One of many greatest 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. Similar 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. Nonetheless, 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 about to launch on September 6 and shall be accessible in commonplace, digital, and deluxe variations. Preorders are reside now for the bodily commonplace version, and digital preorders shall be accessible 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 case you preorder the bodily version of Astro Bot forward of its September 6 launch date, you may 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 sporting the Parappa getup–and the Superb Graffiti pores and skin for Astro’s Twin Speeder car. These things will be unlocked within the recreation with out preordering, however shopping for one of many bodily or digital editions early permits you to entry them from the leap.
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You possibly can preorder Astro Bot’s bodily version at Walmart. We’ll replace this text when different retailers unlock preorders, too. Digital preorders go reside on the PlayStation Retailer on June 7.
In case you go the digital obtain route, you’ll be able to seize the sport in a digital commonplace or digital deluxe model. You will miss out on the double-sided poster, however nonetheless get all of the preorder bonuses listed above.
Astro Bot’s Digital Deluxe version additionally has a number of unique objects, together with 10 extra PSN avatars, a digital artwork gallery, and a digital soundtrack. It additionally permits 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).
In response to the sport’s reveal trailer and particulars shared on the official PlayStation Weblog, Astro Bot will function over 80 ranges unfold throughout six galaxies gamers will discover. Every planet has its personal biome–such as volcanoes, forests, and beaches–and will function a wide range of puzzles, platforming challenges, and enemies that gamers will overcome utilizing the 15 new particular objects 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 wanting to see how Staff Asobi expands the gameplay this time round.
Astro Bot launches for PS5 on September 6.