PlayStation fans are delighted as beloved character returns in upcoming game
PLAYSTATION held its State of Play showcase last night, announcing a number of new games coming to PS5, PS VR2 and PC this year.
One of the highlights of the 35-minute presentation was a new game that will bring back a beloved Sony character.
Astro Bot will be the next game to feature cute robot Astro, who has become the de facto PlayStation mascot this generation.
The upcoming game will span six galaxies and over 80 levels, featuring a variety of biomes and nods to other PlayStation games.
An announcement trailer for the game was shown off at last night’s State of Play.
The trailer featured familiar platforming gameplay with new twists, bosses and environments.
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The upcoming game will add more than 15 new abilities for Astro and over 70 new types of enemies.
The trailer also revealed that Astro Bot will release on September 6, 2024, with pre-orders opening in a week.
Astro’s last appearance in a game was in 2020, which instantly turned him into the symbol of PS5 that players recognise today.
He’s the star of Astro’s Playroom, the short game that comes pre-installed on every PS5 console and serves as a tech demo for Sony’s DualSense controller.
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The character first appeared back in 2013 in The Playroom, a collection of casual augmented reality mini-games released for the PS4.
It was a compilation of demos aimed at showing off the PlayStation Camera motion sensor, an AR accessory that Sony was releasing at the time.
Later, in 2018, PlayStation released a fully featured game with Astro, called Astro Bot Rescue Mission, a launch title for its first PS VR headset for the PS4.
PS5 players loved the pre-installed Astro’s Playroom game, which has since garnered a 9/10 user score on review aggregator Metacritic, with a very high 83 rating from critics.
Unlike Astro’s last outing, Astro Bot will not be a free tech demo, but a fully fledged (and full-price) game.
The upcoming Astro Bot game will be a regular PS5 title and not a PS VR2 game as some players expected.
Pre-orders for Astro Bot are launching on June 7, 2024, and the game’s price is yet to be revealed.
If you’re looking for more new games coming to PS5, check out everything announced at the May 2024 PlayStation State of Play.
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