Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle Racers Pre-Painted Miniatures Board Game

Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle Racers, an all-new board game based on SEGA’s beloved video game franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog. The fun-filled, strategic game, meant for 2-5 players, will allow you to take on the role of Sonic or one of his many friends and rivals in an obstacle-laden race to the finish.

Shinobi 7 will launch a Kickstarter for Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle Racers in early February. The Kickstarter version will include exclusives and Limited-Edition items.

Global Game Jam - Serious games meet the bizarre at Abertay University

Abertay University’s biggest ever Global Game Jam event produced an array of innovative prototype games at the weekend ranging from the serious and thoughtful to the fun and bizarre.

A capacity 250 game makers packed into the University’s Centre for Excellence and Whitespace areas for the creative Friday to Sunday festival of coding, computer art, sound design and conceptualisation.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Global Game Jam which had just 1,650 participants in 23 countries in 2009. It now attracts around 40,000 people across 805 sites in 109 nations, spanning every populated continent on the planet.