After years of waiting fans have finally got their wish, a new Astro Bot game is on the way and its trailer was packed to the brim with references.
Originally introduced in the 2013 PS4 pack-in game The Playroom, Astro Bot has been a lesser-known PlayStation mascot for the best part of a decade now. Astro Bot’s big breakout hit came in the form of Astro Bot Rescue Mission, a 2018 PSVR-exclusive platformer that sees the titular mascot rescue the members of his lost crew who have all been scattered across multiple colorful worlds. Most players likely had their first experience with the robotic hero in Astro’s Playroom, the 2020 pack-in game for the PS5 that’s still cited as one of the most enjoyable tech demos ever made.
While Astro Bot has been at the center of a few different PlayStation experiences now, the one throughline of all his related projects has been their unashamed reverence for PlayStation’s past. Every Astro Bot game is packed to the brim with references to PlayStation’s first-party IP and hardware, often coming in the form of in-game collectibles or hidden Easter egg cameos of Astro Bots dressed as iconic PlayStation characters. Based on its recent announcement trailer, it seems as though the upcoming Astro Bot will continue that tradition. Every PlayStation Reference in The Astro Bot Announcement Trailer
After a brief glimpse at Astro Bot’s colorful worlds and new flying gameplay, fans got their first of many teases of the Easter eggs in store for them on September 6.
