Astro Bot Adding PS5 Pro Support and 5 New Weekly Levels Starting Today - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 February 2025 / 3,389 Views

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Team ASOBI announced Astro Bot will be getting PlayStation 5 Pro support and five new weekly speedrun levels starting today.

"Unlike our last update Winter Wonder, which was a walk through the Xmas park, this new update features harder levels to test your jumping skills," said Team ASOBI studio director Nicolas Doucet. "Each level comes with a brand-new Special Bot to rescue and, once that’s done, can be replayed in Time Attack mode with online rankings. To access these, you will need to have completed the main game. So sharpen those skills again and let’s get rescuing."

View a short trailer of the first new speedrun level below:

Here is the full schedule of the weekly speedrun levels:

Feb 13: Tick-Tock Shock
Feb 20: Thrust or Bust
Feb 27: Cock-A-Doodle-Doom
Mar 6: Hard to Bear
Mar 13: Armored Hardcore

Astro Bot is available on the PlayStation 5.

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12 Comments

Shaun87 (on 13 February 2025)

It’s nice to get the new speed runners but to be honest I’d much rather have 5 proper new levels to play through

BraLoD Shaun87 (on 13 February 2025)

The game has a lot of levels, getting a few more challenging ones is also good.
I hope we get more special stages made around a Sony franchise theme and gameplay, those levels were something else.

VAMatt (on 15 February 2025)

This game really needs a traditional DLC. Something that adds a couple solar systems (or galaxies, or whatever they call them) of completely new content. I'd pay $25 or $30 for content equal to 1/3 of the base game.

firebush03 VAMatt (on 16 February 2025)

idk id rather Team Asobi focus on pushing the franchise forward. DLC is nice, but a new entry would be significantly better.

VAMatt firebush03 (on 16 February 2025)

Sure. But, DLC is generally much cheaper and easier to produce because it doesn't require changes to the engine or development of any new systems. It's just more of the same. So, it's the only way in which we get a noticeable amount of new levels in 2025.

G2ThaUNiT (on 13 February 2025)

More speedrun levels? I'll take it. Won't ever say no to more content from Team Asobi!

JRPGfan (on 13 February 2025)

Team ASOB do wonderfull work, and the support this game has gotten has been insane. No one hates, buying a good game, and watching it get more and more content.

2zosteven (on 16 February 2025)

i wonder how many people who own a PS5 pro also own Astrobot

Dahum (on 14 February 2025)

This phenomenal game just keeps getting bigger and better and i’m allways here for it.

Conina (on 14 February 2025)

Now they are just trolling PSVR2 gamers showing an Astro Bot with that headset. Why can't they add PSVR2 support to the new Astro Bot game or atleast port the PSVR1 game?

twintail Conina (on 16 February 2025)

Not sure what PSVR2 support would actually bring to the game. bsdies being a nicety.

Rescue Mission though? yeah, that's a shame it hasn't been ported over (though would require some additional work)