Next-Gen is a special feature in Sonic the Poster Mag 2005 that serves as a preview to the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog. Written by Iain Stewart, the article covers all the information known about the game at this point, such as the consoles it'll be played on, Yuji Naka's introduction of the game and other original employees slated to be working on the game. The feature does, however, mention things that didn't make it into the game, like the day/night changes and theories of a free-roaming environment (although the adventure hubs did return).