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Sega celebrated April Fool’s Day by teasing a new game called The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. The twist? It’s actually real.\n<\/p>\n

Described as a “labour of love from the Sonic Social team”, the point-and-click visual novel adventure is available now on Steam<\/a>, featuring “fully hand-drawn landscapes and characters”.\n<\/p>\n

The Sonic Social team thanks “a host of amazingly talented people who are just as passionate about Sonic as we are”.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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