It Could Be Nothing, But…

Four top level domains–sonicadventure3.com, sonicadventure3.net, sonicadventure3.org, and sonicadventure3.info–have all been registered on or around April 22nd of this year by an unknown party, TSSZ has learned.

At present, all pages presently point to a default landing page, and nowhere near Sega’s own website.

In the past, Sega had a tendency to register domains for upcoming titles before a formal announcement, either in-house or via third parties, as a means to protect company IP.  The way these domains were registered, however, gives plenty of cause for suspicion.  This time around, the registrant is the French division of 1&1 Internet, a company primarily focused on web hosting.  That is a change from the last three times a Sonic domain was registered.  Domains for Sonic Generations, Sonic Free Riders, and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 all eventually fell under the management of EuroDNS, where they remain today.  Consider also that, even if Sega’s French division was behind the registration of these, the arm closed its doors last month, along with numerous other subdivisions of Sega Europe.

So, the pattern here doesn’t really match Sega’s past behavior–making the jump to an actual Sonic Adventure 3 in the works very difficult.  But with the domains active for over three months, one would think Sega would have caught wind of it and take action were the registrations unauthorized.  We’ll keep it under Rumor for now, but don’t hold your breath.  Thanks to Sawnik98 and Sonication for tipping us.

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UPDATE: Since this story was first published, we have found two more related domain registrations.  One, sonicadventure3.fr, was spotted by tipster Bruno Guerrero via Twitter.  We have also since found sonicadventure3.eu.  Both domains appear managed by the same 1&1 Hosting division in France, and both appear registered around the same time as the aforementioned four.  If this a hoax, it’s a very thorough one.  We have contacts in France checking this out; if we hear anything more, we will pass it along.

Rapper Hunnid-P, who is the man behind the notorious Knuckle’s theme in Sonic Adventure 2, has revealed via Youtube that he’s working on a new Knuckles theme for an upcoming Sonic project. We revealed this morning that Sega, or a third-party, has been registering numerous domains for Sonic Adventure 3, so maybe this information ties in with that.

Companies never register domains for game titles they dont plan on using. I cannot think of one publisher that just registered domains for thell of it.

I hope this is true.

How do you not have a chance toplay SA1?

Its on Gamecube

If you own a PS3,360 or steam  a HD remaster is available ( 10 bucks)

There are many different options.

The days that a new sonic game got announced are over.......(have been for a long time). They fucked up Sonic 4 for me...

Sonic will survive!

C'mon, Sega. Doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoit (and make it available on Wii U)

im kinda hoping this isnt true, i feel that they still havent mastered the bad camera from the original SAs, but what the hell maybe it will be good just like the last two console outings

Hopefully they have a more serious Eggman. The ones in '06 and Colors didn't seem as mean as the Eggman from back in the good ol' days.

They haven't mastered the camera, but hopefully this game will change that, they've definitely learned somewhat in recent years. Theres something about sonic A1/2 which simply hasn't be replicated in the 2D games IMO. The music, the interaction between the charcters (albeit very cheesy), the world (chao world!!!), the sense of adventure.

Hopefully sega will continue the 2D games via digital releases, appealing to the old generation and try to successfully create a fully 3D sonic game for the fans of Adventure 1/2 and in attempt to grab a new audience because I don't feel like the 2D games will do that.