We may earn a commission from links on this page. Sonic Superstars, the new 2D Sonic platformer from Sega coming out later this year, looks a lot like a fresh take on the famous blue blur.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. What with the success of the entirely wonderful Sonic Mania ...

Sega has released the opening animation for Sonic Mania. It is animated and directed by Tyson Hesse, and features custom ... stunning 60 FPS gameplay and pixel-perfect physics.

Satoshi Okano's contributions to the modern Sonic should also be acknowledged. As the illustrator Fronkus notes on X, artists like Aaron Hammerstrom and Tyson Hesse ... deem sonic art good if ...

However, Sonic Team suggests Classic Sonic's new look may be permanent, as they believe pixel art won't be a viable style for Sonic in 10 to 20 years. According to a report from GamesRadar ...

Sonic Mania artist Tyson Hesse has revealed that he was recruited to head up the recreation of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie design following fan rejection of the film’s original character design.

Sonic the Hedgehog‘s new movie design was officially revealed yesterday in a new trailer, and it’s now been revealed that Tyson Hesse, the animation wizard behind the critically acclaimed ...

It turns out, all Sega and Paramount had to do was hire someone who actually worked on Sonic animation in the past to get the job done. Tyson Hesse, animation director for Sonic Mania's cutscenes ...

Fans are loving what new lead character designer Tyson Hesse, who worked on the Sonic video games themselves, has brought to the movie. Jennifer Bisset was a senior editor for CNET. She covered ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook While the image above features designs inspired by Hesse ... the art has garnered a lot ...

Sonic Superstars is an exciting return to the Blue Blur's 2D origins, but its new art style exists because its developers don't think the classic pixel art approach will be "viable" in future.