{"id":722323,"date":"2026-06-24T01:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/722323\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T01:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:42:17","slug":"sonic-racing-crossworlds-free-character-updates-classic-sonic-axel-and-amigo-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/722323\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds free character updates Classic Sonic, Axel, and Amigo announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Companies &gt; SEGA [2,738 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/companies\/sega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEGA<\/a> has announced new playable characters coming to <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Games &gt; Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds [28 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/games\/sonic-racing-crossworlds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<\/a> from today until September, including Classic Sonic from\u00a0<a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Series &gt; Sonic the Hedgehog [77 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/series\/sonic-the-hedgehog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonic the Hedgehog<\/a>, Axel from the Crazy Taxi\u00a0series, and Amigo from the Samba de Amgio series. <\/p>\n<p>The full list of upcoming free content is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Classic Sonic (June 23, 2026)Classic Sonic from\u00a0Sonic the Hedgehog as a playable characterExclusive vehicleAxel (August 2026)Axel from the Crazy Taxi series as a playable characterExclusive vehicle<br \/>\n        Amigo (September 2026)Amigo from the Samba de Amgio series as a playable characterExclusive vehicle<\/p>\n<p>Nine new songs are also coming to the in-game jukebox, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooting the Louvre\u201d by Naofumi Hataya (from Rhythm Thief &amp; the Emperor\u2019s <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Companies &gt; Treasure [14 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/companies\/treasure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Treasure<\/a>)\u201cTheme of Phantom R\u201d by Tomoya Ohtani (from Rhythm Thief &amp; the Emperor\u2019s Treasure)\u201cAkadoko\u201d by Naofumi Hataya (from Akadoko &amp; Kimishine Ai no Densetsu CD)\u201cOrpheus in the Underworld\u201d by Naofumi Hataya (from Akadoko &amp; Kimishine Ai no Densetsu CD)\u201cKimishine\u201d by Naofumi Hataya (from Akadoko &amp; Kimishine Ai no Densetsu CD)\u201cSpeed Is My Life\u201d by Jun Senoue and Nathan Sharp (from the Sonic the Hedgehog 35th anniversary)\u201cspace channel 5: getting the truth\u201d by Kenichi Tokoi (from\u00a0Space Channel 5)\u201cGo! Go! Cheerleader!\u201d by SEGA Sound Team (from Space Channel 5)\u201cBurning Hearts\u201d by Naofumi Hataya and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (from Burning Rangers)<\/p>\n<p>Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available now for <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; PS5 [11,514 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/playstation\/ps5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Xbox Series [8,796 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/xbox\/xbox-series\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox Series<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Switch 2 [1,049 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Switch 2<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; PS4 [28,737 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/playstation\/ps4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation 4<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Xbox One [14,418 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/xbox\/xbox-one\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox One<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Switch [18,382 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Switch<\/a>, and <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; PC [25,613 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PC<\/a> via <a class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2486820\/Sonic_Racing_CrossWorlds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Steam<\/a> and <a class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/p\/sonic-racing-crossworlds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Epic Games Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a new trailer below.<\/p>\n<p>New Free Characters Update #3<\/p>\n<p>English<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEGA has announced new playable characters coming to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds from today until September, including Classic Sonic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-722323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}