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File	Date	Source	Title and comments
	1996-xx-xx	Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "May 1996"	"Next Wave: Super Sonic" US-publication EGM learns of a new Sonic the Hedgehog game and speculates what it might be. Their vague description suggests this is Sonic X-treme, claiming it to be a 3D side-scrolling action game using pre-rendered character sprites for the Sega Saturn. A port of Sonic the Fighters being explicitly ruled out, although the 3D model they use in this article came from a prototype of that game. This article was published before E3 1996, when X-treme was revealed to the public.
Cover article	1996-05-04	Game Players (US), "Vol. 9 No. 6 June 1996"	"Sonic's Red Shoe Diaries"
	1996-05-22	Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "June 1996"	"Amazing Stop Press News!"
Cover article	1996-06-03	Mean Machines Sega (UK), "July 1996"	"Cover Story: Sonic X-treme"
	1996-06-11	Game Players (US), "Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1996"	"Sonic's Red Shoe Diaries Part 2"
	1996-06-12	Computer & Video Games (UK), "July 1996"	"E3 Show Report: Sonic X-treme"
Cover article	1996-06-12	Sega Magazin (DE), "Juli 1996"	"Special: Sonic ist Zurück"
	1996-06-18	Next Generation (US), "July 1996"	"NG Alphas: Sonic X-Treme"
	1996-06-20	Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "July 1996"	"Sonic is Back!" Coverage of E3 1996 in the UK's Sega Saturn Magazine.
	1996-06-20	Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "July 1996"	"Showcase: X-pect the X-treme!" Later in the issue, a more detailed preview, complete with interview with producer Mike Wallis.
	1996-xx-xx	Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "July 1996"	"Sonic X-Treme"
	1996-0x-xx	Playmag (FR), "Juillet/Août 1996"	"Playview: Sonic X treme"
	1996-xx-xx	SuperGamePower (BR), "Agosto 1996"	"Pré Estréia: Sonic X Treme"
	1996-07-09	Game Players (US), "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996"	"Sega E3 All-Stars: Sonic X-treme"
	1996-07-20	Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "August 1996"	"More Sonic!"
	1996-xx-xx	GamePro (US), "August 1996"	"Sonic X-Treme"
	1996-08-06	Game Players (US), "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996"	"Sonic's Red Shoe Diaries Part III"
	1996-09-09	Computer & Video Games (UK), "October 1996 (Freeplay #6)"	"Sonic Extreme in Limbo!" Short paragraph stating that "Sonic Extreme" has been cancelled due to quality concerns.
	1996-09-18	Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "October 1996"	"Sonic Xtreme Canned" A paragraph in the UK Sega Saturn Magazine explaining that a Saturn port of Sonic 3D Flickies' Island will be released instead of the now cancelled Sonic X-treme. There were no screenshots of the Saturn version available at the time, so the magazine uses Mega Drive ones.
	1996-10-04	Mean Machines Sega (UK), "November 1996"	"News: Sonic is Dead! Long Live Sonic!" A full page article describing the cancellation of Sonic X-treme and the Saturn port of Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
	1996-10-22	Next Generation (US), "November 1996"	"In the Studio" Brief mention of Sonic X-treme being cancelled.
	1997-xx-xx	Strana Igr (RU), "Fevral 1997"
	1996-xx-xx	Freak (IL), "9/96"
	1996-xx-xx	Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "October 1996"
	1996-1x-xx	Mega Force (FR), "Novembre/Décembre 1996"
	2001-02-06	Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "March 2001"	"Sonic Doomed" A brief mention of Sonic X-treme in a feature documenting the history of Sonic, in anticipation for Sonic Adventure 2.
	2001-06-21	Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK), "July 2001"	"Abort! Abort!" A small mention of Sonic X-treme and Sonic Crackers as part of a retrospective in a review of Sonic Adventure 2 on the Sega Dreamcast. The game is viewed negatively, with ODM staff member Ed Lomas having described it as "awful".