Independent gaming news powered by Walmart

Astro Bot Bounces Back on PS5 This September in Full-Length Adventure
Play Date

Astro Bot Bounces Back on PS5 This September in Full-Length Adventure

AstroBotBouncesBackonPS5ThisSeptemberinFull-LengthAdventure

Astro's Playroom was such a fun mini-adventure that Team Asobi is bringing the little guy back for a big-time outing on September 6.

Posted 5 months ago

Astro Boy, a full-length celebration of all things PlayStation, is coming to PS5 on September 6. Following the success and love shown to Astro's Playroom – the PS5's pre-installed tech demo – Team Asobi has made a "brand-new, supersized adventure" for the little Sony mascot, with more than 50 worlds to explore.

Check out more details about the game from its official description, and the reveal trailer below, with pre-order incentives from now until release.

Astro Bot key art featuring a robot, aliens and a PS5 in a desert dune.

Astro Bot

Release Date: September 6, 2024

ESRB Rating Everyone 10+
Astro Bot pilots a DualSense controller-shaped flying craft across a clear ocean.

Astro Bot releases on September 6.

©Team Asobi / Sony

Pre-Order Incentives:

  • ASTRO’s PaRappa Lovestruck Lyricist outfit*
  • Glorious Graffiti Dual Speeder paint color*
  • (2) ASTRO PSN Avatars
  • *Game progression required to unlock.

Game Features

  • Feel lifelike in-game actions through Adaptive Triggers; from power-ups, to driving the Dual Speeder, to repairing the PS5 mothership.
  • Immersive Haptic Feedback features throughout the entire game, in every world you explore.
  • DualSense wireless controller speaker functionality enhances sensory input from haptic feedback.
  • Give ASTRO a helping breath and nudge him on his way through the DualSense wireless controller’s microphone.
  • Duck, roll and dive with ASTRO as your in-game actions are enhanced by your real-world movements, via the gyro functionality of the DualSense wireless controller.
  • A consistent 60 FPS.
  • Tempest 3D Audio tech
  • Fast loading using Pre-Load, combined with optimized use of the PS5 console’s SSD.
  • 3D Audio with stereo headphones (analogue or USB).

You can read more about Astro Bot on the PlayStation Blog post written by Team Asobi's studio director Nicolas Doucet.