2024-08-11 21:27 UTC · PC Gamer · Jonathan Bolding
2011 3D platformer Sonic Generations is getting an updated version later this year, with Sonic x Shadow Generations, and before that release comes the original is going to get delisted... which a lot of people don't like the idea of, as you might imagine. In response to fan feedback, however, Sega has announced that the currently-available Sonic Generations Collection will remain available as part of a bundle with other older Sonic games... Read more.
2024-08-09 20:15 UTC · Community Announcements · SEGA_Marketing
Sonic Generations Delisting FAQ Q: Can I still purchase the game at all after September 9th? A: On September 9, the original version of Sonic Generations will no longer be sold on Steam as a standalone title. However, we’ve heard player’s feedback and we’re offering a way to play the game in its original form. The original version of Sonic Generations will still be available as part of the new Sonic the Hedgehog Legacy Bundle, including other classic Sonic titles on Steam. Q: If I had already previously purchased Sonic Generations, will I still have access to the game when it gets delisted on
2024-07-09 21:26 UTC · PC Gamer · Lincoln Carpenter
Sega might've declared 2024 the Year of Shadow, but Shadow the Hedgehog has been enjoying the adoration of preteens entering their edgy red-and-black phase since he first declared himself the ultimate lifeform back in 2001. And who could blame them? Shadow's like the Platonic ideal of the hero's dark mirror archetype: He's grumpy, he's a reluctant hero, he's constantly proclaiming his superiority, he's got hair spikes with an arrogant upward sweep where the carefree locks of his lighthearted counterpart might droop downwards. Actually, now that I think about
2024-01-31 22:29 UTC · PC Gamer · Wes Fenlon
t Sony's State of Play event on Wednesday, Sega debuted a trailer for Sonic X Shadow Generations, an updated version of 2011 platformer Sonic Generations. The original game starred Sonic, and also Sonic—the spikier 2000s hedgehog explored 3D levels, while the cuter and squatter '90s mascot version of the character ran through 2.5D stages that were closer in style to the original trilogy of games. It seems to me this updated version should actually be called Sonic X Sonic X Shadow Generations, but unfortunately that's not my call... Read more.
2023-03-21 21:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Katie@SEGA
The Steam Spring Sale is here! Save big on Sonic Frontiers and other great Sonic titles for a limited time! Sonic Adventure DX – 75% off Sonic Adventure 2 – 75% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate Deluxe Edition – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – Ultimate Cosmetic Pack – 30% off Sonic Colors: Ultimate – Music Pack – 30% off Sonic Generations Collection - 75% off Sonic Adventure 2: Battle DLC - 75% off Sonic Lost World - 75% off Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection - 75% off Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing - 75% off Sonic Forces – Digital Bonus Edition - 75%
2021-06-28 11:31 UTC · PC Gamer · Natalie Clayton
Mercifully, Sonic the Hedgehog's 3D outings have always restrained themselves to a third-person view, letting us watch the speedy critter from a comfortable distance. Now, one modder has given us a hedgehog's-eye-view of Sonic Generations thanks to an absolutely vomit-inducing first-person mod... Read more.
2020-10-28 09:01 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Colm Ahern)
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. The first time my friend showed me a blue hedgehog whizzing across the screen from left-to-right, I knew I had to get a Mega Drive. It didn’t stop there, though: I had to read the comics, watch the cartoon, get the toys. Sonic The Hedgehog became a pivotal figure in my life as soon as I laid eyes on him. And then he let me down. (more…)
2019-07-29 17:06 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 75% on Sonic Generations Collection!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Wednesday at 10AM Pacific Time
2018-01-21 10:08 UTC · Eurogamer
2017 could so easily have been the Year of the Hedgehog thanks to the arrival of two high-profile Sonic releases. It goes without saying that Sonic Mania is something truly special, a brilliant return to classic 2D platforming for the franchise - but on the 3D side of things, Sega came up short. Sonic Forces was a disappointment, a real shame bearing in mind just how good Sonic Generations was - especially on PC. The game has aged remarkably well, has exceptional modding support and runs well and looks wonderful at full 4K on GTX 970-level hardware. Sonic Generations was released on PC back in
2016-09-29 13:41 UTC · Community Announcements · SEGA
We are pleased to announce that from this point onwards, the ‘Casino Night’ DLC will be made available to ALL current and future Sonic Generations customers at no additional cost.
2016-09-29 13:41 UTC · Community Announcements · SEGA
We are pleased to announce that from this point onwards, the ‘Casino Night’ DLC will be made available to ALL current and future Sonic Generations customers at no additional cost.
2014-12-03 11:17 UTC · PC Gamer
Bloody Hel! Humble's Sega Bundle has updated with a couple of extra games. The already eclectic selection has been bolstered by Sonic Generations and Viking: Battle for Asgard. It continues to be a weird bundle. Sonic Generations was a seemingly celebratory attempt to reconcile Sonic's troubled 3D incarnations with the 2D glory days of the Mega Drive era. It didn't entirely work, but, for better or worse, it's probably one of the best Sonic platformers of recent years. Viking: Battle for Asgard is an entertaining third-person brawler. It's a bit naff, and has atrocious stealth
2013-03-21 00:19 UTC · PC Gamer
Yes, there's actually a bunch of Sonic games on Steam. They're easy to miss in the piles of other action games, but 2011's Sonic Generations deserves special notice for its thriving mod community. That's right, mods and Sonic is a thing, a pair as expected as hedgehogs and racing. The latest user-generated triumph is the Unleashed Project, a massive port of some of the daytime (read: good) levels from the console-only Sonic Unleashed. The added Unleashed zones stick to the classic Sonic setup of racing blindingly fast along courses while collecting rings, and they thankfully leave behind the
2011-12-30 20:00 UTC · Kotaku
We've already recognized a whole bunch of the best game soundtracks of 2011. But of course, there are only so many hours in the day—only so much time to play games, and one can only write about so many game soundtracks. Fortunately, you guys were up to the task of nominating outstanding soundtracks that didn't make our official round-up. On Thursday, you put forth a ton of worthy original soundtracks from the year. I gathered 'em all together and listed them here. As an unscientific aside, if I had to gauge the general tenor, enthusiasm, and number of nominations, Kotaku's "Readers' Cho
2011-12-07 22:40 UTC · Kotaku
The "Casino Night Pinball" minigame that console gamers got for preordering the game will be available to PC gamers via Steam on Dec. 26. It'll only run you $1.59 in the U.S. (Overseas, it's £0.99, €1.59, $2.99 in Australia). In the minigame, you play as either classic Sonic or modern Sonic, and he's the pinball. Modern Sonic has a limited number of boosts, but otherwise the two are identical. Sega released these three screenshots with the announcement. Still no word on when or if this will be made available over Xbox Live or PlayStation Network.
Full appinfo as delivered by Steam PICS, changenumber 37432492. Also at /api/app/71340/raw.
{
"appid": "71340",
"common": {
"name": "Sonic Generations",
"languages": {
"english": "1",
"german": "1",
"french": "1",
"italian": "1",
"spanish": "1",
"japanese": "1"
},
"clienticon": "e9703c38648b6ac6fa1a06237292e0802c74c5b7",
"clienttga": "4644a6d7f373cd364fe5c4a0cac66054d9ad5fe0",
"icon": "efda039147f0968bc726c547ff3809f98b69964a",
"logo": "21ec1e24c31a50500bbddb8c8c8add451e6dcbe1",
"logo_small": "21ec1e24c31a50500bbddb8c8c8add451e6dcbe1_thumb",
"oslist": "windows",
"osarch": "",
"osextended": "",
"type": "game",
"steam_deck_compatibility": {
"category": "3",
"steamos_compatibility": "2",
"steam_machine_compatibility": "3",
"test_timestamp": "1702425600",
"tested_build_id": "29107",
"tests": {
"0": {
"display": "4",
"token": "#SteamDeckVerified_TestResult_DefaultControllerConfigFullyFunctional"
},
"1": {
"display": "4",
"token": "#SteamDeckVerified_TestResult_ControllerGlyphsMatchDeckDevice"
},
"2": {
"display": "4",
"token": "#SteamDeckVerified_TestResult_InterfaceTextIsLegible"
},
"3": {
"display": "4",
"token": "#SteamDeckVerified_TestResult_DefaultConfigurationIsPerformant"
}
},
"steam_machine_tests": {
"0": {
"display": "4",
"token": "#SteamMachine_TestResult_DefaultControllerConfigFullyFunctional"
},
"1": {
"display": "4",
"token": "#SteamMachine_TestResult_ControllerGlyphsMatchDevice"
},
"2": {
"display": "4",
"token": "#SteamMachine_TestResult_DefaultConfigurationIsPerformant"
}
},
"steamos_tests": {
"0": {
"display": "3",
"token": "#SteamOS_TestResult_GameStartupFunctional"
}
},
"configuration": {
"supported_input": "gamepad",
"requires_manual_keyboard_invoke": "0",
"requires_non_controller_launcher_nav": "0",
"primary_player_is_controller_slot_0": "0",
"non_deck_display_glyphs": "0",
"small_text": "0",
"requires_internet_for_setup": "0",
"requires_internet_for_singleplayer": "0",
"recommended_runtime": "proton-stable",
"requires_h264": "0",
"requires_voice_files": "0",
"gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported": "0",
"hdr_support": "0",
"requires_proton_soundfonts": "0"
}
},
"metacritic_name": "Sonic Generations",
"controllertagwizard": "1",
"controller_support": "full",
"small_capsule": {
"english": "capsule_231x87.jpg"
},
"header_image": {
"english": "header.jpg"
},
"library_assets": {
"library_capsule": "en",
"library_hero": "en",
"library_logo": "en",
"logo_position": {
"pinned_position": "BottomLeft",
"width_pct": "50",
"height_pct": "64.05775010788983"
}
},
"library_assets_full": {
"library_capsule": {
"image": {
"english": "library_600x900.jpg"
},
"image2x": {
"english": "library_600x900_2x.jpg"
}
},
"library_hero": {
"image": {
"english": "library_hero.jpg"
},
"image2x": {
"english": "library_hero_2x.jpg"
}
},
"library_logo": {
"image": {
"english": "logo.png"
},
"image2x": {
"english": "logo_2x.png"
},
"logo_position": {
"pinned_position": "BottomLeft",
"width_pct": "50",
"height_pct": "64.05775010788983"
}
}
},
"store_asset_mtime": "1669906676",
"associations": {
"0": {
"type": "developer",
"name": "Devil's Details"
},
"1": {
"type": "publisher",
"name": "SEGA"
},
"2": {
"type": "franchise",
"name": "Sonic the Hedgehog"
}
},
"primary_genre": "1",
"genres": {
"0": "1"
},
"category": {
"category_2": "1",
"category_22": "1",
"category_25": "1",
"category_23": "1",
"category_15": "1",
"category_28": "1",
"category_43": "1",
"category_41": "1",
"category_42": "1",
"category_62": "1"
},
"supported_languages": {
"english": {
"supported": "true"
},
"french": {
"supported": "true"
},
"german": {
"supported": "true"
},
"italian": {
"supported": "true"
},
"spanish": {
"supported": "true"
}
},
"steam_release_date": "1320364800",
"metacritic_score": "77",
"metacritic_fullurl": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/sonic-generations?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f",
"community_visible_stats": "1",
"community_hub_visible": "1",
"gameid": "71340",
"store_tags": {
"0": "1625",
"1": "1756",
"2": "19",
"3": "1734",
"4": "5395",
"5": "4182",
"6": "3871",
"7": "1669",
"8": "21",
"9": "5350",
"10": "4305",
"11": "1693",
"12": "4004",
"13": "4191",
"14": "10679",
"15": "7481",
"16": "1697",
"17": "4711",
"18": "4136",
"19": "5379"
},
"review_score": "8",
"review_percentage": "93"
},
"extended": {
"checkpkgstate": "1",
"developer": "Devil's Details",
"developer_url": "http://www.sega.com",
"dlcavailableonstore": "1",
"dlcpurchasefromingame": "0",
"gamedir": "Sonic Generations",
"homepage": "http://www.sonicthehedgehog.com/",
"icon": "",
"languages": "english,french,german,spanish,italian,japanese",
"noservers": "1",
"order": "1",
"primarycache": "71341",
"serverbrowsername": "",
"state": "eStateAvailable",
"publisher": "SEGA",
"listofdlc": "200590"
},
"config": {
"installscriptsignature": "0c965725a3e13ef6a8606d4eebfaa7a6a4c998ee05d858941711a5243b61af01f826226261990ab9e55a034f2f1c5f2b8f6415062e3311bd033dfda52070802012d067fa191791f0fefb9bcee450b1fbde34f3503ad9ba4bc7661ea5fd71b19634a8959717fbb9cebde51792a4cb3b0c7550de46a6d0508c66c10ef427614d1e",
"installscriptoverride": "1",
"contenttype": "3",
"installdir": "Sonic Generations",
"launch": {
"0": {
"executable": "SonicGenerations.exe"
},
"1": {
"description": "Configure",
"executable": "ConfigurationTool.exe"
}
},
"steamcontrollertouchtemplateindex": "1",
"steamcontrollertouchconfigdetails": {
"2077502346": {
"controller_type": "controller_mobile_touch",
"enabled_branches": "default",
"use_action_block": "false"
}
}
},
"install": {
"run process": {
"vcredist": {
"process 1": "%INSTALLDIR%\\redist\\vcredist_x86.exe",
"command 1": "/q:a",
"description": "Microsoft VC Redist Package",
"nocleanup": "1"
},
"directx": {
"hasrunkey": "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Valve\\Steam\\Apps\\71340",
"process 1": "%INSTALLDIR%\\redist\\DirectX\\DXSETUP.exe",
"command 1": "/silent",
"nocleanup": "1"
},
"launcher": {
"process 1": "%INSTALLDIR%\\ConfigurationTool.exe",
"description": "Sonic Generations Configuration"
}
},
"registry": {
"hkey_local_machine\\software\\sega\\sonic generations": {
"string": {
"install_path": "%INSTALLDIR%",
"exe_path": "%INSTALLDIR%\\SonicGenerations.exe",
"savelocation": "My Games\\Sonic Generations\\Saved Games",
"english": {
"locale": "1033"
},
"french": {
"locale": "1036"
},
"german": {
"locale": "1031"
},
"italian": {
"locale": "1040"
},
"spanish": {
"locale": "3082"
},
"japanese": {
"locale": "0411"
}
}
}
}
},
"depots": {
"71341": {
"systemdefined": "1",
"manifests": {
"public": {
"gid": "190831558827569965",
"size": "9051255922",
"download": "0"
}
}
},
"228983": {
"config": {
"oslist": "windows"
},
"depotfromapp": "228980",
"sharedinstall": "1"
},
"228990": {
"config": {
"oslist": "windows"
},
"depotfromapp": "228980",
"sharedinstall": "1"
},
"overridescddb": "1",
"baselanguages": "english,french,german,spanish,italian,japanese",
"branches": {
"public": {
"buildid": "29107",
"timebuildupdated": "1354618835"
}
},
"privatebranches": "1"
},
"ufs": {
"quota": "104857600",
"maxnumfiles": "1000",
"hidecloudui": "0"
}
}
