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SEGA has just shown off new summer themed sonic merchandise on Twitter source: twitter.com/SegaShopEurope SEGA continue to produce quality merchandise for fans. This time the merchandise is quite special though, as it calls back to the Sonic The Hedgehog ice cream lolly. This set of merch has particularly caught my eye with it's cool little designs. As you can see from the image above, there are four types of merch here, glasses, hats, flasks and a shirt. All of the items here are £20 or below so a fairly decent price. You can currently pre order any of these here. This is one of two different new ranges of Sonic merch on the SEGA shop, the other being the Sonic Shonen range. The Shonen range can also be found on the SEGA shop for pre order. It mostly has the same types of merch, though there is also a pin set in that range.  So, if you are wanting to add some new merch to your collection I feel these two ranges are a great way to do that. If these aren't your thing SEGA shop h...

SEGA's summer sale is here with many discounts on new games and more source: twitter.com/SEGA Just like many other companies, SEGA have just launched a summer sale. This sale can be found over on Steam. Many of their new titles are featured in this sale. You can save up to 85% in this sale, most titles are 50% or less though. The popular titles currently on sale are as follows: - Total War Hammer 3 @ 29.99 (40% off) - Sonic Frontiers @ 24.99 (50% off) - Two Point Campus @ 16.74 (33% off) - Football Manager 2023 @ 22.49 (50% off) - Persona 5 Royale @ 29.99 (40% off) - Like A Dragon: Ishin! @ 38.49 (30% off) - Company Of Heroes 3 @ 44.99 (10 % off) -  HUMANKIND @ 7.99 (80% off) There are several other smaller titles on sale too as well as DLC's for the listed games. If you would like to take a look for yourself then you can use this link here. That's it for this blog, stay connected!

Not sure who asked for this but it's happening source:  www.oreo.com/supermario Nintendo has just announced on Twitter that they will be teaming up with Oreo to bring limited edition Mario Oreo's to the people. There will be 16 different designs featuring all of the main protagonists from the Mario series as well as other things like coins and mushrooms. These Oreos will also come in a specific packaging featuring Mario art. You can expect to see these cookies available online and in stores from the 10th of July. You can currently pre order them on the Oreo site too for $4.99 each. On the collab page, it also states that you can use the cookies to complete a challenge and defeat bowser, though I am not sure at all what this means.  While this is a nice little cross over, it's not very high effort. I feel there should have been a new flavour or at least some different flavours representing different characters. The art on the cookie is nice but it's something you will...

Sonic Frontier's second update introduces several good changes and additions source: www.youtube.com/@SonictheHedgehog On the 24th of June a new update went live for Sonic Frontiers. This update added the second wave of free DLC to the game. Along with the update we got a bunch of quality of life features too. While it isn't the major update wave 3 will be, this is a bigger update than wave 1. The key standouts of this update are the addition of action chains, the spin dash and the new koko.  Let's start off by talking about the action chains. These can be found all over the different islands and are time based challenges were you must get as many points as you can in a set time. You can get points from many things, such as, grinding a rail or defeating an enemy. Figuring out how to S rank these can provide a decent challenge. Though, it is a bit annoying how you can have a run get destroyed because of a nearby enemy. Some enemies when you get close lock you into fighting t...

The latest Sonic Central delivers the expected but didn't have any surprises source:  www.youtube.com/@SonictheHedgehog This latest Sonic Central gave us a lot of what was expected, it does makes sense though, with the amount of Sonic content we have and will get this year. Sonic already has Sonic Origins Plus and Sonic Superstars as well as DLC for Frontiers for 2023. The show was a total of 20 minutes which is double what the previous one was and had quite a lot to it. As for what was in the showcase here is a full list: - Sonic Origins Plus - Sonic Frontiers Update 2 - Sonic Speed simulator Roblox - Sonic Prime new episodes  - Sonic Prime Dash - Super Silver in Sonic Dash and Sonic Forces (Mobile) - Lancelot for Sonic Dash and Sonic Dash Plus - Classic Sonic joining several mobile games - Several sonic music tracks in Samba De Amigo - Sonic Symphony concert locations - Tails Tube further episodes - Several new pieces of Sonic  merchandise  - 5 new L...

The recent Nintendo direct was good for Mario content but lacking otherwise source:  www.youtube.com/@NintendoUK The direct showed off many new games, with most of them coming out this year. Previously Nintendo's line-up for the rest of 2023 was looking a bit empty but thanks to this direct it is now looking better for the rest of the year. This is what was revealed/shown in the recent direct:  - Pokémon DLC - Sonic Superstars - Palia - Persona 5 Tactica - Mythforce - The latest Splatoon 3 splatfest - Detective Pikachu Returns - Super Mario RPG - A new Princess Peach game - Luigi's mansion 2 HD - Batman Arkham trilogy - Gloomhaven - Just Dance 2023 - Silent Hope - Fae Farm -  Hot wheels unleashed: Turbo charged - Manic Mechanics - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope DLC  -  DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince - Pikmin 4 - Pikmin 1 + 2 HD - METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 - Vampire Survivors   - Headbangers Rhythm Royale - Penny's Big Break...

Sonic The Hedgehog's twitter page has announced a new Sonic Central for Sonic's birthday source: twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog On Sonic's birthday  (June 23rd) we will be getting a bunch of Sonic news in the form of a Sonic Central. It has been a while since the last Sonic Central, with the last one taking place over a year ago on June 7th 2022. The tweet states that we can expect sneak peaks at projects, partnerships and events. The time it will air is @4pm BST . It will be live on both YouTube and Twitch on the official channel for Sonic The Hedgehog. There is no duration stated for this presentation, though the last one was 10 minutes. So, this one might run for around 10 minutes too.  As for what we could see, I think we could more information on Sonic Superstars with a possible demo announcement. We should also hear about the second wave of DLC for Sonic Frontiers since part of that is a birthday celebration. A mobile game is usually featured with a new update and...