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    How Sega killed Sonic the Hedgehog, got away with murder and made a surprisingly sincere game

    LOS ANGELES — It started as a title that was meant to be an April Fools' joke: "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog." The team behind the funny idea had a hook, but did they have a game? "We would have meetings together: 'Who killed Sonic? How did any of this happen?' We knew that the headline was 'Sonic is dead,' but how did any of this happen?" says Pasadena-based game developer Greg Batha of ...
    by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times Apr 06, 2023 5 minutes
    Knuckles, before an interrogation, in“ The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog.”.

    LOS ANGELES — It started as a title that was meant to be an April Fools' joke: "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog." The team behind the funny idea had a hook, but did they have a game?

    "We would have meetings together: 'Who killed Sonic? How did any of this happen?' We knew that the headline was 'Sonic is dead,' but how did any of this happen?" says Pasadena-based game developer Greg Batha of the early gatherings he had with a small team that developed the game. "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog" was surprise-released on March 31 for PCs and Macs. Developed in relative secrecy over the last few years, "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog," available for free, turned out to be more than a clever, joke-ready title.

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