Sega has confirmed that its run of free DLC characters for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will proceed onto the sport’s second yr of content material.
Because the sport’s launch – which has now been dubbed 12 months One, because the affirmation {that a} 12 months Two is coming – Sega has been steadily including each paid and DLC characters to the sport.
The paid DLC has been coming within the form of crossover packs containing characters, autos and tracks from different IP, similar to SpongeBob SquarePants, Pac-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Each month, nonetheless, Sega has additionally added a free ‘visitor’ character from certainly one of its personal IPs, to each construct the roster and cross-promote its different titles.
The corporate has now confirmed that this apply will proceed for 12 months Two, and that the primary free character within the second wave will likely be Bayonetta.
“Brace yourselves, racers,” the DLC’s official description reads. “Bayonetta will be part of CrossWorlds as the primary new character in 12 months Two, bringing her signature continuous motion to the racetrack.”
A complete of 13 free racers have been added to the sport over the course of its first yr:
- Hatsune Miku
- Joker (Persona)
- Ichiban Kasuga (Like a Dragon)
- NiGHTS (NiGHTS Into Dreams)
- AiAi (Tremendous Monkey Ball)
- Tangle (IDW Sonic comedian guide sequence)
- Whisper (IDW Sonic comedian guide sequence)
- Crimson (Indignant Birds)
- Goro Majima (Like a Dragon)
- Arle (Puyo Puyo)
- ‘Traditional’ Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Axel (Loopy Taxi)
- Amigo (Samba de Amigo)
Sega has additionally launched 5 of its six deliberate DLC packs for 12 months One, including content material from Minecraft, SpongeBob SquarePants, Pac-Man, Mega Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with the sixth pack – based mostly on the animated sequence Avatar – coming in October.
Sega additionally confirmed throughout Summer Game Fest that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will likely be getting a 12 months 2 cross that includes six additional DLC collaborations, revealing that the primary two will be based on Godzilla and Evangelion.
VGC’s Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds review referred to as the sport “an ideal various to Mario Kart’s new open-world focus”, noting that Nintendo‘s resolution to tweak its components for Mario Kart World makes Sega’s providing the most suitable choice for these looking for a ‘conventional’ karting sport.