Overview
- Sega ran a 35th-anniversary livestream on Tuesday, June 23, broadcast on the official Sonic Twitch and YouTube channels and co-hosted by GamesCage, Jacki Jing, and RogersBase while raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
- The stream shadow-dropped Sonic Frontiers – Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch 2, a release that packages the base game with previously released updates and improved graphics and performance for that platform.
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds received a Patch 4 update with a free Classic Sonic character and vehicle due later the same day, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DLC pack dated July 29, and a World Championship whose online qualifiers begin June 30.
- Viewers saw new SONIC PICO PARK gameplay and the addition of Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Pico Cat as playable characters, and Sega announced Classic and Modern Sonic physical collections scheduled for October 2026.
- Sega had warned the livestream would not cover everything, but the party-style show nonetheless signaled an active anniversary roadmap with immediate releases, timed competitive events, and rolling content updates to watch for.