Sonic Origins developer isn't happy with the way Sega handled its release Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Sonic Origins developer isn't happy with the way Sega handled its release Not sure this is what they meant by 'Sonic mania' News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on June 27, 2022 1 comment One of the developers behind the component games of Sega's Sonic Origins collection has spoken out on Twitter to defend their team in light of the collection's numerous alleged bugs. Headcannon founder Simon Thornley, also known as Stealth, took responsibility for some of the collection's issues in a lengthy series of tweets, but said that "a lot was beyond our control". Watch on YouTube Sonic Origins hasn't met with positive reception from fans of the series. "This is frustrating," Thornley said. "I won't lie and say that there weren't issues in what we gave to Sega, but what is in Origins is also not what we turned in. Integration introduced some wild bugs that conventional logic would have one believe were our responsibility - a lot of them aren't." "We want these problems to be addressed," Thornley continued. "We provided a ton of feedback during and after development for both Origins and its Sonic 3 integration. We've done a good chunk of work after our work term was over to fix things, support Sega, and to prepare for future updates." Thornley went on to clarify that Sega have yet to agree to Headcannon's offer of supporting Sonic Origins with post-release fixes and updates. The Sonic Origins collection launched on June 23rd, which also happened to be Sonic's 31st birthday. Twitter is awash with dissatisfied punters pointing out issues with the collection's reworked version of classic Sonic games. This one, with Dr Robotnik seemingly giving up and just hovering above Sonic and Tails, is among the most bizarre I've seen so far. There's a substantial thread here with plenty more, ranging from Tails' plane being stuck in midair to cutscenes repeating. Sonic fans aren't too chuffed that the music in the collection's version of Sonic 3 & Knuckles has been altered from the original either. There's some speculation, including from Sonic's creator Yuji Naka, that the change was to avoid licensing issues with tracks that the late 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson may have contributed to the game. I say 'may have', because even Naka doesn't seem to know for sure. Sega have also come under fire for delisting the older versions of the classic games in the Sonic Origins collection. Sonic Origins is on Steam and the Epic Games Store for £33/$40/€40. Try not to get stuck. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here