It looks like Sonic the Hedgehog will be stepping out of obscurity for an exciting few years ahead as it has been confirmed at a celebration in Tokyo for the iconic character's 25th anniversary that his next game will launch in 2017. We still know little to nothing about the project, but it was also mentioned at this event that specifics about the new title are going to be announced at Comic-Con on July 22nd.
It was last week that the head of Sonic Team, Takashi Iizuka, confirmed that the developer is working on a new instalment of the popular franchise when he said, "We at Sonic Team – are developing a completely new game, as well as developing a full movie, actively done by Sony Pictures, and animation on Sonic Boom. We are also ready to improve sponsor ties. The most important thing is not the fact the series survived for 25 years, but how many games [were] developed. Our goal – add something new and overcome any potential hardships." As I said, it looks to be an exciting few years!
As previously mentioned, 2016 is Sonic's 25th anniversary, and so it makes sense that a resurrection of sorts is now being planned for the character. He's never disappeared (a game will hit the Nintendo 3DS later this year), but we could be about to see the hero step back into the spotlight in a big way.