We at Sonic Retro have been informed of the passing of former SatAM and Sonic Underground writer, Ben Hurst. His age at the time of his passing was believed to be in his mid-50s. According to a good friend, Sonic Retro member Quexinos (aka FUS admin Nique), Ben passed away two weeks ago due to [...]

Major Nelson has posted an update for September’s Xbox Live schedule, and the long-awaited port of Sonic Adventure to Microsoft’s service is scheduled for release on September 15 for 800 Microsoft Points, which is roughly $10 or so. The port is upscaled–that is, not in widescreen–and is based on the PC version of the game [...]

Here at Sonic Retro, we like retro Sonic.  It’s about time we regularly honor those who pay tribute to a simpler, more awesome time.  Who’s gettin’ props this week in our inaugural edition of Retro Tuesday?  Why, jamieswiftrunner!  That’s who!  Here’s some shit that’ll make you smile: This art looks like it popped right out [...]

Our friend Sonic the Hedgehog has been on a strange endorsement streak lately: yams, pickles, and even President Obama; I don’t know if the guy’s just hard up for the cash or just feeling blowback from the days when he told us more social messages, such as “saying no to racism.” Indeed, Sonic used to [...]

Every Sunday here at Sonic Retro, we’re takin’ ovah!  We’re gonna be givin’ ya good advice and you’re gonna take it and LIKE it, ya big buncha dummies! Yeah!  BAH-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

I put a heavy emphasis on those quotation marks, because it isn’t really Iizuka.  A total champion of everything started this parody account back on August 12th and has been dishing out absolutely hilarious tweets since then.  If you have a sense of humor and/or really hate the director of Sonic Team, this account is [...]

We’ve all played Sonic Heroes at one point. I’m sure at that same point we all heard the music in the game too! What you may have not known is that more than one Sonic Heroes prototype has surfaced to the net at some point. The differences ranged from minor to relatively major, but one [...]

Retro forumer Xaklse has released the 3rd preview build of his “SonicGDK” engine, built within the Unreal Development Kit.  He needs some feedback to make it the best it can be, so head on over to the SonicGDK thread to download it.  Make sure that you have the latest version of DirectX!

I have no words.

Damizean, known for creating engine upon engine upon engine, strikes again with the “Egg Engine.” Check it out in its early stages: Oh my god, are those rolling physics?  What a novel concept.