Astro Bot Might Soon Join PlayStation's Growing List Of In-Development Adaptations

Astro Bot Might Soon Join PlayStation's Growing List Of In-Development Adaptations

From TheGamer (Written by Josh Coulson) on | OpenCritic

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The Last Of Us season two is less than a week away, and its success has got PlayStation eyeing up a lot of its IPs for potential adaptations. One of the only PlayStation flagships that doesn't have a non-video game project in the works right now is Astro Bot, but that could change soon thanks to the critical success of 2024's Game of the Year.

PlayStation Productions' boss Asad Qizilbash revealed to Variety last week that even though an Astro Bot adaptation isn't in the works right now, it has "absolutely" been considered for the TV show and movie treatment. "For us, it’s, ‘OK, we’ve established one of our franchises as a great game. It’s starting to get a built-in audience. It’s winning awards.’ Those are very early indicators for us to want to try and grow that franchise and grow that IP," Qizlibash explained.

Astro Bot's original ending upset its creators so much that the team decided to change it.

Astro certainly ticks at least one of those boxes. Not only did Astro Bot win Game of the Year at last year's Game Awards, but it has continued to pick up accolades left and right since...

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