Update 11/06/24: The Astro Bot Limited Edition PS5 Controller is at the moment solely accessible at Antonline in a bundle with the sport, at GameStop with a Pro membership, or at Walmart from third get together retailers. You can test the hyperlinks under to see if it might have come again in inventory at one of many different retailers.
Astro Bot is without doubt one of the finest PS5 video games ever, in line with nearly everybody who’s performed it to date. Alongside the launch of its 2024 platformer, Sony launched a brand new Astro Bot-themed PS5 DualSense wi-fi controller. It’s arduous to seek out in inventory wherever, however in the event you can, take into account the controller initially launched with a $79.99 price ticket.
PS5 DualSense Wireless Controller Astro Bot Limited Edition
Astro Bot DualSense Wireless Controller
The controller is white and blue, similar to the cute robotic it’s based mostly on. The touchpad has Astro Bot eyes on it (IGN has acquired affirmation that they are not animated, regardless of being proven transferring within the trailer). The shapes on the face buttons and the arrows on the D-pad are finished in a lighter blue shade that appears fairly good, in the event you ask me.
As for the sport itself, it’s a continuation of the world and character created for a mini-game included in The Playroom VR for PS4. Developer Team Asobi adopted this up with the PSVR-exclusive Astro Bot Rescue Mission, adopted by the PS5 pack-in sport Astro’s Playroom. Apparently the individuals demanded extra, which brings us to the full-sized PS5 sport (you should buy Astro Bot now).
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Out September 6, this colourful platformer has over 80 ranges and packs in a lot of easter eggs celebrating PlayStation’s historical past.
Astro Bot is a a lot greater sport than its predecessors, with dozens of ranges to run, soar, and hover your means by. Like the earlier installments, it’s going to function a lot of PlayStation Easter eggs, with robotic variations of characters like Kratos and the hero of Bloodborne displaying up.
From our Astro Bot evaluation: “Astro Bot made me smile from starting to finish. A set of endlessly ingenious ranges and wonderfully enjoyable skills, it delivers pleasure in spades, by no means as soon as changing into even remotely uninteresting or repetitive. And when you don’t want a protracted historical past with Sony methods to take pleasure in it, it’s particularly a delight for these with a bit of PlayStation of their coronary heart as a treasure trove stuffed with playable nostalgia awaits. Taking the PS5 advertising and marketing mantra that “play has no limits” extra critically than you’d count on, Team Asobi has crafted a mascot platformer that goes close to sufficient toe-to-toe with Nintendo’s finest efforts, and that is about as excessive a praise as I may give it.”
Sounds like a very good time. And in the event you’re available in the market for one more PS5 controller, the Astro Bot restricted version one appears like a winner.
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