Team Asobi is finally taking a swing at a full-fledged Astro Bot title, and it says it’s “the biggest game we’ve ever made.” Studio head Nicolas Doucet spoke on the team’s ambitions during an interview with Entertainment Weekly . He says they set out to make the game, simply titled Astro Bot, to be big, adding that it represents more than just the start of Asobi’s new future with PlayStation.
"This is really about going up one notch — really several notches — and having Astro's big story." "We wanted to make a big game," Doucet said. "This is really about going up one notch — really several notches — and having Astro's big story.
We call it Astro Bot because we treat this as a new beginning. That's a really, really big game. I think for us, that's the biggest game we've ever made.
" PlayStation’s Astro Bot mascot has largely stayed out of the spotlight for the last few years. Some players may recognize the adorable little blue-and-white friend from the PSVR-exclusive Astro Bot Rescue Mission or, more recently, Astro’s Playroom, a game granted to PlayStation 5 owners for free. While these titles flew under the radar for many, they’ve still managed to impress those who checked them out (we gave Rescue Mission a 9/10 and Playroom an 8/10).
Astro Bot finally stepped up when the series’ standalone title was revealed during yesterday’s May 2024 State of Play presentation . PlayStation has already confirmed the project features more than 80 levels that w.
