One of many largest bulletins throughout final week’s PlayStation State of Play livestream was Astro Bot, the full-fledged sequel to the wonderful Astro’s Playroom that comes preinstalled on PS5. Identical to Astro’s Playroom, Astro Bot is a 3D puzzle-platformer that pays homage to PlayStation historical past and makes heavy use of the PS5 DualSense controller’s many distinctive options like haptic suggestions and dynamic triggers. Nevertheless, this time, we’re getting a full-length recreation (with no microtransactions) that is a lot larger than Astro’s earlier adventures.
Astro Bot is ready to launch on September 6 and will probably be out there in customary, digital, and deluxe variations. Preorders are dwell now for the bodily customary version, and digital preorders will probably be out there on June 7. The bodily version comes with a cool poster, and all editions embody early unlocks for in-game content material.
Astro Bot Preorder Bonuses
In the event you preorder the bodily version of Astro Bot forward of its September 6 launch date, you will get an unique double-sided poster. You possibly can see a preview of the very cute poster beneath.
Preorders additionally allow you to instantly unlock the Lovestruck Lyricist in-game outfit for Astro, which relies on Parappa The Rapper, instantly at launch. You will obtain two PSN avatars–one of Astro in his regular outfit and one other of him carrying the Parappa getup–and the Wonderful Graffiti pores and skin for Astro’s Twin Speeder automobile. This stuff might be unlocked within the recreation with out preordering, however shopping for one of many bodily or digital editions early enables you to entry them from the soar.
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You can preorder Astro Bot’s physical edition at Walmart. We’ll update this article when other retailers unlock preorders, too. Digital preorders go live on the PlayStation Store on June 7.
If you go the digital download route, you can grab the game in a digital standard or digital deluxe version. You’ll miss out on the double-sided poster, but still get all the preorder bonuses listed above.
Astro Bot’s Digital Deluxe version additionally has a number of unique gadgets, together with 10 extra PSN avatars, a digital artwork gallery, and a digital soundtrack. It additionally enables you to unlock Astro’s Yharnam Vacationer outfit, Golden outfit, and two extra Twin Speeder paint colours early (all of the outfits and paint colours can be found within the base recreation, too).
Based on the sport’s reveal trailer and particulars shared on the official PlayStation Blog, Astro Bot will characteristic over 80 ranges unfold throughout six galaxies gamers will discover. Every planet has its personal biome–such as volcanoes, forests, and beaches–and will characteristic a wide range of puzzles, platforming challenges, and enemies that gamers will overcome utilizing the 15 new particular gadgets and talents Astro unlocks all through the sport. That makes Astro Bot a considerably larger journey than Astro’s Playroom and PSVR’s Astro Bot Rescue Mission. We’re desperate to see how Crew Asobi expands the gameplay this time round.
Astro Bot launches for PS5 on September 6.
