If you’re fond of the boops and bleeps of classic 8-bit and 16-bit systems, then Sega has you covered — the company has just unloaded a treasure trove of classic tunes, all available right now for free on Spotify.
Sega has added music from a ton of games, including:
It’s no surprise that music from Sonic CD tops Sega’s “popular” list. It also seems that many people have been jamming to the amazing lyrical stylings of Hunnid-P and his work on Sonic Adventure 2. Already, the rap songs from Sonic Adventure 2, like A Ghost’s Pumpkin Soup … for Pumpkin Hill and Dive Into The Mellow … for Aquatic Mine are in the top 10.
There’s definitely a lot more worth listening to than just the music from Sonic the Hedgehog. The entire Out Run soundtrack is chiptune bliss. Pretty much everything from the Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure is worth a listen.
But really, the part of Sega’s massive library that’s most worth your time is the pure gold from Sonic R. The Sega CD Sonic racing game has not aged well, but its music is timeless. With lyrics like, “Can you feel the sunshine? Does it brighten up your day? Don’t you feel that sometimes, you just need to run away?” it’s impossible to not get sucked in.
Interestingly, Sega has made very little fanfare of this massive upload on Spotify. Both the Sega and Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter accounts have yet to mention the flood of great music.
This past year, Sega has been doing a great job connecting with fans. It’s Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account is pure gold, and the company is very direct with consumers. Now all Sega needs to do is make a Sonic Adventure 3.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.