

September 5th – 11th, the week of SAGE 2020, is almost here. And that means it’s time to see what games will be playable. So, the team has released a lengthy trailer showcasing the many games that fans will soon be able to enjoy. The trailer goes for nearly 15 minutes, and there is no … Continue reading 14 Minutes Of Fan Game & Indie Footage Awaits In The New SAGE 2020 Trailer
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When SEGA and Sonic Team are hard at work creating the next Sonic experience, some fans of the series are left to fill the gaps with their own creative endeavors. One of the more promising fangames is the impressive “Project Hero” which showcased the possibilities of a fully 3D action platformer that incorporates the best … Continue reading Popular Fangame Stirs Minor Controversy After Changing It’s Vision
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Out of all of Sonic’s 90s offerings, Sonic Triple Trouble is probably the most under-appreciated. Featuring some of the best levels, bosses, and music outside of the series’ core offerings, Triple Trouble is the apex of Sonic’s 8-bit entries. It built on the unique quirks of those games, while also coming the closest out of … Continue reading SAGE 2020: Sonic Triple Trouble 16-bit is Looking to be a Quality Remake of a Portable 8-bit Classic
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The 20th edition of the Sonic Amateur Game Expo, SAGE 2020, has officially launched! The long running online fan event will have a whopping 250+ games this year, including loads of Sonic fan games, mods, and original titles. This massive selection shows just how far this event has since its inception as a small Sonic … Continue reading SAGE 2020 Starts Today!
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SAGE 2020 is doing so well this year that the event’s website has broken from the sheer amount of traffic! As we reported when the event launched yesterday, the website has been down since everything started. Despite this, the website logged more than 3.5 million hits in its first 16 hours. Although these are for … Continue reading SAGE 2020 Site Knocked Offline by Record Breaking Traffic, Backup Site Now Up
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I’ve been playing Sonic fan games since the early 2000s, occasionally loading them up on my PC whenever something looked interesting. I’ve had loads of fun with these games, but while the scene has been producing impressive 2D games for decades, 3D fan games have typically been rougher, less complete experiences. That is until now: … Continue reading SAGE 2020: Sonic GT Brings a New Twist to 3D Sonic
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When Sonic Mania first released, it represented a fresh blast of energy for classic Genesis Sonic. It paid homage as much as it tread new ground. It played into expectations as much as it subverted them. And in the years since, new tools have made it easier for mod developers to recraft color pallets, sprites, … Continue reading SAGE 2020: Mania Mods Roundup
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I like this game? I think? Okay, this is a weird one. It’s a fascinating one, but it’s a weird one, and I think I love what it wants to be, but perhaps not what it is right now, but also it’s still pretty great, but it’s really difficult, but– Okay, deep calming breaths. Let’s … Continue reading SAGE 2020: Sonic and the Mayhem Master
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This year’s SAGE has been filled to the brim with quality, creative, and odd games. Fewer, however, so perfectly represent all three of these qualities like Virtua Sonic does. “Virtual reality Sonic” sounds like an awful idea on paper. VR games in general tend to struggle with allowing for movement without giving the user motion … Continue reading SAGE 2020: Virtua Sonic Lets You See What it’s Like to be in Sonic’s Shoes…if He Could Get Motion Sickness
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As we wrap up our coverage of this year’s SAGE, we’ve still barely scratched the surface of everything available. So as a send off, we’ve decided to do a round-up of all the other games we played that, for one reason or another, couldn’t get their own articles. Check out what other games caught our … Continue reading TSS SAGE 2020 Roundtable: Some Other Games We Played
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This year’s Sonic Amateur Gaming Expo will be coming a bit earlier than it has in recent years: it’ll be running from August 21 to August 27. In addition to the start date, SAGE also revealed their new logo and tagline for the year, which you can check out in the tweet below: SAGE is … Continue reading Save the Date! SAGE 2021 Starts August 21
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Maybe with a lower-case ‘s’ this year? Every year, the online Sonic Amateur Games Expo showcases projects and prototypes from across the community, celebrating fan games and fan-developed original games. This year, “original” seems to be the key word. 2D and 3D Sonic/Mega Man/Kirby fan games still vie for the spotlight, but among them are … Continue reading SAGE 2021 Trailer’s Got Ambition and Style
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SAGE 2022, Sonic Fan Game HQ’s long running Sonic fan game expo, starts today! You can check out all of this year’s games, including non-Sonic fan games and original indie games, at SAGE’s website. We will be doing SAGE coverage all week, including hands-on previews/reviews, YouTube videos, and streams on our Twitch channel. Be sure … Continue reading SAGE 2022 Starts Today!
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Announced today on their Twitter account, the Sonic Amateur Games Expo returns from September 1st to the 8th. Along with the announcement came a logo by Pixy-Pie and a short video with a jingle by R3tron. For those not in the know, the Sonic Amateur Games Expo allows amateur game developers to show off their … Continue reading SAGE 2023 Official Date and Logo Revealed
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