Godzilla and Evangelion Are Coming to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds — Full Year 2 Crossover Roadmap

During the Summer Game Fest 2026 and Sonic's 35th anniversary showcase, Sega dropped a comprehensive content update for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The headline: a confirmed second year of paid DLC featuring some of the biggest names in pop culture. While the remaining Year 1 collaboration packs finally got release windows, the real surprise was the Year 2 reveal — Godzilla and Evangelion will join the roster in the game's second season pass .

Year 2 Crossover DLC: Godzilla, Evangelion, and More

Sega officially confirmed that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will receive a full second year of post-launch support, headlined by crossover DLC packs for two Japanese pop-culture titans:

• Godzilla — Confirmed for Year 2. Sega has not yet specified a month or quarter. The reveal trailer showed a new track featuring Godzilla firing plasma at racers .
• Evangelion — Confirmed for Year 2. No specific launch window has been provided. Details on which characters or mechs will be playable remain unannounced .

Beyond these two, Sega explicitly stated that Year 2 will include "other IPs" beyond Godzilla and Evangelion, though it has not named them yet . Year 2 will also introduce new worlds and cross-game content . The creative director for the game had previously teased that Sega planned to "surprise everyone" in 2026 with more content than fans expected at launch, and this Year 2 roadmap is the first concrete delivery on that promise .

Remaining Year 1 DLC: TMNT and Avatar Dates Finally Confirmed

While the Year 2 reveals stole the spotlight, Sega also locked in release dates for the remaining Year 1 crossover packs that fans had been waiting for:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pack — July 2026. Features Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael as playable characters, plus new TMNT-themed vehicles, courses, and music tracks .
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Pack — October 2026. Adds Aang and Katara as playable characters, along with new vehicles and courses inspired by the show .

These two packs represent the final major collaboration drops for the first Season Pass.

Season Pass 1: What's Already in the Game

To understand what Year 2 builds on, here's a full recap of the crossover content included in the first Season Pass (Year 1):

• Minecraft Pack — Steve, Alex, and the Creeper join as playable characters, with a minecart vehicle and a Minecraft World track. Released Q4 2025 .
• SpongeBob SquarePants Pack — SpongeBob and Patrick Star become playable racers alongside the Patty Wagon vehicle and a Bikini Bottom course. Launched November 19, 2025 .
• PAC-MAN Pack — PAC-MAN and Team Ghost as playable characters, with the PAC-MAN Mobile vehicle and a PAC-Village & Maze track .
• Sonic Prime Character Pack — Rusty Rose, Tails Nine, and Knuckles the Dread from the Netflix series. Available at launch .
• NiGHTS Pack — Crossover from Sega's cult classic NiGHTS into Dreams .
• Tangle & Whisper Pack — Characters from the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comic series .
• Super Monkey Ball Pack — Characters from Sega's puzzle-platformer series .
• Hatsune Miku — The virtual pop star appeared as part of the crossover lineup, added as free DLC .

All Season Pass and collaboration DLC content is also available for purchase separately .

A Kart Racer Built on Crossovers

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds launched on September 25, 2025, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A Nintendo Switch 2 version followed on December 4, 2025 . Physical copies of the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition became available on March 26, 2026 .

The game is developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega . The studio designed the DLC model to keep players engaged long-term. Veteran Sonic series producer Takashi Iizuka told GamesRadar+ that the crossover characters were partly intended to prevent the game from being a "one-and-done" experience, aiming instead to create a "Hall of Fame" feel that pulls from the best of Sega's racing legacy .

With Godzilla, Evangelion, and more unannounced IPs on the way, Year 2 aims to deepen that strategy — transforming CrossWorlds from a kart racer into an ongoing crossover event that extends well into 2027.