Majima Joins Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Free DLC Apr 29

Seven free crossover characters in seven months. That's the pace Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been running since its September 2025 launch, and tomorrow's addition might be the most unhinged one yet. SEGA announced that Goro Majima, specifically his Captain Majima incarnation from Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, drops into the racer on April 29 at 5:00 p.m. PT / 8:00 p.m. ET as free DLC.

Majima arrives with the Goromaru, a miniature pirate ship serving as his personal kart, plus a set of special emotes and sounds. The character design is pulled directly from his 2025 Pirate Yakuza appearance, which feels like exactly the right call. There's something deeply funny about a man who spent an entire game terrorizing the Hawaiian seas now drifting past Sonic on a tiny boat. He joins a free roster that already includes Hatsune Miku, Persona 5's Joker, Ichiban Kasuga, NiGHTS, AiAi, and Red from Angry Birds. That lineup reads like someone threw darts at SEGA's IP catalogue and a few other companies' catalogues simultaneously, and I mean that as a compliment. CrossWorlds has leaned hard into the absurdity of its guest roster, and it's working.

Festival, Free Weekend, 40% Off

The character drop is just the start. A "Captain Majima Festival" in-game event kicks off the following day, April 30 at 5:00 p.m. PT, running through May 3 at 4:59 p.m. PT. Based on how previous CrossWorlds festivals have operated, expect themed cosmetics earnable through gameplay, including decals and gadgets.

Steam players who haven't tried the game yet are getting a free weekend running from April 30 at 10:00 a.m. PT through May 4 at 10:00 a.m. PT. On top of that, the full game is 40% off until May 7 as part of SEGA's Steam Golden Week promotion. Stacking a free character, a themed event, a free trial, and a steep discount all in the same week is smart timing. SEGA clearly wants to convert trial players into buyers while the content pipeline is still hot.

The post-launch support here deserves real credit. Every crossover character so far has been free, with the paid Season Pass reserved for licensed third-party additions like SpongeBob, Minecraft's Steve and Alex, Pac-Man, and Mega Man. That split between free SEGA-adjacent characters and paid outside licenses feels fair, and it's a model I wish more live-service games would copy instead of locking every new addition behind a paywall. CrossWorlds currently holds an 83 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic with 94% of critics recommending it, and a steady drip of free content is a big reason why the game has held attention this long.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch 2, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Arle from Puyo Puyo is also confirmed as a future free addition, though no date has been set.