Astro Bot has come a long way.
Now the lil' mechanical tyke is getting their first full-fledged platform game.
“This is really about going up one notch really several notches and having Astro’s big story.
Astro Bot Kratos is just one of the many PlayStation Easter eggs in the new ‘Astro Bot’ game.Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment
We call itAstro Botbecause 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.”
‘Astro Bot’.Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment
The bot now has to embark on a mission to find all the pieces.
According to Doucet, there are 80 planets spread out across six galaxies.
One world, he explains, features an island in the form of a giant crab.
It’s not a coincidence, either, thatAstro Botis arriving during the yearlong 30th anniversary of PlayStation celebration.
“It’s a kind of eye candy,” Doucet says of all the cameos.
“There’s going to be more.
There’s a lot of characters from the PlayStation universe crossing over with Astro’s path.
It’s more than just characters from PlayStation’s vast lexicon, though.
He notes, “The charm of Astro and how he resonated with people went beyond what we expected.
At that point, we decided to make a big game.”
Don’t let the Easter eggs and Kratos cameo fool you.
“But also on top of that, there is this whole coating of nostalgia.”
