Sonic Racing CrossWorlds is releasing much more post-launch DLC this week with the Pac-Man content material, which provides a heap of recent content material for gamers to dig into later this week. It has been a giant yr for SEGA and its hit racing title, launching later in 2025 however shortly turning into a fan favourite. Though Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds did not handle to take residence The Recreation Award’s massive Greatest Sports activities/Racing Recreation of the 12 months prize, it stays a preferred choose for a lot of.
Embracing the “rival” position, Sonic Racing CrossWorlds managed to score impressive sales numbers and constructive evaluations from critics and followers. Undaunted by the truth that Nintendo additionally launched Mario Kart World earlier within the yr with the Nintendo Change 2, SEGA selected to embrace the rivalry, with Sonic Workforce head Takashi Iizuka even throwing a little bit of shade at its competitor. Additionally helped by the truth that SOnic Racing CrossWorlds is a real multiplatform title, SEGA has additionally leaned closely into DLC to assist hold the sport feeling contemporary and including some contemporary faces to the continuously increasing roster.
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Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Pac-Man DLC Launch Date
In a particular announcement, SEGA has confirmed that the subsequent massive DLC pack that includes Pac-Man will likely be out there beginning on January 7, 2026. The teaser trailer supplied a fast tease of the content material, wrapped in a traditional throwback of the unique Pac-Man arcade recreation and leaderboard which revealed the content material’s launch date. The top of the trailer reveals a brand new Pac-Man themed machine, plus 4 further racers of Pac-Man, Inky, Blinky, Clyde, and Pinky. The DLC can even embrace a course, however the trailer did not showcase it, leaving followers to take a position on what it would really appear like.
Just like the previously released Sonic Racing CrossWorlds DLC, the Pac-Man launch can also be getting its personal limited-time pageant occasion beginning on January 8 to have a good time the brand new content material’s launch. Higher but, the pageant is open to all gamers, even those that do not personal the Pac-Man-specific content material. Whereas the Pageant particulars aren’t but recognized (at time of publication), it’s going to doubtless perform equally to previous Pageant occasions the place gamers can earn particular limited-time rewards, although with out the choice of World Match, which is usually locked and unavailable till the occasion involves an finish on January 11.
Clearly, DLC has been a serious precedence for SEGA, although in contrast to the Mario Kart sequence, which generally provides different Nintendo-based characters, Sonic Racing CrossWorlds has taken the alternative method by including characters from third social gathering corporations. Already, followers have seen the likes of Minecraft, SpongeBob SquarePants, and now, Pac-Man, although there’s loads extra on the horizon. Followers have already seen a Sonic Racing and Mega Man crossover teaser, however later in 2026, the sport can even be including much more Nickelodeon content material from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem and Avatar Legends. For now, the racers, machines, and potential ranges aren’t recognized, so gamers might want to keep tuned for extra.
Nevertheless, paid content material hasn’t been the one post-launch releases that SEGA has added over time, as free updates have additionally been pretty plentiful within the months after the sport launched. Gamers may earn the Blue Star Extreme Gear DLC from Sonic Riders as a free reward for simply signing up for a SEGA account and linking their platform. Different SEGA franchises, like NiGHTS, Like a Dragon, Tremendous Monkey Ball, and others, have additionally been included as DLC from new playable characters to machines and different objects.
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September 25, 2025
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Everybody / Delicate Fantasy Violence
