It’s good to see the Astro Bot character, who has existed within the PlayStation ecosystem largely as a tech demo mascot for a decade, lastly getting the respect he deserves. He’s received a new, full-fledged online game hitting cabinets and PS5 digital shops on September 6, and it appears to be like like Sony is placing slightly extra advertising energy behind it with a brand new DualSense controller. Oh, and it’s obtainable for pre-order. Proper now. Go, go, go!
The Astro Bot DualSense controller is accessible for pre-order on the PlayStation Direct retailer, GameStop, and Goal for $79.99, and it’s positively one of many extra distinct variations of the controller Sony has put out to advertise an upcoming recreation. The touchpad has Astro’s distinct, pixelated blue eyes, just like the little man resides contained in the machine and watching you. However the largely white controller additionally consists of smooth blue finishes on the facet which additional distinguish it out of your common DualSense controller. It’s actually cute. So in case you’re a fan of Astro Bot, head on over to the PlayStation retailer and pre-order one. It should launch alongside the sport on September 6.
Astro Bot began out as a personality in The Playroom, which was a tech demo pre-installed on each PlayStation 4 in 2013. The character then received his personal PSVR recreation with Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, and was used once more within the PlayStation 5 pack-in recreation Astro’s Playroom, which acted as tech demo for the DualSense’s haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers in addition to a tribute to PlayStation historical past. Dozens of characters from all through the model’s lifetime appeared as robotic variations of themselves, and it appears to be like like Astro Bot will keep on these homages when it launches subsequent month. We’ve already noticed a number of references and cameos within the recreation’s trailer, so test that out in case you really feel like getting nostalgic. Crossing my fingers for a Sly Cooper look, as I’ll take any indication that Sony hasn’t given up on my kleptomaniac son.
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