Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 21:00 GMT
Sonic Team not developing Sonic 4
If a listing from Live Marketplace online in the US is right, it confirms that Sega isn’t developing Sonic the Hedgehog 4.
Specifically, instead of Sonic Team making the game, development duties have gone to Sonic Rush makers Dimps.
We’ll ship an email off to Sega to confirm if that’s the case.
Last night, the first proper gameplay footage was leaked, and it’s looking good, Radioheads.
Episode I in a four episode arc will release this summer for PSN, Xbox Live and WiiWare.
Thanks, Kotaku.
10 comments
#1
Blerk
17/02/10, 12:12 pm
Given the last gazillion Sonic games this is probably a ‘good thing’.
#2
DJ Deathstar
17/02/10, 12:13 pm
On that leaked video i only remember it coming up Sonic Team, could be wrong there though
#3
Bulk Slash
17/02/10, 12:25 pm
This is probably a very good thing.
#4
Freek
17/02/10, 12:29 pm
And also a little sad. The only way to make a good Sonic game is to make sure Sega has as little as possible to do with it.
#5
Hero of Canton
17/02/10, 12:30 pm
Dimps are almost certainly better these days than Sonic Team anyway – I’d suggest that’s good news.
Last decent Sonic Team game was probably Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
#6
justiceblob
17/02/10, 1:15 pm
true, BHATGE’s mltiplayer was amazing. Like Pokemon meets those giants balls in gladiators.
#7
Turrican2
17/02/10, 1:27 pm
It is very sad to say it, but this is probably good news for the project.
The last Sonic Team games were pretty bad, seems like their glory days died with the Dreamcast.
#8
Gekidami
17/02/10, 1:31 pm
And yet on the leaked gameplay had the Sonic Team intro logo and no other devs were mentioned?
#9
Bulk Slash
17/02/10, 2:57 pm
Sega probably let Sonic Team make the logo so they didn’t feel left out.
#10
psxman
17/02/10, 6:51 pm
Jim Sterling over at Destructoid seemed pretty happy to hear this. Enough to write a friggin’ article based only on “YAY Dimps; Boo Sonic Team”.
Lets see what happens. I’ve never been a Sonic fan (little fucker keeps loosing my hard earned rings!) so I’ll be watching all of this from the side lines.