For 24 hours only, all Sonic the Hedgehog titles on Steam are 50% off! These prices won’t be around tomorrow, so get to Steam and pick out a new game!

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Metal Sonic DLC
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Mode DLC
Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode 1
Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode 2

Sonic Generations
Sonic Generations Casino Night DLC
Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing
Sonic 3D Blast
Dr.Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Sonic Spinball

Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic CD
Sonic Adventure

Did you grab a new Sonic game? Let us know in the comments below…

Vote for SEGA in the Pocket Gamer Awards! We’ve been nominated for a few of our titles and for the best publisher of the year! We need your help! Support SEGA and Vote for and Total war Battles: Shogun, Rhythm Thief, Sonic CD, and Virtua Tennis 4.

SEGA Nominations

Best Publisher- SEGA

iOS Game of the Year- Total War Battles: Shogun
Best Strategy/ Simulation game- Total War Battles: Shogun

Windows Phone Game of the Year- Sonic CD

3DS/ DS Game of the Year-Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure
Best Action/ Arcade Game- Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure
Best casual/ Puzzle Game- Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure

Best Sports/ Driving Game- Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition

Voting is open until March 18, so check the categories below and head to Pocket Gamer to cast you vote!

In celebration of Sonic The Hedgehog’s upcoming birthday, on June 23rd, Sonic CD on Android is getting enhanced with Haptics (rumble) support, allowing users to experience a deeper level of immersion in game with enabled Android devices.

An all-new, Haptics enabled lite version will also be released tomorrow for anyone who wants to see how the game plays with this new technology. Our Sonic CD sale ends Friday June 22nd, so try before you buy!

In honor of Sonic the Hedgehog’s Birthday, we have slashed prices on all of our digitally available Sonic games! Pick up your favorite game and have a play on us! The sales all end at different times, so be sure to check and make sure the games are still discounted!

Sonic Games on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

These deals end on June 22nd!

Google Play

These deals end on June 22nd!

PlayStation Network

These deals end on June 26th!

Xbox Live Arcade

These deals end on June 27th!

We’ve got 3 exciting Sonic the Hedgehog adventures available for the PC digital download market today!

A few awesome pieces of news for you: first and foremost, Sonic CD has arrived on the PC, for sale now on PC digital download stores! Ushering in this arrival is a special Steam deal: buy Sonic CD and get unique costumes for SEGA and Three Rings’ multiplayer adventure, Spiral Knights!

And! If that wasn’t enough, we do have more: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I is now also on PC digital download … along with brand-new DLC for Sonic Generations, the fabulous flipper-fingered fun of Casino Night Zone, inspired by Sonic 2.

That was the short version … check below for some choice additional details!

Sonic CD

We promised you it was on the way, and here it is!

Bringing back the 1993 classic, Sonic CD brought the blue guy to the Sega CD/Mega Drive back in 1993. A beloved and celebrated game playing with all the elements that helped make the original two Sonic games so much fun, Sonic CD wasn’t just a CD version of the original game, but a whole new story set to great levels (with terrific music, naturally). There isn’t much more to say — check out this great game for yourself!

Sonic on Spiral Knights!

To be more accurate, it’s Tails and Metal Sonic in Spiral Knights … Available for a limited time!

Spiral Knights is a Three Rings developed / SEGA published free-to-play adventure … while I could say much, much more about the game, let’s cut to the chase — These items and offer are currently available only until February 1st, so act soon!

Here’s what you can get and how you can get it:

• ‘Metal Sonic’ costume: inspired by Metal Sonic, this outfit is available for FREE, for a limited time, with any purchase of Sonic CD over Steam. Also available with an energy purchase in-game! This costume item can be worn over your regular, functional armor.
• ‘Tails’ tails accessory: Who doesn’t want two adorable tails trailing them wherever they go? Show your Foxy pride with this bushy extension — attaches & binds to an existing piece of armor, yours forever and ever! Available in-game in Spiral Knights with an energy purchase — see in-game for details! (Please note that due to certain aerodynamic properties — or lack thereof — of Knights, the Tails accessory will not enable you to actually fly. If you must attempt to fly, please, try taking off from the ground first!)

Also: Here’s a sneak-preview video of the models for the outfit and accessory, as well as a quick look at what the Metal Sonic outfit looks like in-game!

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I and Sonic Generations DLC

Today truly is a blue day: In addition to the above, the long-in-the-making sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I is being added to the library of Sonic volumes available on PC digital download!

Finally, joining it will be a brand new Sonic Generations DLC, Casino Night Zone!

Based on the legendary (and legendarily addictive) Casino Night Zone of Sonic 2, this DLC is now available for Sonic Generations on PC digital download. We sincerely hope you enjoy the chance to revisit this colorful and mesmerizing level!

Recently we ran a Sonic CD fanart contest across North America, Europe, and Mexico and today we’re really excited to show the entire SEGA community the winners! We received over 500 images across all three territories, which is an incredible amount of art and really shows how much Sonic CD has touched fans everywhere. Each territory had a total of FIFTY winners, FIVE of which received a GRAND PRIZE. Everyone, please join me in congratulating our winners!

Now, as we received a total of 138 winners across the three territories, this makes for a blog of epic length. So we’ve gone ahead and posted all the winning images to our Flickr page and will be posting the winning entries in batches leading into the holidays. Today’s update features our fifteen grand prize winners as well as the names of everyone who won the competition. Check back for updates with the remaining entries!

Sonic CD Fanart Contest – North America Grand Prize Winners

Sonic CD Fanart Contest – North America Winners

Sonic CD Fanart Contest – Europe Grand Prize Winners

Sonic CD Fanart Contest – Europe Winners

Sonic CD Fanart Contest – Mexico Grand Prize Winners

Sonic CD Fanart Contest – Mexico Winners

Thanks to Everyone who Participated!

Finally, we wanted to thank everyone again for the entries. Fanart contests are one of our most favorite things to run as we get to see such creativity from everyone in the community. Thanks for being awesome, thanks for being a fan!

SEGA would like to offer our fans an early Christmas present. For a limited time only get Sonic CD from iTunes for a special sale price of $1.99 / £1.49 / €1.59 / AUD$1.99. The offer ends on on 18th December so don’t delay!

You’ve been waiting for it… and it’s almost here! Re-live the story of the 1993 original, which sees Dr. Eggman attempting to take control of time by stealing the Time Stones from Little Planet. Sonic must speed through levels and travel through time whilst fending off Eggman’s robots to recover the Time Stones and save the smitten young hedgehog, Amy Rose.

One of GamesRadar’s top 100 games of all time, the revamped version of this popular title will include the original Japanese and US soundtracks as requested by the fans, and, for the first time, the ability to play the game as Sonic’s best friend Tails, unlockable by clearing the game for the first time. Sonic CD also features the first appearance of Metal Sonic, one of Sonic’s most enduring nemeses.

Sonic CD will be available on multiple platforms, and therefore has multiple release dates. So here’s your handy guide to when the game will be available on your chosen device(s).

XBLA – December 14, 2011 (400 MSP)

PSN – December 14, 2011 in Europe, December 20, 2011 in North America ($5.00 / £3.59/ €4.49 / AUD$6.25)

iOS – (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) – December 15, 2011 ($4.99/ € 3.99/£2.99/AUD$5.49)

Android – December 14, 2011

Windows Phone – Early 2012

PC – date coming soon!

Updated at 2:45pm PT to adjust iOS and Android dates, and to add PC.

You’ve read the recent postings about Metal Sonic and Amy in Sonic CD. Now we’re happy to debut a full 5 minute video featuring Sonic Team Art Director Kazuyuki Hoshino talking about the creation of this fan favorite game. Insight into logo design, character design, enemy design, and inspiration on the future and past versions of levels. We hope you enjoy this video!

Sonic CD Fanart Competition

We’re nearly done picking all the winners for the SONIC CD Fanart contest and will be ready to show you the results and winners very shortly. We’ve done a few art contests now and we’re still very impressed with the different styles and overall creativity – it makes picking winners that much more difficult. We’ll have more info on this contest very soon, stay tuned!

We’re into the home stretch! The Sonic CD Fanart contest is nearly complete, so finish up those entries, check the end times in our rules (seriously, late entries won’t be taken), and email us your art! Ok, for those that are still working on entries and need some pointers, we have a new update from Hoshino-san offering some encouraging words to those working on their last minute entries!

This is an illustration of Amy Rose that I drew in the corner of my sketch book while I was thinking of in-game idling animations! Amy Rose was first introduced in Sonic CD as Sonic’s #1 fan. She only has eyes for Sonic! For her design, we felt it was important to balance both a healthy and active look with cute and ladylike animations. Sometimes inspiration strikes you when you least expect it! Let your creativity flow and you might be surprised by the results!

Sonic CD Fanart Contest Ends Soon!

We would like to thank Hoshino-san for his work in commenting on these art assets and helping everyone with their submissions. There is still time to submit, so don’t delay and get those entries in! Full rules, details, and submission information is right here in this link! Go go go!