Sonic The Hedgehog - A Little Ball of Energy in an Extremely Handsome Package

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SEGA ATLUS Festival 2026 is Coming to Indonesia! 🇮🇩







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pql9vXchBqE

Soak in the festival atmosphere and immerse yourself in the world of SEGA & ATLUS! 🤜💥

📅 Date: 07 & 08 February 2026
⌚️ Time: 11:00 - 21:00
🎟️ Entry is free!
📍 Location: Mall of Indonesia, Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia

Join the Official SEGA Southeast Asia Discord channel for more information . 🎮✨

👉 https://discord.com/invite/segasea

Official SEGA merchandises await you in Indonesia. 🇮🇩
Secure them all at the SEGA ATLUS Festival 2026 before they're gone! 💙✨

RUN, DON’T WALK — TO MALL OF INDONESIA FOR SEGA ATLUS FESTIVAL ! 🌀💨

📅 Date: 07 & 08 February 2026
⌚️ Time: 11:00 - 21:00
🎟️ Entry is free!
📍 Location: Mall of Indonesia, Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia

Shinobi, Sonic the Hedgehog, Like a Dragon, Persona, and many other SEGA ATLUS merchandises await you.
Join the Official SEGA Southeast Asia Discord channel for more information . 🎮✨

👉 https://discord.com/invite/segasea

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SEGA Talk #178: US Box Art Design (1989-2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b8-5qwZYQA

In this episode of Sega Talk, we track the radical evolution of SEGA’s North American branding, from the clinical “graph paper” grids of the Master System to the high-tech “black box” era of the Genesis. We dive deep into why Sega abandoned its uniform look for the iconic red-stripe rebrand of the 90s, the switch to the massive plastic long-boxes of the Saturn, and finally, the Dreamcast’s sleek transition from bright orange swirls to the edgy “SegaNet” black. It’s a nostalgic look at how Sega used graphic design as a weapon in the console wars, shifting from a toy company aesthetic to a lifestyle brand that defined a generation.

Article: https://segabits.com/blog/2026/01/23/sega-talk-178-us-box-art-design-1989-2001/

[Mystic Monkey]

It's just coincidentally I picked BBC, but it's not just BBC who posted the news.

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/win-compensation-valve-uk-steam-lawsuit-goes-ahead-26571586/

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/uk-activist-hits-valve-with-a-usd903-million-lawsuit-claims-steam-is-abusing-its-market-dominance-and-forcing-uk-consumers-to-pay-too-much-for-steam-games

https://boundingintocomics.com/video-games/uk-approves-900-million-class-action-lawsuit-alleging-valves-30-steam-share-revenue-is-excessive-and-unfair-to-players

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/steam-games-could-overpriced-millions-uk-players-656m-lawsuit-against-valve-moves-forward-1774378

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/usd900-million-lawsuit-accusing-steam-of-overcharging-gamers-in-the-uk-and-abusing-a-dominant-market-position-will-proceed-after-valve-loses-appeal-against-it/

If Steam gets banned in my country over this, I am royally screwed! I'm not much of a gamer these days, but 90% of all the games I "own" are on Steam. And by "own" I mean, as I said, Steam customers don't legally own their games. VALVe can't make our purchased games available to us at any given time. If UK Govt bans Steam, that means over thousands of pounds spent in the last fifteen years as well as games that "should" be mine, will be gone. And I'll be one of 14mil Steam users in UK. That's roughly 20% of UK population.

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If Steam gets banned in my country over this, I am royally screwed! I'm not much of a gamer these days, but 90% of all the games I "own" are on Steam. And by "own" I mean, as I said, Steam customers don't legally own their games. VALVe can't make our purchased games available to us at any given time. If UK Govt bans Steam, that means over thousands of pounds spent in the last fifteen years as well as games that "should" be mine, will be gone. And I'll be one of 14mil Steam users in UK. That's roughly 20% of UK population.

That's a lot.  And you got Total War and Football Manager fans with you to get mad at government together too.
Most Total War and Football Manager fans played in Steam.

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Sonic Rumble - February 2026 Events Schedule

We are already a month into 2026 - when did that happen?!
Here is February’s Sonic Rumble events schedule so you know what to be ready for!

Gotta go fast! 🌀 https://sonicrumble.com/playnow

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SEGA vs CAPCOM: The Next Level (Fan Game) TRAILER 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22nhFoJJ-O8

// Season 1 Release JULY 2026 //

Download the last year demo here: https://mega.nz/file/NWcUiAoY#Jhg-myvohXVgm5r0hWawi37JWXOqptA3J-hL1unhsSM

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Sonic Rumble - Planet Wisp is Here!

Have you played the new Planet Wisp stages yet? 👀
✨ Run through the beautiful sights and listen to the incredible melody of the planet as you fight for the top spot! 🏆

Gotta go fast! 🌀 https://sonicrumble.com/playnow

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Sonic Forces - Challenger Recap is live 3-10 February 2026!📅

🔥Unlock: Valhalla Surge, Oni Mephiles, Burning Blaze, Extreme Gear Super Sonic, Neo Metal Sonic, Doom Shadow & Grim Sonic.
🍬Bonus Missions: Dulce Amy & Dragon Hunter Lancelot.
🏆Defeat daily Challengers for extra rewards!

Download and play now - https://go.onelink.me/sH9e/cgi

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SONIC WEEKLY: Chaotix Casefiles Ep 0+1 Review + Sonic R &R w/ ALTSYNTH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP9q-GoCbqg

Altsynth returns for a packed episode this week, featuring Bo’s special mod for Sonic R; episodes 0 and 1 of The Chaotix Casefiles; and a special interview with Altsynth’s grandmother! There’s more too but you’ll have to listen to find out exactly what else!

Article: https://segabits.com/blog/2026/02/03/sonic-weekly-chaotix-casefiles-ep-01-review-sonic-r-r-w-altsynth/

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Pre-Orders for First 4 Figures' Knuckles the Echidna are Now Open + Giveaway!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBaIZ-SktEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s497CiX8mwo

Pre-orders for F4F Sonic The Hedgehog - Knuckles statue are NOW OPEN!
Take advantage of our EARLY BIRD OFFER by placing your orders before 9th March 2026!
Don’t miss out on this limited time offer!

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And don’t forget to join F4F GIVEAWAY for a chance to win a statue!
Rules to the giveaway can be found here: https://first4figures.com/blogs/news/sonic-the-hedgehog-knuckles-statue-giveaway

Secure our other Sonic The Hedgehog statues by snagging them at https://bit.ly/F4FSonic!

Link: https://first4figures.com/collections/modern-knuckles

[Mystic Monkey]

That's a lot.  And you got Total War and Football Manager fans with you to get mad at government together too.
Most Total War and Football Manager fans played in Steam.

I mean, probably won't get banned over it. VALVe has always seemed reasonable so this pricing issue will perhaps be resolvable.

But if Steam were to be blocked in the UK, that would just add more straw to the camels back over the controlled-state of UK right now.

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I mean, probably won't get banned over it. VALVe has always seemed reasonable so this pricing issue will perhaps be resolvable.

But if Steam were to be blocked in the UK, that would just add more straw to the camels back over the controlled-state of UK right now.

There are still GOG, Microsoft Store, and Epic Games though. But yeah, they're still far ahead compared to Steam.

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Sonic 4's Reported Amy Rose Origin Change Frustrates Silver the Hedgehog Fans

In a new report from insider Daniel Richtman, the known scooper shared what he's heard about Sonic 4's upcoming plot and how Amy Rose will fit into it. Ritchman posited that "Amy comes from an alternate future / another Earth where Robotnik and Metal Sonic rule the world," and she travels to the time of the Sonic movies to "prevent it."
This quickly furrowed some brows among the Sonic fandom, as it is a vastly different origin story for Amy Rose, and, in fact, encroaches on the potential appearance of another beloved character from the franchise.
This 'save the future by changing the past' origin story sounds awfully similar to another character in SEGA's blue-quilled video game canon, Silver the Hedgehog. First introduced in 2006's oft-maligned Sonic the Hedgehog (colloquially known as Sonic 06), Silver was a teleporting white-haired Hedgehog sent back in time from a peaceful future to thwart the plans of one Doctor Robotnik to maintain the security of his timeline.
Some believe that Amy Rose debuting with a similar backstory could put the odds of Silver showing up down the line in Paramount's Sonic franchise in jeopardy.
In response to Richtman's Amy Rose report, one X user wrote, "Stole Silver's whole flow," while another posited, "copying one character's whole thing and sh***ly pasting it onto another character is such a lame way to explore ...

Article: https://thedirect.com/article/sonic-4-amy-rose-origin-change

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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds fell short of Sega's expectations despite selling over 1 million units

One of the bigger games to come out last year was Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, which gave players another exciting and colorful racing experience. It was well-received and reached sales of over one million units, but it seems that still wasn’t quite what Sega was hoping to see. The company’s recent quarterly reporting says CrossWorlds underperformed and it hopes to sell another million through its next couple fiscal quarters.
SEGA shared this information in its Q2 FY26 financial report posted on its investor relations website this week. Here is specifically what Sega’s Director of the Board and CFO, Koichi Fukazawa, had to say about ...

Article: https://www.shacknews.com/article/147680/sonic-racing-crossworlds-sega-q2-2026-expectations

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Sonic The Hedgehog #84 is Out Now!

This issue marks Sage's debut to the comic, and sees her, Belle and Sonic going on a mission to rescue Metal Sonic.

Article: https://www.sonicstadium.org/articles/sonic/sage-makes-her-comic-debut-in-idw-sonic-84-out-now-r3271/