Sega has opened a small official website with info and screens of the 3D Ages version of Phantasy Star which will be released on the Playstation 2 with enhanced graphics and sound, a small remake. I didn’t add no news on this before because well, Sonic Team didn’t have involvement with this project till now. Sonic Team will be supervising the character editorial and package illustrations. So most art will be done by them, official art.

House of Brussels, who are making the Sonic The Hedgehog chocolates, has released this press release on their website…

House of Brussels Chocolates Provides Follow-Up to Introduction of Sonic The Hedgehog Line at
All Candy Expo
Friday June 6, 9:13 am ET
VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 6, 2003–House of Brussels Chocolates (“HBSL”) (OTCBB: – ) is pleased to announce that the official launch of Sonic The Hedgehog® chocolate treats at the 2003 All Candy Expo in Chicago as announced on May 13th appears to be a major success. Thanks to the strong marketing support of our partners, SEGA® of America and Prima Games, coupled with a highly recognizable brand name, our sales and marketing team at the show was inundated by retailers both large and small to get a “taste” of our new Sonic the Hedgehog chocolate line. Over three days, HBSL received several hundred leads, with more than 30 coming from major chain retailers. At the request of several retailers, we are currently registering the Sonic line with several regional and nationwide food distributors, which is a necessary step to initiate our product roll out. HBSL anticipates the signing of several significant contracts in the near future and will release this information to the public as appropriate. “In the 20-year history of Brussels Chocolates, we have never had a more exciting product to present to buyers and anticipate high buyer and retail acceptance,” said Grant Petersen, Managing Director of Brussels.

About House of Brussels Chocolates, Inc. ():
Since 1983, House of Brussels Chocolates has been an established manufacturer of gourmet quality chocolate products distributing gourmet Belgian chocolates through its licensed retail outlets and through a wholesale network in Canada, the United States and overseas. House of Brussels Chocolate’s signature product is its “hedgehog” chocolate — a molded chocolate design that blends the aesthetics of the traditional Belgian symbol of good luck with taste for a strong customer appeal. House of Brussels Chocolates also offers an assortment of fine truffles, maple chocolates made with genuine Canadian maple syrup, ice wine truffles made with Canadian ice wine as well as fine quality chocolate bars made in several distinct flavors. Most recently, Brussels developed a new hedgehog treat – the Sonic The Hedgehog(TM) chocolate bar — that is just being released to the marketplace.

About SEGA:
SEGA® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, a $3.5 billion corporation by market capitalization, recognized as a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Sega has released Director’s commentary for Sonic Adventure DX, click here.

Information from Sonic Adventurer:

Now, you can enter to be a part of the Sonic Comic Con! Yaaaay! Here’s how:
1) Send in an e-mail with the following info:
-Your name
-Your booth’s name
-Your booth’s URL (You can leave this blank, just make sure you e-mail it to me when ready. OR you can make up a url that you plan to use when it’s done)
-Booth description (No less than 10 words, please)
-Banner (any size banner is acceptable. Just make sure it’s a standard banner, meaning the width is greater than the height.)

Send it to: sonicadventurer2002@yahoo.com

2) Keep in mind that there will be another “Booth Babes” poll running, so if you want another chance at winning an award, give your booth a…babe, lol.

That’s all for now. Remember that SCC begins August 20th, 2003 and you can visit the website at either www.svtcc.cjb.net or www.sonicverseteam.com/comiccon

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #127
Cover and blurb- (Lee/Lim/Tomas & Pepoy)

Sonic’s space odyssey continues as he crash-lands on a strange planet… a planet that evolves faster than Sonic can even run. What can Sonic do while whole civilizations rise and fall around him.? More importantly, what do the inhabitants of the planet think of our trespassing hedgehog? It’s sci-fi with a Sonic spin.

PLUS: Sonicspy vs. Knucklespy (by Michael Gallagher & Dave Manak)

News Source: Westfield Comics

This comes from Gamesarefun.com:

The Sonic Team plans to start beta testing their current project work of art in Japan on July 24th. Fiends, start packing now.

Sega of America have put up the ultimate Sonic The Hedgehog Auction ever. Here’s a link to it.

Be the first to get your hands on the ultimate Fun Pack, courtesy of SEGA and McDonald’s!

On June 27, SEGA and McDonald’s will launch the first ever interactive electronic Happy Meal toy and you can own the first set before they are available to the public. In addition, we have created only TWO silver plated SEGA/McDonald’s Happy Meal sets and are including one set as part of this package. You will also receive a copy of SEGA’s new “Sonic Adventure DX Director’s Cut” for Nintendo GameCube, before it launches, and MUCH MORE!

All proceeds of this auction will be matched by SEGA and then given to the Ronald McDonald House charity, so bid well and bid often!

DiscStation, a Japanese site recently released the high spec and standard box art of Sonic X DVD: Vol. 1. The DVD will be released in Japan shortly by Universal Music & Sega. Below is the High spec and then the standard versions.