Ivo Gerscovich, chief brand officer for Sonic Studio at SEGA of America, recently held a Reddit AMA. Gerscovich addressed several questions from fans regarding the IP’s future and more.

One important note concerns the status of Sonic Boom. The days of the Wii U and 3DS games are long gone, though a show had been airing through the end of 2017. With a lack of news over the past couple of years, it’s unsurprising that the show appears to be over. Gerscovich said “there are no plans for a new Sonic Boom specific TV series or game.” Some fans believe that the comment leaves the door open to more episodes in the future, but executive producer Bill Freiberger has been putting out tweets indicating that the show is finished.

Elsewhere in the AMA, Gerscovich was asked about the future of the Sonic brand. Gerscovich said SEGA will be focusing on “respecting the past while looking to evolve the brand and its characters and storylines for the future across all content, products, and platforms.” He also stressed the importance of releasing “high quality content”.

Here’s a full roundup of the important bits from the AMA:

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The Game Awards 2020 will still happen, but could be digital-only

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The Game Awards have been taking place every December since 2014. It should be returning this year, but the event may end up going digital-only.

Creator and host Geoff Keighley told VentureBeat that The Game Awards could be impacted by the coronavirus. However, the team has about five different contingency plans in the works, depending on how things play out.

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Nintendo hit with another leak, including source code for 3DS OS and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

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2020 has been very active as far as Nintendo leaks are concerned. We’ve seen files and code being distributed online involving Pokemon Gen 2 and Pokemon Gen 3, not to mention assets involving Wii (though its severity was later downplayed).

Unfortunately for Nintendo, it appears that the leaks won’t be ending anytime soon. The latest report concerns data coming online for the 3DS operating source code and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl.

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Summer Game Fest Developer Showcase events announced

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Summer Game Fest today announced the addition of two Developer Showcase events. The digital presentations, which have been curated by the Day of the Devs team and Geoff Keighley (The Game Awards), will be held on June 22 and July 20. Both live streams will offer gameplay, news, and musical performances.

The initial group of participating developers and publishers confirmed for the showcases include:

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Former Rare devs on Perfect Dark – skipping GoldenEye 007 sequel, the name, requiring the Expansion Pak, more

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Perfect Dark, Rare’s classic N64 shooter, is officially 20 years old today. To celebrate the milestone, Eurogamer caught up with several of its key developers as well as then Nintendo of America producer Ken Lobb to learn more about the creation of the project. Several interesting topics were discussed in the feature, such as how Rare decided against making a sequel to GoldenEye 007, how the Perfect Dark name was chosen, using the memory Expansion Pak, and more.

We have a roundup featuring these notable points below. The full feature from Eurogamer can be found here.

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Pokemon Gen 3 source code leaks, some new details discovered

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It was just last month that the second generation of Pokemon games were hit with a huge leak. A ton of sprites surfaced, offering a look at a bunch of different beta designs.

There are even more Pokemon leaks, this time impacting Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. We won’t be sharing any links here, but source code for the games have appeared online.

Some fans have gone to work and poked through all the various files and codes in hopes of uncovering previously-unknown information. Twitter user eclipse_tt has shared some of the early discoveries, which are as follows:

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Rumor: Fortnite files updated with new cosmetic source for Nintendo

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Fortnite is known for many things, including a wide variety of collaborations. The popular shooter has teamed up with Marvel, Batman, Stranger Things, and the NFL – just to name a few. With the latest datamine, some fans are wondering if Nintendo could be primed for a collaboration of its own.

There’s one interesting piece of information that has been spotted in the game’s files following the most recent update: “Cosmetics.Source.Platform.Nintendo”. Unfortunately, no additional information is available as to what that could mean.

That hasn’t stopped fans from running wild with the possibilities. Some are speculating about the possibility of something like a Mario skin. Nothing official has been announced at this time though, so it might be best to keep expectations in check.

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The Cuphead Show! gets new promo image, tidbits

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It’s been about a year since The Cuphead Show! was announced. The animated series, based on the hit game that’s currently available on Switch, will be debuting on Netflix in the future.

Tying in with the upcoming Annecy Animation Festival in June, a new promo image has been released that may give us a better idea about what sort of style The Cuphead Show! will be featuring. We won’t be seeing an identical recreation of the game due to the amount of work and time that would be required, but it’s going for a similar look.

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New Game+ Expo showcase announced

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Several gaming companies have come together as part of an upcoming digital showcase. The likes of Koei Tecmo, SEGA of America, WayForward, and more will be highlighting “new and upcoming releases from a coalition of developers from around the world.” New announcements and gameplay demos are planned.

Here’s the full lineup of participating companies:

LEGO Super Mario Power-Up Packs announced

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As previously announced, LEGO Super Mario will debut on August 1. That won’t be all for the new Nintendo collaboration though, as a series of new Power-Up Packs have been announced.

New packs have been announced featuring the Fire Mario suit, Propeller Mario suit, Cat Mario suit, and Builder Mario suit. Each one releases on August 1 as well.

Here are the full details on the different Power-Up Packs: