Sonic Frontiers Drops The Blue Blur Into His First Open World Game

Tonight’s Game Awards revealed that Sonic Frontiers is the official title for the next 3D Sonic game, and the hedgehog is expanding his horizons to a bigger world than ever. 

Frontiers is an open-world game – or open-zone as Sega describes it – developed by Sonic Team Japan and led by Sonic Forces/Sonic Lost World director, Morio Kishimoto. Sonic embarks on an adventure to the Starfall Islands, a collection of forests, deserts, waterfalls, among other biomes. Although it’s not clear what to expect from Sonic, the trailer suggests that he faces formidable opposition. Fans of Sonic comics should be happy to learn that Ian Flynn, lead writer for IDW’s Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and former head writer for the Archie Comics Sonic run, is penning Frontiers’ story. 

Sonic Frontiers doesn’t have an exact release date, but it’s coming during the 2022 holiday season for current and last-gen consoles. It’s cool to see Sonic tackling a true open-world for the first time. It may take some lessons from Solar Ash, a high-speed 3D platformer.

Sonic Frontiers: What are your thoughts? Are you convinced that Sonic could work in an open universe? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments