When the PlayStation 5 was released in 2020, it came with Astro's Playroom. Four years later, the console's de facto mascot got a full standalone game, and Team Asobi has launched an important update for it today.
Astro Bot's 1.007 patch may be out on Halloween, but the main feature to come with it is not spooky at all.
The new update introduces the Spring-Loaded Run stage. This exciting new map has a lot of verticality with sections that resemble the 2010 mobile classic Cut the Rope.
Astro Bot fans will be busy over the next couple of weeks, as Sony has announced two future content drops for the first half of November.
On November 7, Astro Bot players will get the Helium Heights map for that ersatz Bespin fix. A week later, it will be time for summer lovers with the release of the Rising Heat stage.
Besides the new stage, update 1.007 brings new bot skins to rescue. The buddies available today are a new Helldiver, if you want to help a fellow savior of Super Earth, and Ky Kiske, the legendary swordsman of the Guilty Gear franchise.
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