… Team Sonic Racing breaks the sound barrier in trailerJun 17, 2018 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunMr. Sonic the Small Blue Animal Guy With Good Rings is back into the racing circuit. It’s certainly one of the lesser beloved game franchises, and I can’t help but think that’s because it would be ridiculous for a character whose super-power is being super-fast to trade that power for driving cars that are equally fast to all of his competitors. It just doesn’t make sense, right? I mean, Sonic and Mario facing off at the Olympics was also a game, so I guess maybe logic doesn’t matter here? Team Sonic Racing brings us back to the Sonic Racingverse, and I’m sure I’m in the minority, but this is that Game Content I crave. Check out the forthcoming Team Sonic Racing trailer with me. (more…) Team Sonic Racing floors it in new E3 cinematic trailerJun 11, 2018 - EurogamerSega has unleashed a brand-new trailer for its upcoming animals-in-some-cars extravaganza Team Sonic Racing, offering a brisk cinematic deluge, alongside a tease of the new theme song - as crafted by some old friends. Team Sonic and Team Dark fight for pole position in Sega's latest video, with the action unfurling, at least in part, across Wisp Circuit - one of the tracks that appeared online in gameplay form last week following early Team Sonic Racing previews. The sky-high glass track that pops up midway through, however, looks to be something new. That new theme tune, by the way, is the work of Crush 40, the band responsible for all manner of music from past Sonic games - including Sonic Adventure's opening ditty, Open Your Heart. Let's be honest though - it's no Super Sonic Racing. Read more… Team Sonic Racing is another arcade racer that wants to reinvent the genreJun 5, 2018 - EurogamerOkay let's get the big one out of the way first, seeing as it comes up every time there's a Sonic racing game. Why is Sega's mascot, renowned for his breakneck speed, reduced to sitting behind the wheel of a car every time him and his crew get together for a racer? Well, if you'd been paying attention you'd know the answer already; it's because Sonic's so fast, if he was to go on foot it'd be plain unfair. So, there you have it in black and white. Let's move on swiftly, shall we? Team Sonic Racing is Sumo Digital's third racing game built around Sega's characters, though it is a clean break from the previous two games. Unlike Sonic All-Stars Racing and its exquisite sequel Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed, Team Sonic Racing doesn't delve into the wider world of Sega characters. There's no Alex Kidd, no Ryo Hazuki, no Segata Sanshiro, no tracks culled from Skies of Arcadia, Burning Rangers or Billy Hatcher. The focus is firmly placed on the world of Sonic and friends. It's a disappointing place to start, really, given how so much of the thrill of those games was the fan service, ladelled on in thick, sweet dollops. Maybe it's because Sumo realised they didn't have many more places to go, seeing how deep Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed ran (and it ran pretty close to perfection, too - for my money it's up there with Mario Kart 8 at the very pinnacle of the genre). Maybe it's because Sega needed a Sonic game this year, and doubled down on this particular enterprise. Read more…
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