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SEGA of America has announced a release date for its Kinect-exclusive Sonic Free Riders action racing game.

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SEGA wants to remind you that Sonic Adventures is now available on Xbox Live.

It’s also given it a September 21 and 22 release on PSN, for the US and UK receptively.

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SEAG Brand Manager Ken Laboughs has said that the only reason Sonic 4 exists is because the “right team” was in “the right place at the right time.”

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Looks like SEGA has a new Sonic Racer game in the works for Natal, and it’s to be launched via XBL and announced at E3.

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SEGA has announced Sonic Colours for Wii and DS, which tasks the blue one with saving an alien race from Dr. Eggman in a sci-fi themed amusement park.

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Oh you sneaky kids with your video cameras, loving nothing more than to spoil everyone’s fun – you’ve done it this time, and it’s Sonic you have leaked onto the internet.

Cheeky little runts.

Don’t hit the break if you want to remain unspoiled and pure.

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Rumor floating about this morning has Sonic 4 hitting retail after all four episodes are released.

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Sega’s revealed that it’ll reveal the proper name of Project Neddlemouse on Monday.

But only on one condition: help send in 100 fan-made art, and you get your name.

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LittleBigPlanet will get a bit blue, yellow, and red come December 17 when Sonic costumes are released on PS3.

This is according to PlayStation Asia, which has the date listed along with five Sonic costumes based on Sonic Unleashed.

There’s Sonic, Sonic the Werehog, Tails, Dr. Eggman, and Knuckles.

You can get each individually or in a pack.

No price yet, but expect it to run the usual.

Via Siliconera.

Sega has quietly released the original Sonic the Hedgehog for iPods and iPhone on the App Store.

Seven zones are there for users to speed through including Green Hill and Labyrinth, along with some special stages as well.

Options include arcade and full-screen views, and it will run you £3.49 ($4.99).

Via Kotaku.

GameTap has an exclusive Sonic the Hedgehog retrospective over on its YouTube channel.

The documentary is over 24 minutes long, broken into four parts, and features members of the original Sonic Team speaking together for the first time, including:

• Naoto Ohshima, Illustrator
• Yuji Naka, Programmer
• Hirokazu Yasuhara, Level Designer
• Shinobu Toyoda, Executive Vice President, SEGA
• Madeline Schroeder, Product Manager
• Al Nilsen, Director of Marketing, SEGA
• Roger Hector, GM, SEGA Technical Institute
• Takashi Yuda, Illustrator, “Knuckles”
• Akinori Nishiyama, GM. Sonic Team Japan
• Yuji Uekawa, Designer, Sonic Adventure
• Takashi Iizuka, Director, SEGA Technical Institute

Highlights include rare vintage videos, never-before-seen concept art featuring Sonic’s original girlfriend Madonna, Sega commercials from the 90s and Naoto Ohshima discussing how he was inspired by Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton and Santa Claus.

Watch all four parts here.

According to this Gamasutra report, Prope boss Yuji Naka is going back to his roots with a Sonic-style project.

“At Prope,” Naka told the site, “we’re actually planning on making a game like Sonic right now. We want to keep trying to make various kinds of games.”

Proper’s also working on Wii games Let’s Tap! and Let’s Catch! at the moment.

More through the link.