Sonic Team and SEGA have revealed that the new Sonic Frontiers DLC “Sights, Sounds, and Speed” is set for release on March 22 as a free update. The DLC promises new features and modes, and the content promised for “Update 1” in the 2023 Sonic Frontiers roadmap indicates that the DLC will include the jukebox and Photo Mode features as well as new Challenge modes.
In an email sent out to players, Sonic Team and SEGA revealed that the Sonic Frontiers DLC “Sights, Sound, and Speed” will be released on Wednesday with “newly added features and modes:”
Sonic Frontiers DLC “Sighs, Sounds and Speed” Free Update Overview:
SEGA has confirmed the contents of the new update and released the details of the new Challenge modes as follows:
- New Challenge Modes – After completing the main story campaign, players can access new challenge modes – Cyber Space Challenge and Battle Rush – via the title screen. The Cyber Space Challenge is a time-attack mode where players will compete against the clock to complete multiple Cyber Space stages in a row. Additionally, Sonic Frontiers will offer Battle Rush, a timed-battle mode where you fight multiple enemies, Guardians and Titans in one go.
- Photo Mode – To capture memories of their time on the Starfall Islands, players can open the pause menu to access Photo Mode, which will pause gameplay and bring up a camera that is freely moveable.
- Jukebox – Players can listen to their favorite Sonic songs all throughout the Starfall Islands with the new Jukebox. With 53 song tracks available, players will have instant access to 13 songs, and can unlock the remaining 40 songs by collecting Sound Memories on each island.
While the email did not explicitly reveal the details of these features and modes, the 2023 content roadmap released last November outlined three free updates set for release during the year. The first of these updates was to include jukebox and Photo Mode features, and new Challenge modes. As the first DLC update of the year, “Sights, Sounds, and Speed” exactly matches the first update’s promised content in both its name and description.
After the update is released, Sonic Frontiers fans will still have much more to look forward to: the roadmap promised a birthday event for Sonic, new Open-Zone Challenges and new Koco with the second update, and new playable characters and story content for the third update. If you’re looking to hop into Sonic Frontiers now, be sure to check out our review of the game first where we found it “strange in an endearing if frequently frustrating way.”
Additionally, the next two free updates promised in the roadmap for 2023 are confirmed to be bringing the content promised in the roadmap.
Update: SEGA has moved the release time for the “Sights, Sounds, and Speed” DLC to March 22 at 8pm ET/5pm PT/8am HKT (March 23) across PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Previously, the story (based off SEGA’s email to players) read March 23, which has now been amended.