Astro Bot will receive free DLC later this year that focuses on speedruns. More VIP bot cameos will also be added for players to rescue.
“You know it’s not going to be like, you know, a huge, huge amount, but it will be focusing on one of the features that people enjoyed in Astro’s Playroom. That was the speedruns,” said game director Nicholas Doucet in an interview with Quest Daily. “You know, there were some speedruns, and the levels were quite short, but it was the fact that you could replay and keep shaving time off with some new VIP bots to rescue, so some characters we didn’t include yet will appear.”
He also confirmed that the speedrun content will also include leaderboards. Additionally, the team is creating more challenging levels as well as considering content that feels more “toy-like” and can be experienced by players at any skill level.
There has been speculation about what other cameos could make it into Astro Bot in the future. The game’s credits thanked third-party developers who let their characters appear, including ones that aren’t currently seen. This includes Ubisoft, which Astro Bot thanks three times for Assassin’s Creed, Beyond Good & Evil, and Rayman. Croc and Worms, Stellar Blade, and Rise of the Ronin were also mentioned in the credits. None of these games’ characters appear in the base game, so it’s possible that Team Asobi is saving them for the DLC.
Astro Bot was released on September 6 for PS5. In GameSpot’s Astro Bot review, we said, “This is a grand re-opening for Astro Bot, and it surely marks the start of what is destined to be a beloved series shooting for the moon.”