Keanu Reeves Will Lend His Shadow the Hedgehog Voice to Sonic X Shadows Generations

Yesterday’s Sonic Central Livestream brought a ton of announcements from Sega arsenic it dives adjacent deeper into what it has dubbed “the Year of Shadow.” In summation to a three-part animated root story, a DC Justice League comic publication collab, and the hotly anticipated Sonic the Hedgehog 3 starring Keanu Reeves, fans volition besides person the accidental to play arsenic Reeve’s rendition of Shadow successful the upcoming video game, Sonic X Shadow Generations.

During PlayStation’s State of Play stream, Sega announced Sonic x Shadow Generations‘ downloadable contented successful the signifier of a Sonic the Hedgehog Movie pack. In it, players tin instrumentality power of a Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie-accurate Shadow arsenic helium blitzes done levels inspired by the upcoming film. Levels, caput you, that look akin to the opening level successful Shadow’s eponymous gun-toting PlayStation 2 game. Not lone volition the crippled people the 2nd clip Shadow volition service arsenic a protagonist successful a Sonic game, its Movie Pack DLC has the added cherry connected apical of Shadow being voiced by Reeves. Yesterday’s astonishment announcement shocked Sonic fans and game writer Ian Flynn, who’ll besides beryllium pulling treble work arsenic the comic publication writer for the DC-Sonic collab comic.

Sonic x Shadow Generations launches connected October 25 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Pack launches connected December 12. But if folks privation to propulsion wealth astatine Sega to guarantee they’ll person Keanu’s Shadow waiting successful the proverbial wings for them upon release, folks tin acquisition the integer deluxe variation of the crippled for 10 other bucks ($59.99), wherever the DLC volition beryllium included alongside a integer artbook, soundtrack, and different goodies.

If gaming ain’t your thing, but you’re inactive crippled for witnessing Reeves supply his dependable to Shadow and bash a nifty Akira slide, you tin look guardant to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 erstwhile it arrives successful theaters connected December 20th.

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