The builders at Sonic Crew have some big additions deliberate for the franchise’s newest recreation, Sonic Frontiers. Sonic head Takashi Iizuka mentioned to Famitsu (by way of Gematsu) that the blue hedgehog-led franchise had its largest yr in 2022. Iizuka mentioned, “This previous yr was the largest yr in Sonic historical past, together with the discharge of the film sequel, new titles Sonic Origins and Sonic Frontiers, and the Netflix animation Sonic Prime.”
Iizuka additional talked about that followers will obtain extra updates in 2023, with a second wave of content material revolving round Sonic Frontiers and extra. “We’re getting ready a second wave to maintain the followers glad and preserve that momentum going into 2023. We already introduced further content material for Sonic Frontiers, however there’s much more exterior of that, so please sit up for it,” shared Iizuka.
Sonic co-creator indicted for his function in insider buying and selling at Sq. Enix
Whereas success is on the playing cards for the Sonic franchise, the identical cannot be mentioned for its co-creator Yuji Naka. Based on NHK, Naka and former Sq. Enix worker Taisuke Sasaki have been charged by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Workplace for insider buying and selling. Prosecutors dealing with the case have shared that the duo had prior details about Sq. Enix creating a cell spinoff title for Ultimate Fantasy, Ultimate Fantasy VII: The First Soldier.
With this info in hand, Naka went on to buy firm inventory price ¥144.7 million ($1.09 million), as public announcement of the collaboration would skyrocket the inventory’s value. Naka was working with Sq. Enix till 2021, earlier than he was controversially fired earlier than abhorrent launch of Balan Underworld.