{
  "id": 12619659,
  "title": "New Ape Escape Reportedly in Development at Sonic Mania Team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/new-ape-escape-reportedly-in-development-at-sonic-mania-team",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T10:55:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/ape-escape-reboot-planned-sonic-mania-team"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new Ape Escape video game is reportedly in development, according to journalist Jeff Gerstmann. The game is being developed by the team behind the successful Sonic Mania reboot, Evening Star, which also created Penny's Big Breakaway. The last Ape Escape game, PlayStation Move Ape Escape, was released for PS3 in 2010, followed by Ape Escape 3 for PS2 five years earlier. According to Gerstmann, Sony is looking to use third-party studios to revive dormant series across its entire portfolio.",
  "summary": "A new Ape Escape video game is reportedly in the works, helmed by the team that successfully rebooted a certain blue hedgehog with Sonic Mania.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}