Rumours Suggests Sonic Heroes Remake Being "Considered", Not Currently in Development

Fresh gossip surrounding a potential Sonic Heroes remake has exploded overnight. A new report is claiming that SEGA is currently working on a next-gen revival of the 2004 classic using Unreal Engine 5 - but this has since been refuted by a community insider that argues that such a project is not in active development.

Portuguese website Universo Nintendo ran the story last night, which states (via machine translation) that a remake is being developed for Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Steam and Nintendo's next-generation console. It also independently speculates a release date of 2025.

While the report does link to an unverified blog, Universo Nintendo nonetheless claims that it has corroborated the information using its own trusted sources - and that's really the interesting part here. Because one of the sources cited, insider "Midori", has since distanced themselves from the story, stating that the project is currently only under consideration at SEGA.

After posting "This is correct information" in relation to Univero Nintendo's writer's social media on the story, they later clarified:

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The Sonic Heroes remake is being considered but I do not think the original source is correct about it being released in 2026 or 2027.

In response to a direct question from another user as to whether such a game is currently in development, Midori added, "I don’t think so. And I do not know about this remake title being released in next three years and I don’t have any information on that."

Although not an official source for SEGA or Sonic information, Midori has gained a positive reputation for being accurate with many details concerning unannounced projects related to the Sonic series and the Atlus development studio. Still, their words (as well as the words of everyone mentioned in this story) should be taken with an industrial amount of salt. You know, manage your expectations and all that.

But, this current rumour has the Sonic community buzzing, and for good reason - the community has been trying to find clues leading to a Sonic Heroes remake (or remaster) since July 2023. And now everybody is talking about whether they would want to play a revamped version of Sonic the Hedgehog's very first multi-platform adventure. Where do you sit? Let us know in the comments section below!