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News Astro Bot's PS5 File Size Is About Six Times Bigger Than Astro's Playroom

S-S-Deee

Astro Bot is a big, full-sized 3D platformer, and it's got the file size to prove it. The upcoming title from Team Asobi is its largest game yet, with more worlds to explore and new power-ups to toy with than in any of the robot's previous outings. Backing this up is the game's file size on PS5 which, according to the back of the retail box...

• Fri 28th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot

News Astro Bot PS5 Took 60 Developers Around Three Years to Make

Asobi is the Japanese word for "play"

Astro Bot, the full-fledged mascot platformer outing from Sony first-party developer Team Asobi, took around 60 developers around three years to create. That's according to GamesIndustry.biz's Chris Dring (thanks, PSU), who said on the GI Microcast: "I've played it; it's amazing. It took about three years to...

• Tue 25th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot

News Personalise Your PS5, PS4 Profile with Free Astro Bot Avatars

Look at him go

Everyone adores Astro Bot. The loveable little mascot has been hopping through the hearts of PlayStation players since his debut in The Playroom VR, and he’s only increased in popularity in the months and years since. Later this year, his first full-blown PS5 adventure will arrive – and to mark the occasion, Sony’s giving away...

• Mon 24th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot

Interview The Making of Astro Bot, the PS5's Next Great Exclusive

Team Asobi's Nicolas Doucet on creating a modern mascot

Nicolas Doucet and very tired but very happy Stephen Tailby. Team Asobi is a relatively small team among Sony's first-party ranks, and it's making a relatively small game. However, with Astro Bot, it looks like the studio is set to make not only its biggest game to date, but also possibly its...

• Mon 17th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot
• Interviews
• Features

News Astro Bot Has Over 150 PlayStation Character Cameos

And the Bloodborne one isn't a hint

The nods to classic PlayStation games and characters were already outstanding in Astro's Playroom — the packed-in PS5 game — but fully-fledged successor Astro Bot is taking everything to the next level. In an interview with Eurogamer, creative director Nicolas Doucet reveals that there are over 150...

• Fri 14th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot

News Astro Bot PS5 Will Get Free Post-Launch DLC

More challenge levels to come

PlayStation's undeniably likeable mascot, Astro Bot, will have around 80 levels across six worlds at launch to run through, but Team ASOBI says there's plenty more to come via future updates. Best of all, these DLC offerings will be added for free. IGN spoke to studio head Nicolas Doucet, who said plans are already in...

• Thu 13th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot

News PS5's Astro Bot Doesn't Support PSVR2 Because It Was Never Designed to Do So

"The design philosophy is very, very different"

While the general sentiment around Astro Bot, the upcoming PS5 platformer, is very positive, some of the character's more hardcore fans are a little disappointed to see a lack of PSVR2 support in his latest adventure. Indeed, the character got his start with Astro Bot Rescue Mission, a PSVR exclusive...

• Wed 12th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot

Preview Astro Bot on PS5 Could Be the Best 3D Platformer This Side of Nintendo

Robot rock(s)

As we grabbed an Astro blue mocktail and ventured down into Sony's basement dwelling at Summer Game Fest Play Days, Astro Bot came into view, and we immediately knew we were in for a good time. Team Asobi's cutesy robot hero is finally getting the full-length, full-fat platforming game he deserves, and even just the artwork adorning...

• Wed 12th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot
• Previews
• Features

Reaction You Said You Were Sick of PS5's Sad Dad Sims, So You Better Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Time for something completely different

For years now, Sony has been criticised for its supposedly samey first-party software. You’ve probably seen that meme circulating on social media, which shows a trio of trees from God of War, The Last of Us, and Days Gone. It’s nonsense, of course, how do you even make different looking trees? But it...

• Mon 10th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Reaction
• Features

News Sony Trolls Bloodborne Stans with Astro Bot PS5 Pre-Order Bonus

Hunt them down

Update: Pre-orders are now open for Astro Bot on the PS Store and at retail, with the MSRP for the standard edition being £59.99/$59.99 and the Digital Deluxe Edition being £69.99/$69.99. This is cheaper than most tentpole PS5 exclusives. Original Article: Everyone knows that you don’t trifle with FromSoftware faithfuls on...

• Fri 7th Jun 2024
• Sony
• PS5
• Astro Bot