While we missed out on SAGE last year, it’s now finally time to take it out of its somewhat dusty box. SAGE Act 1 has started with some fangames and engines you may want to check out like Sonic Time Twisted, SonicGDK and Da Rock. Besides fangames, there are also live streams, an IRC chat and an Arts & Entertainment section.. This SAGE takes place from February 23rd to March 1st 2014, with a second act happening sometime later this year.
Retro/Bits News

• Like it was mentioned above, SAGE has started. [Sonic Amateur Games Expo]
• Sonic Talk invites special guest Mike Pollock to their podcast. [We’re gonna need more sports tape]
• Freedom Planet, an upcoming game by forum member Strife, now has a release date for May 30th and will be at the Florida Supercon. [Also some news about stages, pledges and stretch goals]
• Forum member Matwek shows off his game Kara [Warning: lots and lots of gifs]
• My Life With SEGA takes a look at Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On. [For the Saturn]

Sonic/SEGA News

• The Sonic Stadium has an article showing some of the history of Big Red Button Entertainment, the developer behind Sonic Boom [It doesn’t explain why Sonic wears sports tape though]
• Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are directing and writing a movie about the Nintendo vs SEGA console wars. [Wait what]
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth will get a special edition. [Mugs are the best special edition bonuses]
• Yakuza Ishin is the second best selling PS4 game in Japan. [according to Amazon]
• Index will be split into two companies [Atlus and Index]
• SEGA loses the trademark for Shenmue. [Oh dear]

Other Stuff

• Harold Ramis, known for acting in Ghostbusters and for directing Groundhog Day and Caddyshack, has passed away [Chicago Tribune]
• The Guardians of the Galaxy movie gets a trailer [Featuring a talking raccoon who shoots with guns]
• Another new Humble Indie Bundle is now available [Get it for Dust and Giana Sisters at least]

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