Designed by Steve Ritchie of Black Night, High Speed, T2 Judgment Day and Star Trek Next Gen fame – Jersey Jack Pinball have launched an official Sonic the Hedgehog pinball table. As with most pinball tables, this is aimed at arcade operators and not private collectors (unless you really have the money and floor space for it).
The table is available in North America only and comes in 3 editions: a $9,999 arcade edition, a $12,000 special edition, and a $15,000 collector’s edition. The special edition adds premium finishes, a shaker motor, Sonic-blue “armor”, a dual-layer RGB acrylic battle topper, and Invisiglass. The collector’s edition adds gold playfield accents, Knuckles-red laser-cut “armor”, a mechanical battle topper with widescreen LCD, and a numbered plaque.
Classic Sonic is now available as a free downloadable character for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. Classic Sonic also comes with his car from Sonic Drift which is a lovely attention to detail. An additional SEGA music collection has been added to the in-game jukebox as well. More tracks will be added to this collection as additional characters are added later this year.
In addition to Classic Sonic’s addition, SEGA have revealed that Axel from Crazy Taxi will also be added to the game in August 2026, while Amigo from Samba De Amigo will be added in September 2026. It is currently unclear if Axel and Amigo are free additions or a part of the 2nd year of paid DLC.
A Switch 2 port of Sonic Frontiers with most of the previously released DLC is now available as Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition.
Existing Switch owners of Sonic Frontiers can transfer their save files to the Definitive Edition, but there is no upgrade path for existing owners. This means you will need to shell out another £44.99 if you want to play Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition. You do get a digital art book and mini soundtrack with this version that is entirely exclusive to it.
Sadly there is some base Switch DLC that will get lost if you transfer your save to the Definitive Edition. The Inugami Korone Collaboration DLC and the Sonic Emote DLC for Koco will not be making an appearance in the Definitive Edition, so if you’re precious about that stuff then stick to the base Switch release.
Receiving its first public showing at Sonic Fan Fest 2026, Sonic Paradox have now released their first 3D edition of their collaborative Sonic Shorts animated series. Sonic Shorts 3D: Volume 1 is 17 minutes of comedic Sonic action from a huge selection of 3D animators. You can watch the full thing via the video embed below:
Sonic Paradox’s Sonic Shorts series has typically focused on 2D animators, which makes this new 3D edition a genuine showcase for how far independent 3D animation has come. Sonic Paradox aren’t resting on their laurels either as another 2D edition of Sonic Shorts is well underway and was also previewed at Sonic Fan Fest 2026. Another edition of Vector’s Question Time is also on the way.
You can head over to Sonic Paradox’s YouTube channel by clicking here. There’s a lot of comedic Sonic animation to enjoy, so if this is your first experience with the team’s work then be sure to explore more of their previous Sonic Shorts compilations.
A team of dedicated Sonic fans have launched a new initiative to rescan all of Sonic the Comic which was originally published in the UK from 1993 to 2002. Sonic the Comic Rescan Project aims to preserve the comic in the best quality possible and make it more widely available outside of the UK.
70 issues of the comic have already been scanned and each are available in 3 formats: a 200 DPI scan for mobiles, a 300 DPI scan for tablets, and a larger 600 DPI raw scan that captures the comics at their highest digital resolution ever. The scans are completely new and do not rely on the Sonic the Comic Book Collection scans that were originally done in 2001. The scans are also direct copies of the original comics, complete with adverts. No generative AI was used to upscale the comics.
Sonic the Comic Rescan Project can be accessed by clicking this link. Each scan is also hosted on the Internet Archive which should hopefully help preserve the project if the website ever goes offline. If you would like to help the project by assisting in scanning your own comics then you can join the STC Recan Project’s Discord server and find out more.
2008’s Sonic the Hedgehog for the Leap Frog Didj is the 2nd Sonic edutainment title for a Leap Frog handheld following 2007’s Sonic X for Leapster. In our latest video we give this obscure North American exclusive the once-over and see how it stacks up to Torus Games’s Sonic X game:
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A new selection of game scans for a selection of SEGA 3DS games are now available to browse in our 8th Gen 3rd Party SEGA Software section. You can see a full list of new additions below:
SEGA have revealed a new indie Sonic title is in development for PC called Sonic Pico Park.
Developed by Tecopark, Sonic Pico Park is essentially a sequel to Tecopark’s own Pico Park 1 and 2. Sonic Pico Park is a co-operative multiplayer platform game where you have to solve puzzles with up to 3 friends. You can check out the reveal trailer below:
Along with the announcement of Sonic Pico Park, the classic edition of Pico Park is now available for free through Steam. Pico Park 1 & 2 are also discounted on Steam.
Sonic Pico Park has no set release date at the time of writing, but the game is set for release on PC. There is also no word on whether the game will land on other platforms.
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds will continue with a 2nd year of DLC that includes a new circuit based on City Escape that has now been invaded by Godzilla himself.
But that’s not all, because a 2nd DLC pack adds Evangelion characters to CrossWorlds. Rei Ayanami and Asuka Langley Soryu appear as playable racers, while Eva Unit-01 appears as a giant on-track obstacle.
You can check out the reveal trailer for Season Pass Two below:
There is currently no release date for any season two content, but the remaining season one content will release in July 2026 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and October 2026 (Avatar Legends).
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds is out now on Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Scans for 28 SEGA Wii games have now been added to the Seventh Generation Software section of the website. You can view the full list of additions with direct links to each game below:
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