Astro Bot fans have all heard the story of the creation of the sponge power-up, but did you know developer Team Asobi also prototyped even wackier powers, like a coffee grinder and a roulette wheel?

Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet wants to establish Astro's identity alongside celebrating PlayStation. Astro Bot packed 30 years of PlayStation into a single game, but moving forward there needs to ...

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Astro Bot, the colorful and quirky platformer from Tokyo-based Team Asobi, snagged another Game Of The Year distinction. The 3D title fared well at yesterday’s 28th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, leaving ...

Set to arrive next month on October 30th, PlayStation will be re-releasing the Astro Bot PS5 DualSense controller. This model arrived last year in tandem with Astro Bot, but it didn’t stay in stock ...

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A series of free speedrun levels DLC were added to Astro Bot across Oct. and Nov. 2024. Each week for five weeks, a new speedrun level was added to the game, complete with online leaderboards and two ...