Sonic the Hedgehog creator SEGA has revealed that its improvement pipeline contains plans for 4 new video games from mainstay IPs to launch by the top of March subsequent yr.
Talking throughout its third quarter monetary report, Sega Sammy outlined its plans for the following 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 seeking to “maximise title potential via 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 unquestionably 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 Complete Struggle: Warhammer 40,000 on the horizon which have but to draw launch dates.
Past that, SEGA introduced throughout The Sport Awards 2023 that it’s engaged on contemporary entries in quite a lot of 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 recreation presently in improvement (presumably individually from the remake) is seemingly 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 recreation to make earlier Sonic anniversaries; for instance, in 2011 we acquired Sonic Generations, and in 2022 (a yr after the collection’ thirtieth anniversary) Sega launched Sonic Origins Assortment.
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