New Video Reveals More Giant Bosses of ‘Astro Bot Rescue Mission‘

Astro Bot Rescue Mission is nearing release on PSVR next month, and to help charge up the Astro Bot hypetrain, Sony Japan Studio released a new video detailing some of the absolutely huge bosses that you and little Astro will take on.

Developed exclusively for PSVR, Astro Bot Rescue Mission sees a reprisal of the little bots that were first introduced in The Playroom (2013) and later in The Playroom VR (2016). This time though, you and your little robot pal Astro will have to battle a host of big level bosses, which you meet after each platforming mission.

“These bosses are huge and create an amazing sense of scale in VR. Defeating them will not be a small affair though and your platforming and gadget skills will be put at use,” says Nicolas Doucet Creative Director in a Sony blogpost. “Every one of them features a unique finale with a special mention for the final boss. And you’ll have to play to find out!”

While the game was designed from the ground-up for VR, it makes use of the DualShock 4 controller, which in our hands-on at E3 earlier this summer turned out to be a delight to use.

Doucet told us at E3 that Astro Bot Rescue Mission should provide between 8-10 hours of gameplay, which is played out over a total of five worlds, with four levels per world and 26 ‘extra challenges’.

Astro Bot Rescue Mission is slated to release exclusively on PSVR on October 2nd.

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Sony Japan Studio Announces VR Platformer ‘Astro Bot Rescue Mission’ For PSVR, Teaser Trailer Here

Sony Japan Studio today announced a new platform action game for PSVR starring the cute little robots made famous in Sony’s The Playroom (2013) and The Playroom VR (2016). Called Astro Bot Rescue Mission, you take control of Astro, the Bot captain of a ship on a mission to rescue its lost crew, who are scattered across five planets.

Boasting 26 stages across five worlds, each ending with its own boss fight, Astro Bot Rescue Mission is said to “take advantage of the increased perspective, proximity and the added depth that PS VR offers,” according to the PS blog announce. Yes, that’s a 100 foot-tall gorilla.

Image courtesy Sony Japan Studio

You also exist in the world as a giant robot who follows Astro around as he runs and jumps across levels. Several viewpoints are used throughout the game, letting you play from a top-down view, and multiple angles that best suit the obstacles and action ahead.

As an added touch of immersion, you also have to smash parts of the environment and dodge incoming enemy attacks, which if you fail, means a big game over.

Built for the DualShock 4 gamepad, your controller becomes visible in VR and is equipped with weapons including a hook shot, a water gun, and a ninja star, something Japan Studio says is useful for chopping spider webs, creating platforms or slicing enemies in your way. The goal is to collect the bots into your DualShock 4, with a total of eight lost bots in every stage.

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Japan Studio hasn’t announced a specific launch date yet, but says more details about the game are coming ‘soon’. Check out the teaser trailer, linked above and below.

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