During tonight’s State of Play, we got our first look at the upcomingfree Astro Bot DLC launchingthis Fall.
It will add five new, online speedrun levels alongside ten VIP bots, includingStellar BladeandHelldivers 2.
We got to see an Astro Bot don the iconic Super Earth armour next to Eve while dancing in the hub world, along with some brief shots of the challenge levels which look far closer to the optional zones than the main campaign.
Team Asobi Wants To Do More With Astro Bot
Time trials are a great addition to any platformer, pushing players to their limits in some of the toughest levels. But Team Asobi said earlier this month that it wanted to release something more approachable, too.
Studio director Nicolas Doucet confirmed that most players are, as you’d expect, children, and so they would like to “insert something a bit more toy feeling”, although he explained that they’re “not too sure” about whether it’ll happen.
With Astro Bot’s resounding success for PlayStation, perhaps time trials are just the beginning. We’ll have to wait and see.
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