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Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Game Gets Pac-Man Collaboration DLC in Early 2026
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Sega streamed a new trailer during this year's gamescom Opening Night Live preshow on Tuesday for its Sonic Racing CrossWorlds game, and it reveals a collaboration with Bandai Namco's Pac-Man. The DLC pack including Pac-Man, Ghosts, and Pac-Village launches for the game in early 2026. In turn, the Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac game, a remake of the original Pac-Man World 2 game with new features, will get a DLC pack for Sonic the Hedgehog in late 2025.
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds will feature guests from other Sega franchises including Hatsune Miku, Like a Dragon's Ichiban, and Persona 5's Joker. The Minecraft franchise will also appear in the game. The game will also crossover with Nickeledeon animated series: SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Sega will release the game on September 25 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. The game will also have a Nintendo Switch 2 release digitally in holiday 2025 and physically in early 2026 with the full game on the cartridge. There will be a Switch 2 upgrade pack for owners of the Switch version, and progress will carry over.
The game will get an Open Network Test from August 29, 2025 to September 1. There was a closed network test from February 22-24.
There will be an animation project for the game in September.
Sega released the Team Sonic Racing game in May 2021 physically and digitally for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch (with a digital-only release on PC). The game is a kart racing game featuring characters from the franchise, as well as both online multiplayer and single player modes. The game also features team vs. team gameplay.
Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac will launch for Switch, Switch 2, PS5, PS4, Xbox X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on September 26.
Source: gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 livestream
