Sonic the Hedgehog creator SEGA has revealed that its improvement pipeline consists of plans for 4 new video games from mainstay IPs to launch by the tip of March subsequent yr.
Talking throughout its third quarter monetary report, Sega Sammy outlined its plans for the subsequent monetary yr, which runs April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027. Throughout this time, the writer goals to “launch 4 main new titles for mainstay IPs,” in addition to trying to “maximise title potential by means of enhancement of ‘gross sales capabilities.’”
The writer didn’t go into any element as to what these mainstay IPs are proper now, however Sonic the Hedgehog is definitely assured at this level, particularly because the franchise celebrates its thirty fifth anniversary this yr. Moreover, we even have the likes of Stranger Than Heaven, Persona 4 Revival, and Whole Conflict: Warhammer 40,000 on the horizon which have but to draw launch dates.
Past that, SEGA introduced throughout The Recreation Awards 2023 that it’s engaged on contemporary entries in numerous basic franchises together with Loopy Taxi, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, and Streets of Rage. The studio additionally confirmed a brand new Shinobi title within the works, which was presumably final yr’s Shinobi: Artwork of Vengeance.
In March 2024, it was claimed by a revered leaker that its plans to resurrect the Loopy Taxi and Jet Set Radio franchises contain Unreal Engine 5-powered remakes. The brand new Loopy Taxi sport at the moment in improvement (presumably individually from the remake) is outwardly going to take the type of an open-world multiplayer title.
With reference to its plans for Sonic the Hedgehog’s thirty fifth anniversary, the writer revealed that it’s planning a ‘high-energy slate of anniversary packages,’ no matter meaning. Usually the corporate has launched a brand new sport to make earlier Sonic anniversaries; for instance, in 2011 we bought Sonic Generations, and in 2022 (a yr after the sequence’ thirtieth anniversary) Sega launched Sonic Origins Assortment.
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