The Sonic Amateur Games Expo is returning! Come September 18th the showcase opens to the public, so get your gamepads ready because there’ll be a whole heap of new Sonic fangaming to sink your teeth into.
The show runs until September 24th and is currently in its’ registration stage. If you have a game you would like to submit you’ll need the following along with proof of your game:
– Booth banner: 200 x 40 No borders! (Please attach to registration e-mail)
– Booth URL – If you don’t have one yet that’s fine, but you’ll need to get that sorted by Sept. 17
– Your booth will be displayed in an iframe 390 high by 625 wide. We encourage you to include a splash page to fit within this space with a link to open your main page in a new window.
Email your banner and URL to sagexpo@gmail.com by September 14th to be featured at THE annual fangaming event of the year.
Other things to look forward to are the Sonic the Hedgehog Hacking Contest helf independently by SSRG and the ‘Best in Show’ contest being run by Overbound, the creator of Sonic Time Twisted.
The Sonic CD announcement trailer is live! However, SEGA have got a bit confused:
“Sonic CD marks an important chapter in Sonic’s history, bridging the gap between his oldest adventures and his new digital exploits like Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I,” said Sega West digital business VP Haruki Satomi.
Erm, no it isn’t Satomi.
“We’ve made sure the re-mastered edition has everything that Sonic fans want to see with all of the original colourful classic zones.”
The game has also been confirmed for XBLA, PSN, PC, iOS, Android and Windows 7 phones.
Fansite The Sonic Scene has uncovered some interesting Sonic Generations images.
Japanese PS3 and 360 pack-shots have been discovered along with 2 covers for ‘white’ and ‘blue’ editions of the original soundtrack.
Also featured is a new 3DS screenshot showing the famous Emerald Coast whale chase! There’s also a shot from the opening cutscene from the PS3/360 versions (SPOILERS).
Jun Senoue’s legendary Sonic Adventure custom ESP guitar is now being mass-produced!
ESP’s Japan site has just unveiled a new page featuring the guitar’s specs and further details. We can’t read Japanese, but we’re guessing that the details in the giant, red box mean the guitar is only available between 25/08/2011 and 31/12/2011 due to this year being Sonic’s 20th.
Jun’s Twitter also recommends that if you are interested in owning one and you’re not in Japan, you should talk to your local ESP retailer for additional details. This could mean that ESP Japan are willing to ship the guitars worldwide.
EDIT: UK price confirmed! Lick Library have announced the UK price of the Jun Senoue signature ESP guitar will be £1299. Better start saving those pennies! (thanks to Sam Manojlovic)
VG247 have unveiled an exclusive interview with SEGA boss Mike Hayes that reveals the company is constantly looking back at its’ catalogue for IPs to reinvent.
Hayes said, “We constantly review the IP we’ve got in the locker because that’s one of Sega’s big advantages, and when we bring it out and do it properly, like re-imagine Sonic or doing Sega Rally Arcade Online and stuff like that, we have success. Some of it when we try and do it, like Golden Axe on PS3 and 360, it didn’t do so well. So we carefully look at each IP and every month, we review the locker of IP and think, ‘how could we release those and if so, what are we going to? Will it be a big game, digital, free-to-play?’ We constantly look at it. What I can say is that you will continue to see a reinvention of classic Sega IP coming to various platforms over the next three-five years.”
VG247 also asked whether Shenmue City, the mobile game from Yu Suzuki would be making a Western appearance. Unfortunately the answer was “There are no plans for Shenmue City.”
The other little tidbit we’d like to bring up is in this little comment, “Shinobi on 3DS is a good example and some of the digital games we’re releasing are good examples, like the Golden Axe redux and stuff like that. So you’ll see more of it, but we literally look at it all the time.”
Golden Axe Redux? Did we miss something here? Is Hayes referring to the SEGA AGES version of Golden Axe, Golden Axe: Beast Rider or a new Golden Axe remake that we’ve yet to hear about? Intriguing!
The ridiculously titled Rhythm Phantom Thief R: Inheritance of the Emperor Napoleon (what a mouthful) that was announced earlier today now has screenshots. Andriasang released a set of screens giving us the first insight into this game’s graphical style.
We’re still on the fence regarding this 3DS title. The graphics are a little poor and we’re getting a distinct whiff of the ‘meh’ PS2 Shinobi, but gameplay trailers have looked quite fun. Come on SEGA, don’t muck this one up! We don’t want to see the Shinobi series go the way of the dodo!
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