Sonic the Hedgehog's Rogue Fans Program Character's Revival

I did a double-take, as one of the article co-authors is named Yuji Nakamura. Not to be confused with Yuji Naka.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Naka

This looks like SEGA's answer to the game that filled the niche Sonic games used to (and has often been right before or after the 'sonic' block in GamesDoneQuick charity marathons): Freedom Planet.

Screenshots out yet?

There are some here:

http://www.gogofreegames.com/sonic-utopia-demo-download/ https://overboundstudio.com/index.php?action=game_page&id=1

WOW

that's not the game mentioned in the article. The game should be Sonic Mania.

Yep, at the main site:

http://www.sega.com/games/sonicmania