Among the finest surprises from Sony’s State of Play presentation at present was the announcement of a brand new Astro Bot sport. Astro’s Playroom, the pack-in sport put in on PlayStation 5s in 2020, was a pleasant platformer that paid tribute to PlayStation’s historical past, confirmed off the tech of the DualSense controller, and was a blast to play. Now, we’re getting one other one from Crew Asobi titled, merely, Astro Bot.
The sport leaked earlier this month, and lots of the particulars from the leak turned out to be true. Astro Bot contains a fennec fox robotic character that accompanies Astro on his journey via a wide range of environments. Astro additionally flies round on a DualSense controller at one level, so I count on that may most likely be steered via movement controls. Oh, there’s additionally a PlayStation 5 area ship. Wait, Kratos simply gave Astro his axe? Oh, it seems like he’s teaming up with a bunch of various PlayStation characters. This shit guidelines. Sport of the Yr contender, you heard it right here first. Not like Astro’s Playroom, it seems like Astro Bot might be a boxed online game you could find on retailer cabinets on September 6.
Try the trailer beneath:
Astro originates from The Playroom, which was one other tech-demo-style expertise on the PlayStation 4 that launched alongside the system in 2013. This was adopted up with Playroom VR, which held the identical goal however for the PlayStation VR headset in 2016. The character lastly bought a self-titled sport with the wonderful Astro Bot Rescue Mission in 2018, a PlayStation VR unique. Astro’s Playroom was the primary full-fledged sport starring Astro that didn’t require a peripheral, and it was a success, so it’s good to see the little man get a brand new sport.