Sonic Mania Plus release date set for mid-July

26 Apr 2018

Steve Wright

Sonic Mania Plus, the upgraded version of Sonic Mania, heads to PC and consoles in July, Sega has announced.

The enhanced title comes with content that didn’t feature in the original, including a four-player Competition Mode, remixed stages via Encore Mode and two new playable characters: Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel.

Check out the two new characters in action below:

Those players who already own Sonic Mania will be able to upgrade their title to Plus for $4.99 USD across PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

Sonic Mania Plus will be available from 17 July on Windows PC via Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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