GameStop and Target may have leaked the release date for Sonic Superstars following the Sonic Central livestream.
As spotted by Wario64, GameStop and Target, where Sonic Superstars is up for pre-order, listed its release date as October 17 on their websites, a month earlier than most Sonic game releases. IGN, however, found that the release date was later switched to the placeholder date of December 31, 2023 on both retailers’ websites.
Sonic Superstars releases Oct 17th according to GameStop and Target https://t.co/W6sXUr6ARB
— Wario64 (@Wario64) June 23, 2023
Sega of America did not respond to IGN’s request for comment on the matter.
Sonic Superstars was revealed at Summer Game Fest earlier this month with a Fall 2023 release window. Given that the trailer for the game dropped so recently, it would mark a pretty quick turnaround to reveal its exact release date now.
General speculation, though, places the game somewhere between August and October. While August is techincally a summer month, Sonic Mania released at that time in 2017. And while November technically counts as a Fall month, typically, when Sega drops a new Sonic game trailer showing a Winter or Holiday release window such as Sonic Frontiers, the game gets a November release date several months later.
If Sonic Superstars is indeed slated to release on October 17, it would be in competition with Alan Wake 2, which comes out the same day. It would also be competing with Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which come out October 20.
Cristina Alexander is a freelance writer for IGN. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a big deal. Follow her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.