We sat down with Takashi Iizuka, Creative Officer at Sonic Team, to discuss the Sonic Frontiers demo, the new direction for the franchise, its open world inspirations and, most importantly, find out exactly how fast Sonic can go.

In this Summer Game Fest interview, Jordan spoke to Takashi Iizuka, one of producers of Sonic Frontiers, about the process of designing a Sonic the Hedgehog open world game, as well as the game's combat system, puzzle sections and story.

Sonic Frontiers is slated for release Holiday 2022 on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Series X/S consoles. For more Summer Game Fest coverage, stay tuned to GameSpot.

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