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Sega of America have put up a small website for the upcoming multi-platforum spinoff for 2005: Shadow The Hedgehog.

There hasn't been a sonic annual in the UK for YEARS, and this year see's a SonicX annual being published.

And two books from the new series [53-78] are to be published in America.

please note: the two books MAY be published in the UK also. As Amazon.co.UK lists them. But do not give either "UK price" or "UK equivalent" for US imports.

Sega have patented another title in the US Patent listings, called Sonic Rush. Could this be the Sonic R Extreme rumoured to grace the PSP? Stay tuned, as the answer will more than likely be revealed at E3 later this month!

Game news site 'GamesAreFun.com' has reported that (allegedly) Play magazine has an article revealing a 'Sonic Collection 2'. The game is reported to include Sonic CD and Sonic the Fighters among others, and be GameCube exclusive - though the article is hardly 100% certain, and the facts have not been verified.

It does make sense considering the registration of the name 'Sonic Gems Collection' and the upcoming E3 show, as well as the reported development of a GameCube exclusive Sonic title. Again, note that the news is not yet confirmed.

Source: GamesAreFun.com

In the NOM magazine on sale from today in the UK, an exclusive play of the demo version of this controversial Shadow game to come later in the year reveals a lot of hidden surprises, as well as some accompanying screenshots.

It is confirmed by Iizuka-san that Shadow will be appearing on all three platforms, for starters. Screenshots are also shown of various play elements such as Shadow jumping into mounted cannons to blast off a few caps, soaring on a winged alien of some sort and more details of the enemies Shadow will face. Scans are available below, and they include some rather sexy promo art.

From an interview with AnimeNewsNetwork.com:

Q: On a similar note, do you have any intentions of releasing any other Japanese series in their original format?

A: We expect every series we license to be released in its original form.

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Adding to the countless pre-E3 rumours that have been circulating around the net, Game Stop have listed a PSP game under the simple title of 'Sonic'. A previous interview with Takashi Iizuka on 1UP has confirmed Sega's intention to make a PSP game. Interestingly, the game is listed under Action/Adventure/Racing - could this be the rumoured Sonic 360 or, being a 'racing' game, the speculated Sonic R Extreme?

Particularly if you read the Archie Sonic comics, you may be interested to learn that Mike Pellerito is interested in answering your questions concerning the Sonic The Hedgehog series and the upcoming Sonic X mini-series. For more information, read this.

The Sonic R game that Game Crazy reported was nothing more than a glitch in Sega's releases list. Sega have confirmed this, so there can't be anything more said.

Team Artail has new screenshots of the 78 episode of Sonic X. So far, its the last episode.

Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #148 is on sale in comic shops starting today.

Source: Diamond Comics

Kiziko games have conducted an interview with Sega veteran Yojiro Ogawa about upcoming projects for the Nintendo DS and PSP. However, At the beginning of the article Kiziko lists the Sonic Team games set for a 2005 release - one of them being called "Sonic 360". What can we make of this new title? It's unknown what platform this game is on but there are a number of possibilities on what it could be...
- There are rumours that it could be an exclusive Sonic title for the next-gen Xbox, which some believe will be called the Xbox 360
- The game could be the rumoured Gamecube exclusive set for a late-2005 release
- Most likely, this is the name of the Nintendo DS game, whose tentative-title was Sonic DS. The touch screen aspect would explain the "360"
Stay tuned for more info!

Team Artail has released screenshots for episode 77:Cosmo's Work. Apparently Artie posted them because "it was a really sad episode". Check it out anyway, 'cause it features Super Sonic, Super Shadow and, for lack of a better word, Super Cosmo. Episodes 74-76 have been titled and are The Lost Planet,The Day of the Plantations and Concerns for Sonic respectively.

This post was a long time coming but better late than never. Along with the Sonic X DVDs MRA entertainment is also releasing Sonic Underground DVDs in Oz. Vols. 1-6 will be out September 5th and 7-10 will be out December 1st. There's four episodes to a volume and they all appear to be in the order that they were aired in the UK and have the same titles.