Sonic Frontiers Confirmed for Gamescom

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Geoff Keighley announced earlier today that news regarding Sonic Frontiers, the upcoming open-world Sonic the Hedgehog game, will be revealed at Gamescom, one of the biggest gaming events in the world. As many Sonic the Hedgehog fans have been wanting to know more about this title, this announcement has made many of them a lot more excited for Gamescom 2022.

Gamescom is a huge gaming trade fair held in the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany every year. During the event, new games are revealed and gamers can play them before they are released. This year's Gamescom will take place from August 23 to August 28.

Geoff Keighley announced through a Twitter post that Sonic Frontiers would be one of the games shown at this year's Gamescom. He let his followers know that a world premier new look and news about the upcoming, first open-world installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will be shared on August 23, the opening night of Gamescom.

It's true: @sonic_hedgehog is coming to @gamescom Opening Night Live!

Tune in live on Tuesday, August 23 for a world premiere new look and news about SONIC FRONTIERS during OPENING NIGHT LIVE!

Stream it anywhere at 8 pm CEST / 2p ET / 11a PT. pic.twitter.com/BqEIUkMD73
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) August 9, 2022

A lot of Sonic the Hedgehog fans were thrilled by this announcement, letting others know how excited they are for Gamescom now. Some fans even brought up what they would like to know about the upcoming title, such as the date that Sonic Frontiers will be released and more gameplay mechanics that have not been shown through trailers or gameplay clips.

Developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega, Sonic Frontiers was first shown during a Sonic Central presentation in May 2021, where the developers' plans to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th anniversary were revealed. While it was originally scheduled to release last year, it was delayed until the end of 2022. Ever since then, fans have been excited to learn more about the game, hoping that it will revolutionize the series as similar open-world games have.

There has been a lot of Sonic the Hedgehog news over the past couple of days, including a collaboration with Fall Guys in which players of the party battle royale game will be able to earn Sonic the Hedgehog-themed skins in an event called Sonic's Adventure, which will take place from August 11 to the 15. The third movie in the film series, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, has also been announced to release on December 20, 2024. With so much news centering around Sonic the Hedgehog, the fact that fans know that they will learn more about Sonic Frontiers at the end of the month only makes things even better.

Sonic Frontiers is coming out in 2022 on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.