This is the game that 7-year-old me wanted instead of Sonic 3D 20 years ago - and so far it seems like it's going to be amazing. Sonic Mania is out early next year for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

Sonic Mania works for the same reason Whitehead's updated Sonic the Hedgehog ports work: It understands and accurately re-creates the delicate balance of speed, acceleration and momentum that ...

That means these heavily enhanced versions of the early '90s Genesis games—developed by Christian Whitehead using the same revamped Retro/Star Engine that powers Sonic Mania —can now be easily ...

As many of you know, Sonic Mania —the 2D revival of Sonic's 16-bit days—is due out sometime this spring, with a launch on the Nintendo Switch also being on the cards.

If you’ve not played Sonic Mania yet, now is the time. The PC version has moderately modest hardware requirements, so odds are if you are reading this on a game-capable computer you’ll be able ...

Sonic Mania pushes things up to a full 60 frames per second, though in this one area, the Switch version can lag behind with some visible stutter and drops into the 50s.

And, while not strictly related to Sonic Mania, Tee Lopes — composer of the game — shared this unusual remix of Labyrinth Zone's music using Hill Top Zone's instrumentation.

Sonic Mania isn't just another attempt to cash in on 8-bit pixel art nostalgia. Instead, the team has created something here that looks more like a long lost 32-bit iteration of Sonic.